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Darden Restaurants CEO undeserving of leadership award, say activist groups
Gene Lee’s record on environmental, health, animal welfare and worker issues at odds with “Golden Chain” accolade WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter sent today to Nation’s Restaurant News, a coa…
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US-EU trade talks end in secrecy
Today, October 7, 2016 the United States and the European Union conclude week-long negotiations on the foundering Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in New York City. At this latest negoti…
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Daddy, I dont want the Earth to gethotter
Raising children in the age of global warming OK, I admit it; I am one of those parents who wants to shelter his kids from the worst of what’s out there. Don’t get me wrong; I know it I’ve got…
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Strange bedfellows challenge Congress to end dirty tax extenders
WASHINGTON — Green Scissors — a coalition of free-market, taxpayer and environmental groups — sent a letter today asking Congress to allow a suite of dirty energy tax breaks to expire at…
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Olive Garden, Darden Restaurants under investor pressure to ditch routine antibiotics
ORLANDO, Fla. — Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), the nation’s largest restaurant company and owner of Olive Garden, is facing pressure from investors today at its annual shareholder meeting to elim…
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Are US tax dollars financing destruction of world’s largest mangrove forest?
In conjunction with the Save the Sundarbans protest today at the UN’s headquarters in New York City, we’re revealing in this EcoWatch exclusive that Friends of the Earth U.S. obtained documents …
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Civil Society Concerns Regarding GCF & High Environmental/Social Risk Projects
As the Board of the Green Climate Fund prepares to consider its first high risk projects at the upcoming GCF meeting in South Korea October 12-14, more than 100 groups have issued the following statem…
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Friends of the Earth mourns the passing of Joe Browder, environmental champion
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On September 18, 2016, Joe Browder passed away at age 78. Before his long fight with cancer, Joe led the fight to protect the Everglades and Big Cypress in Florida. Browder worked…
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House Committee votes to bail out nuclear reactors
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the House Ways and Means Committee voted to eliminate the placed in service date for the production tax credit for nuclear energy. This will ensure that Southern Company…
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Obama administration’s actions undermine strong words on climate change at UN General Assembly
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As President Obama delivered his final address to the United Nations today at the General Assembly in New York City, Friends of the Earth U.S. President, Erich Pica, had the f…