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World Bank urged to drop a $50 million loan for factory farm expansion in Ecuador because of health, social and environmental impacts
The World Bank is being urged to drop a $50 million loan to Pronaca, Ecuador’s biggest livestock producer, because of its harmful impacts.
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D.C. Becomes First in the Nation to Set GHG Reduction Target for Food Purchases
Earlier today, the D.C. Council unanimously passed the Green Food Purchasing Act of 2021 (Councilmember Mary Cheh – Ward 3). The legislation will measure and reduce the GHG emissions associated…
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Flaws in Heinrich’s Revenue Stabilization Bill Could Worsen Oil and Gas Dependence
Senator Heinrich announced the Schools and State Budgets Certainty Act today, which intends to stabilize revenue for states and local governments that rely on unreliable revenue from the federal fo…
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650+ Groups Tell Congress: Leave Dirty Power Out of Clean Electricity Standard
More than 650 national advocacy and grassroots groups sent a letter today calling on Congress to develop a truly clean, renewable, and just energy standard for electricity as part of an evolving infra…
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Bunge shareholders vote for measures on deforestation
Shareholders in Bunge Limited last week threw their weight behind a call for the company to do more to protect forests in Brazil.
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Friends of the Earth reacts to the release of DOI report Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful
The Department of Interior just released a report on achieving the U.S. goal to conserve 30 percent of our lands, waters, and ocean by the year 2030
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Bucking a long trend of negligence, shareholders urge Bunge to halt deforestation
A majority of shareholders voted yesterday for Bunge to explain its plans to deal with deforestation, it should be seen as a step forward in the financial sector’s willingness to tackle the issue.
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Friends of the Earth calls for Trump to be permanently deplatformed
Social media, and the world itself, have been better off with Trump gone. Facebook should make the deplatforming of Trump permanent.
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Biden backs $195 billion nuke bailout
A nuclear bailout is wrong for taxpayers, wrong for ratepayers, and wrong for the climate.
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Shareholder resolution passes, urging Bunge to disclose plans to halt deforestation
Shareholders in agribusiness company Bunge Limited voted today for the company to evaluate and disclose its efforts to eliminate deforestation from its operations.