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Why talk of regenerative agriculture should include pesticide reduction
Including pesticide reduction as a vital part of the regenerative agriculture conversation ensures that Monsanto and its ilk do not define the path forward.
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Investors call for urgent action to address the human rights impacts of Amazon fires
Members of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility issued a statement today calling on companies with operations and supply chains connected to the Amazon rainforest to take immediate acti…
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Gerrymandered maps unconstitutional, North Carolina judges rule
In a historic ruling handed down yesterday, a panel of three judges struck down legislative maps drawn by Republican lawmakers in North Carolina.
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Rep. Clarke calls for moratorium on new fossil fuel infrastructure, calls for end to Danskammer gas power plant
The proposed expansion of the Danskammer natural gas power plant would spew greenhouse gases and other toxic emissions into the air and would accelerate climate change, according to a flyer from Food…
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EPA publishes draft permit for floating factory farm
The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans for an industrial ocean fish farm to operate in the Gulf of Mexico late Friday afternoon.
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Global NGOs: Dirty Dozen Companies Driving Deforestation Must Act Now to Stop the Burning of the World’s Forests
The crises facing the Amazon require innovative solutions that address the root of the problem. The stakes are simply too high to accept half measures or surface-level solutions.
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BlackRock named as largest investor in deforestation
As fires rage across the Amazon, a report released today reveals that BlackRock, the world’s largest institutional investor with $6.5 trillion USD in assets, is deeply invested in the sectors most r…
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50,000 people tell insurance companies to drop Trans Mountain Pipeline
Representatives with Stand.earth today delivered a petition to Zurich’s Vancouver office signed by more than 50,000 pipeline opponents calling on Zurich and other insurance giants to drop the Trans…
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Trump Urged to Block Return of Super-polluting Supersonic Planes
We must hold the aviation industry accountable to the communities around the world that suffer from its outsized contribution to climate change
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Minor concessions won’t keep Memphis in the TVA
Friends of the Earth is urging the Tennessee Valley Authority to provide full details of a revised contract for its municipal utilities discussed at a meeting last week of their Board of Directors.