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Why the World Bank must end its support for palm oil in Honduras
In a press release issued yesterday by Friends of…
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A Paradigm Shift? Really?
The third meeting of the United Nations Green Climate Fund wrapped up last week. Though “paradigm shift” emerged as the new catch-phrase of GCF discourse — as the fund’s governing instru…
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Coming to a grocery store near you: The Campaign for GE-Free Seafood!
Friends of the Earth is excited to announce our new campaign to prevent genetically engineered fish from hitting our dinner plates: the Campaign for Genetically Engineered (GE)-Free Seafood. As we rec…
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Top grocery stores: We wont sell genetically engineered seafood
Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Whole Foods, Marsh among stores that will reject GE fish WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of consumer, health, food safety and fishing groups today launched the “Campaign f…
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World Bank must end support for Honduran palm oil company implicated in dozens of murders
Washington, D.C. — International NGOs have condemned a statement by the World Bank’s International Finance Corporation, [1] which defends the record of a Honduran palm oil company, Grupo Dinan…
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Friends of the Earth statement on the Progressive Caucus budget proposal
Washington, D.C. — Friends of the Earth Tax Analyst Ben Schreiber provided the following statement in support of the House Progressive Caucus’s release of the Back to Work Budget today: “I…
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San Onofre: Nuclear watchdog files request for more documents on design of flawed steam generators
Friends of the Earth petitions PUC to speed probe into Edison’s responsibility SAN FRANCISCO — Friends of the Earth filed a request today for Southern California Edison to release document…
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San Onofre: Secret report confirms Edison knew of major problems
Friends of the Earth: ‘Bombshell’ for plans to restart crippled reactor WASHINGTON, D.C. — A secret Mitsubishi Heavy Industries report released today confirms that Southern California Edison…
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The secret Mitsubishi report revealed: Key quotes and conclusions
The just-released Mitsubishi Heavy Industries report on the San Onofre steam generators conclusively reveals that, as far back as 2005-2006, the joint Southern California Edison/Mitsubishi anti-vibrat…
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Assessing China’s commitment to greening its overseas finance, one year later
How green can China be? Can China hold true to its commitment to sustainably financing overseas investments by requiring banks to consider international environmental standards when making loans? The…