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100 groups call for Climate Investment Funds to sunset
Ahead of this week’s meeting of the trust funds of the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds, 100 groups have called for the CIFs to finally sunset, now that the Green Climate Fund is clearly…
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Activists submit over a quarter million public comments against largest coal export terminal in North America
Friends of the Earth activists generate more than 38,000 of the comments expressing strong concerns over fossil fuel transport given recent oil train derailment on Columbia River WASHINGTON, D.C. –…
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Environmental and community groups call on U.S. Senate to avoid biomass riders in Interior Appropriations
As the US Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies prepares to mark up the fiscal year 2017 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, envi…
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National Keep the Hives Alive Tour brings urgency to global pollinator decline
Beekeepers, farmers, farmworkers and scientists unite for pesticide regulation and sustainable agriculture WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Keep the Hives Alive Tour kicks off today to raise awareness about…
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Can organic feed the world?
Join us to hear from top scientists and thought leaders on the science of sustainable food production and a comprehensive approach to creating a healthy, resilient food system to feed all people, now…
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Disney Cruise Line regains A grade for pollution transparency
Disney Cruise Lines was the sole cruise line this year to earn an “A” for transparency by responding to information requests. Every other line, like the year before, refused to confirm its current…
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Permanently changing a species: What could go wrong?
We must ensure that corporations and governments (particularly militaries) are not developing gene drives and cannot misuse this technology in ways that could have profound ecological, health or socio…
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Victory! Obama administration cancels oil and gas auction near Chaco Canyon
Those fighting to protect New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon from dangerous oil and gas development just won a major victory. Yesterday, the Obama administration announced the cancellation of an oil and gas…
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Global palm oil traders acknowledge the need to prevent human rights abuses in Guatemala
Cargill’s public position against violence and REPSA’s promise of reform are significant,” said Jeff Conant, Senior International Forests Program Director at Friends of the Earth-US. “But real transfo…
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139-square-mile fracking plan in Wyoming prompts legal protest
Groups call on BLM to cancel massive fossil fuel development that threatens climate, water, Greater Sage Grouse JACKSON, Wyo.— Conservation groups filed a formal administrative protest on Thursday c…