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Statement in response to veto of NY TREES Act
Governor Hochul’s veto of the TREES Act is an unfortunate delay to the urgent need for state-level climate action.
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DOE’s Long-Awaited LNG Export Analysis Makes Clear Case for Biden to Reject Pending Permits
The Biden Administration’s DOE released its long-awaited, critical analysis of the impacts of liquified natural gas (LNG) exports, which shows clear evidence of LNG’s climate, economic, national s…
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Genetically Engineered Salmon Production Ends as AquaBounty Shutters Last Facility
Following decades of controversy, widespread market rejection and legal and regulatory challenges, U.S.-based biotechnology and aquaculture company AquaBounty Technologies announced it will stop produ…
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New report: U.S. food retail sector faces $219 billion risk from pesticides
A new report finds that the U.S. food retail sector’s use of pesticides on just four crops could result in $219 billion in financial, climate, and biodiversity risks.
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On Global Human Rights Day, Friends of the Earth groups welcome United Nations scrutiny over palm oil industry and Astra Agro Lestari’s human rights abuses
Friends of the Earth groups welcome newly-public UN letters raising concerns over palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari (AAL)’s widespread human rights abuses, land grabbing and environmental degradation.
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Gov. Hochul, sign the TREES Act now
The TREES Act — which passed the Legislature in May — would require New York state to prove it is not purchasing products driving deforestation. If signed, it would be the first anti-deforestati…
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Overturning Trump era Decision, Federal Court Rules in Favor of Regulating Genetically Engineered Organisms
In a precedential victory for food and environmental safety, a federal district court ruled today that genetically engineered (GE) organisms must be regulated.
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Environmental Groups Demand Transparency over Geoengineering Experiments
The Weather Modification Reporting Act of 1972 requires that all activities that attempt to produce “artificial changes in the composition, behavior, or dynamics of the atmosphere” must file publi…