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Dirt, Democracy and Organic Farming: A recipe for feeding the world
Dirt, Democracy and Organic Farming: A recipe for feeding the world

Feeding the world is not about increasing how many bushels of grain we can grow, it’s about dirt, democracy, and our diets.

Revolving Door: Career path of former USTR Ron Kirk
Revolving Door: Career path of former USTR Ron Kirk

The Obama White House and the Republican leadership in Congress are expected to seek congressional approval the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement in the so-called “lame duck” session of Congress after the November elections and before the inauguration of a new presidential administration. The environmentally-destructive TPP is hugely unpopular with the American public, and all three presidential candidates, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders oppose the massive deal with Japan and 10 other Pacific…

The Wall Street revolving door & the U.S. Trade Representative
The Wall Street revolving door & the U.S. Trade Representative

The Obama White House and the Republican leadership in Congress are pushing hard for a massive and environmentally- destructive trade agreement, the Trans Pacific Partnership, and two similar deals. The TPP reflects the philosophy and culture of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, which assume that many forms of regulation by democratic institutions inhibit global economic growth.

This is not surprising, given that the U.S. Trade Representative and members of his senior…

Harmony of the Seas launch inconsistent with Royal Caribbean’s commitment to sustainability
Harmony of the Seas launch inconsistent with Royal Caribbean’s commitment to sustainability

At 226 thousand metric tons, accommodating 6,780 guests and 2,100 crew, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' new Harmony of the Seas is a gargantuan fuel-gobbling monster.

Rally Tally: 1,200+ people march in D.C. to break free from fossil fuels
Rally Tally: 1,200+ people march in D.C. to break free from fossil fuels

On Sunday, May 15, more than 1,200 people rallied in front of the White House and marched to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to call on the Obama administration to stop offshore drilling. The rally was part of Break Free 2016, a global wave of resistance to keep coal, oil and gas in the ground and to accelerate a just transition to 100 percent renewable energy.

The rally featured speakers from Alaska, the…

Ex-Im Bank considers deals with corrupt governments
Ex-Im Bank considers deals with corrupt governments

The U.S. Export-Import Bank loves to remind us that it is not a development agency, and, therefore, is not held to the same requirements as say a development finance institution. Even still, some of the governments that the head of Ex-Im, Fred Hochberg, has recently been meeting with would be enough to give anyone pause. While Ex-Im Bank’s mission might not be to alleviate poverty, Friends of the Earth…

New study reveals how to cut carbon emissions by 100M tons per year by 2030
New study reveals how to cut carbon emissions by 100M tons per year by 2030

The Keep It in the Ground campaign has built a powerful movement demanding climate action. By standing strong against the sale of public lands and waters to fossil fuel empires, activists have shined a spotlight on fossil fuel leasing and helped delay and shutter new projects. The question that has been asked about the campaign is whether keeping fossil fuels in the ground in the United States can actually reduce the world’s greenhouse gas…

To put out Indonesias forest fires in 2016, follow the moneyand cut it off.
To put out Indonesias forest fires in 2016, follow the moneyand cut it off.

Today, an international coalition of over 70 organizations launched a call on financial regulators in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, China, Europe and the United States to apply emergency sanctions on major commercial banks, to stop financing companies that are known to contribute to the massive forest fires that annually choke much of Southeast Asia.

The demand went out to dozens of bank CEO’s and financial regulators in Asia, Europe and the United States, in a…

Join our Stop Batang Coal week of action: March 31April 5
Join our Stop Batang Coal week of action: March 31April 5

Take action from your computer, phone or tablet!

We may only have days to stop the financing for a dangerous, proposed coal project in Indonesia already plagued by human rights violations. Our Japanese and Indonesian allies have asked the international community to help put public pressure on the Japanese government to reject financing this coal project while there’s still time. If built, the proposed Batang coal plant in Central Java, Indonesia would pose serious…

Scientific American science panel may get lost in translation
Scientific American science panel may get lost in translation

Agrichemical companies and their allies are spending tens of millions of dollars a year on tobacco-style PR tactics to flood news outlets and social media platforms with misleading messages.