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Banning bee-killing pesticides in wildlife refuges
Bees in wildlife refuges are losing their ability to navigate due to toxic pesticide exposure. Help Friends of the Earth to protect these essential pollinators.
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EPA is letting a brain-damaging pesticide poison us
Chlorpyrifos – a toxic pesticide – is being allowed to poison our planet thanks to the EPA. Friends of the Earth is pushing Congress to ban it.
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Pesticide companies are driving monarchs to extinction
Monarchs have had record declines for two years in a row. The loss is so bad, they need Endangered Species Protection. Learn how you can help!
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Cruising in an era of coronavirus
The cruise industry must address the consequences of cruise pollution, and implement the necessary protections for public health before cruising can continue in a post-COVID-19 world.
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Healthier school food is key to fighting COVID-19 and systemic racism
Congress should mitigate the racial health disparities that leave Black people so vulnerable to COVID-19 by ensuring every student has access to nutritious school meals.
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COVID-19 and oil transport: The issue with too much oil
The environmental damage – let alone the lives lost – from an oil tanker collision, grounding, or sinking because of a hurricane would be catastrophic.
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Bees and other pollinators are under attack
Bayer claims to care about bees, yet they still sell bee-killing pesticides. See how Friends of the Earth is pushing Bayer to do better for pollinators.
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Tragedy in America’s meatpacking plants linked to decades-long history of corporate consolidation
Despite their significant role in feeding the country during this crisis, food and agriculture workers, and meatpacking workers in particular, have not been adequately protected.
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BlackRock’s silence on forest destruction
Since 2012, BlackRock has had 15 chances to vote in favor of shareholder resolutions to halt deforestation. One hundred percent of the time, it voted against action on deforestation.
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Trump is exploiting a crisis to industrialize our oceans
The federal government continues to take full advantage of an unprecedented time for America to push forward controversial and shameful corporate agendas.