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An Earth-friendly activity for the kids
As much as we adults love the natural world and work to protect it for our own enjoyment, it’s our children and grandchildren who have the most to gain from the choices we each make to protect the Earth. And it’s our children and grandchildren who have the most to… Read More
False Solutions for Forests: Biomass Energy, Sustainable Timber, and Carbon Markets
Even as policies guiding timber exports fail to curtail deforestation, the world’s energy economy is demanding increased burning of biomass -- meaning forests. Read More
Paris unfinished business: A transparent no-objection procedure for the Green Climate Fund
When the Green Climate Fund Board met in Paris earlier this month, they postponed making a decision on the “no-objection procedure.” This procedure would require active endorsement of any GCF activity — conveyed through a “no-objection letter” — by a country’s national designated authority (i.e., the basic in-country unit of the GCF… Read More
Rhetoric v. Reality: Junk food companies support labeling overseasbut not in the U.S.
The Grocery Manufacturers Association, the trade association representing Big Food in the U.S., is the top contributor to the campaign opposing GMO labeling in Washington State. However, four of its member organizations have been supportive of a consumer’s right to know in countries overseas, while opposing transparency in the U.S. Read More
Stop fast track authority for Trans Pacific trade deal
In collaboration with Republicans in Congress, the Obama administration is expected to soon seek so-called Fast Track or Trade Promotion Authority legislation in order to facilitate ratification in 2014 of a Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal that would gut environmental and climate protections. If you have a chance to… Read More
Bloggers: Unite for GMO Labeling!
Co-sponsored by: Organic Consumers Association, Food & Water Watch, Center for Environmental Health, Green America, & Pesticide Action Network In a few short weeks Washington voters will have a historic opportunity to make labeling of genetically engineered food a reality by voting yes on I-522, the GMO labeling initiative. If… Read More
Why GMO Labeling Matters–Read these Blogs!
Why is GMO labeling critical for our environment and health? Read the articles below to find out why people across the country care about GMO labeling, and why Washington State’s GMO labeling initiative impacts us all! Labeling GMO foods is one of the first important steps we need to take to… Read More
To protect forests and fight the climate crisis: Secure community land rights
With the release last week of the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report reconfirming the scientific consensus on both the reality and the urgency of the climate crisis (enough to make meteorologists cry), we can expect a redoubling of extractivist efforts to frack our way to… Read More
A polluted process: Keystone XL, the State Department and conflicts of interest
New infographic shows State Department Keystone XL review compromised from Day 1 The showdown over Obamacare isn’t the only reckless political ploy that threatens to shut down the government. Republicans in Congress pushing the Keystone XL pipeline say they will not vote to raise the nation’s debt ceiling, which would… Read More
Communities in Nigeria Take Wilmar to Court for Landgrabbing
Nigeria, in West Africa, is fertile territory for palm oil cultivation. Undertaken at a reasonable scale, and with proper attention to social, environmental and labor standards, palm oil could provide an important livelihood for significant numbers of people and support local food sovereignty. Unfortunately, as foreign corporations grab land in… Read More