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What Kroger Can Do To Protect People, Pollinators and the Planet
Beekeepers, farmworkers, and concerned Cincinnati residents gathered outside of Kroger’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, June 22, to urge Kroger to stop selling food grown with bee-killing pesticides and offer more bee and people friendly organic food. Kroger is the largest traditional supermarket company in the U.S. However, it… Read More
Schools Cut Meat and Cheese, Serve up Big Wins for Kids and Climate
A new groundbreaking study by Friends of the Earth in conjunction with the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), shows that schools can make lunches healthier and more climate-friendly while saving money. Read More
Is California Selling Climate Illusions?
The Governor has spent the last months promoting the expansion of complicated market-based carbon trading mechanisms, known as “Cap-and-Trade,” as a cornerstone of state and global climate policy Read More
International Finance Corporation Flashes Warning Signs for Green Climate Fund
The IFC doesn’t know what a lot of its money is doing, and that’s bad. Though the subject matter might at first seem a bit dull, a recent monitoring report of the financial sector lending of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) is a doozy for the warnings it provides to… Read More
Five things Trumps Paris Climate Speech got wrong in his attack on Green Climate Fund
Donald Trump announced this afternoon that the United States will begin the process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. During his remarks, Trump made a series of inaccurate and misleading statements about the Green Climate Fund in connection to his withdrawal decision. Read More
How Greener School Lunches Can Help Fight Climate Change
Greening school food should be a primary ingredient in combating climate change—just as important as making schools more solar-powered and energy efficient. Read More
Is “Food-Tech” the Future of Food?
What do we want the future of our food system to look like, and shouldn’t we all have a say in that? Read More
Low-Carbon Meals: A Triple Win for One of California’s Largest School Districts
Research shows that we cannot avoid the worst impacts of climate change unless we dramatically scale back our consumption of animal foods. That's because producing meat and cheese generates large amounts of greenhouse gas emissions and guzzles huge amounts of water. Read More
The Big Gas Giveaway: flaring, the Congressional Review Act, and Trumps present to BigOil
We need stronger protections for our public lands, not another victory for Big Oil at the expense of front line communities, taxpayers, and the climate. Read More
Bee the Change: 8 simple steps to help your city save bees
This new guide outlines all of the steps individuals and city officials can take to help protect pollinators. It’s based on the landmark policies of the nearly 100 retailers, universities, cities and states that are leading the way in pollinator protection. Read More