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Bees and other pollinators are under attack
Bayer claims to care about bees, yet they still sell bee-killing pesticides. See how Friends of the Earth is pushing Bayer to do better for pollinators. Read More
Tragedy in America’s meatpacking plants linked to decades-long history of corporate consolidation
Despite their significant role in feeding the country during this crisis, food and agriculture workers, and meatpacking workers in particular, have not been adequately protected. Read More
BlackRock’s silence on forest destruction
Since 2012, BlackRock has had 15 chances to vote in favor of shareholder resolutions to halt deforestation. One hundred percent of the time, it voted against action on deforestation. Read More
Trump is exploiting a crisis to industrialize our oceans
The federal government continues to take full advantage of an unprecedented time for America to push forward controversial and shameful corporate agendas. Read More
Remembering Arlie Schardt
Arlie W. Schardt, a pioneering voice for the environment and witness to some of the most seminal events in American history as a Time magazine correspondent traveling with Martin Luther King while covering the civil rights movement, died at home in Washington on May 26. Read More
Why $77 billion a year in public finance for oil, gas, and coal is even worse than it sounds
The headline finding is that from 2016 to 2018 G20 countries provided an average of USD $77 billion a year in public finance for fossil fuels. Read More
Remembering S. David Freeman, the ‘green cowboy’
Dave was a giant in the fight against climate change and nuclear power. His lasting legacy will be the green energy “seeds” he planted across the country and the communities that are safer from his successful efforts to shutdown nuclear power and fossil fuel plants. He was a force for nature and will be missed. Read More
Over 260 CSOs call on Chinese actors to ensure COVID-19 financial relief be allocated to high quality, not high-risk Belt and Road investments
The international statement captures growing international concern regarding how Chinese development finance can do its part in successfully addressing the COVID-19 crisis without exacerbating environmental, social, climate, biodiversity, or other risks. Read More
Three ways to support a resilient and just food system during the COVID-19 pandemic
As farmers face the new crisis of the pandemic, we must come together to demand that federal stimulus funding and future farm policies support small and mid-scale farmers across the country who are supporting resilient and regenerative local and regional food systems. Read More
In Crisis, Learning from Ecologies of Care
As we face this crisis, there are important lessons we can learn to build the future we want to see as we recover. One of those lessons should be that transforming our relationship with the natural world may be our best bet for safeguarding our future. Read More