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Managing to Fight Disinformation
Disinformation is a threat to the stability of democracy and undermines our ability to tackle nearly every problem we face — from addressing climate change to securing LGBTQ+ rights to ensuring publ…
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PepsiCo, FrieslandCampina suspend palm oil sourcing from rogue company over human rights violations
Last week, PepsiCo and FrieslandCampina confirmed they have suspended sourcing from Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) following investigations into environmental and human rights violations by the palm oil com…
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Lawsuit Challenges Biden Decision to Open 73.3 Million Acres of Gulf of Mexico for Oil Leasing
Today, Gulf-area and national environmental groups sued the Department of the Interior over lease sale 259, which would open 73.3 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas leasing.
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Feds cave to PG&E over license exemption for aging Diablo Canyon nuclear plant
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Ignoring longstanding precedents, statutes and regulations, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission today gave Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) the greenlight to operat…
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Friends of the Earth Condemns Proposed Greenwashing Legislation from Senators Whitehouse and Cassidy
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Captured Carbon Utilization Parity Act, which would boost the 45Q tax credit for “carbon utili…
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Report: Big Ag Plans to Use Carbon Markets, Farmer Data to Tighten Stranglehold on Food System
On the heels of new federal climate and agriculture policies geared toward supporting agricultural carbon markets, a new report reveals how this approach will fail to address the climate crisis while…
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Analysis Outlines How Export Credit Agencies Can Stop Bankrolling Fossil Fuels, Pursue U.S. Climate Pledges
The U.S. is failing to pursue an end for overseas oil and gas financing through the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits, according…
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Friends of the Earth Denounces Biden’s Pick to Lead World Bank
Today President Biden announced that he will nominate Ajay Banga to be President of the World Bank, on the heels of current World Bank President David Malpass’s announcement of resignation one week…
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Major palm oil company withdraws from anti-deforestation initiative
Amsterdam, Duazon, Washington – Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), one of the world’s largest palm oil producers, has withdrawn from the High Carbon Stock Approach Group, (HCSA Group). HCSA Group is…
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Groups object in court to Alaska magistrate’s rule allowing oil and gas companies to harass Southern Beaufort Sea polar bears
National and Alaska environmental groups filed an objection in U.S. District Court today over a magistrate’s findings and recommendation that would let stand a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rule al…