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Dirt, Democracy and Organic Farming: A recipe for feeding the world
Feeding the world is not about increasing how many bushels of grain we can grow, it’s about dirt, democracy, and our diets.
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Revolving Door: Career path of former USTR Ron Kirk
The Obama White House and the Republican leadership in Congress are expected to seek congressional approval the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement in the so-called “lame duck” session of Co…
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More than 450 environmental, landowner, Indigenous rights and allied organizations to Congress: pending trade deals threaten efforts to keep fossil fuels in the ground, oppose Trans Pacific Partnership
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, in the largest display of opposition to the environmental impacts of two pending trade deals, more than 450 groups called on members of Congress to commit to vote against…
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The Wall Street revolving door & the U.S. Trade Representative
The Obama White House and the Republican leadership in Congress are pushing hard for a massive and environmentally- destructive trade agreement, the Trans Pacific Partnership, and two similar deals. T…
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Strange bedfellows push Moniz to drop CCS plant ahead of key deadline
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Green Scissors — a coalition of free-market, taxpayer and environmental groups — today sent a letter to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz calling on the U.S. Department o…
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On heels of Canada’s approval, more retailers say no to GMO salmon
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the heels of Canada’s approval of GMO salmon, Friends of the Earth U.S. and a coalition of more than 30 consumer, health, food safety and fishing groups released upda…
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Legal action to shut down Indian Point
Emergency legal filing to the NRC demands reactor 2 not restart, immediate shut down of reactor 3 WASHINGTON, D.C. – The disappearance and disintegration of more than 1 in 4 critical bolts holdi…
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Harmony of the Seas launch inconsistent with Royal Caribbean’s commitment to sustainability
At 226 thousand metric tons, accommodating 6,780 guests and 2,100 crew, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines’ new Harmony of the Seas is a gargantuan fuel-gobbling monster.
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Health Canadas approval of GMO salmon denounced
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Canadian and U.S. environmental and consumer groups denounced Health Canada’s approval of genetically engineered salmon created by AquaBounty Technologies Inc. (ABTX:LSE), a m…
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Canadian energy board recommends Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
The Trans Mountain pipeline currently carries 300,000 barrels per day of diluted bitumen or tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to Burnaby, British Columbia for export through U.S. waters in the Salish…