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UN green climate fund can be spent on coal-fired power generation
Rules agreed a meeting of fund’s board described by Friends of the Earth as ‘like a torture convention that does not forbid torture’ The UN fund to help developing countries fight climate change…
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Fast Track attack: Chemical safety and food labels under fire in TPP and TTIP
Fast Track trade promotion legislation is expected to be introduced in Congress the second week of April. Global corporations are calling in all their chits from massive campaign contributions to bo…
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Citizen co-sponsors support the People’s Budget
This morning Friends of the Earth and 11 other groups delivered over 150,000 signatures to Congress in support of the People’s Budget, a progressive budget alternative that prioritizes economic and…
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Will Costco be the GMO salmon store?
On the heels of the introduction of Sen. Murkowski’s (R-Alaska) bill last week to crack down on the potential introduction of GMO salmon, Costco is at a crossroads. Will it join its grocery c…
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Violence in Uganda and Indonesia: Why plantation companies cant be trusted to police themselves
On February 27, Indra Pelani (left), a 22 year-old farmer and environmental defender from Jambi, Indonesia, was travelling to a harvest festival when he was brutally murdered by the security force o…
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Protest: World Bank suit against El Salvador imperils environment & democracy
On Thursday, March 19, Friends of the Earth will join the Institute for Policy Studies and the Salvadoran community for a demonstration to say “yes” to life, “no” to mining! We…
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Trade deal attack on safe food and sustainable agriculture
Congress is considering Fast Track trade promotion legislation that is seen as a prerequisite for the approval of two major trade agreements: the Trans Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade…
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Does Obama’s EPA rule mean welfare for wood?
Almost nothing is more stupid than chopping down trees and feeding them to power plants for electricity. It hurts biodiversity, belches toxic chemicals and contributes more to climate change than coal…
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Tall tales of the TPP (and TTIP)
Dean Baker, the co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, recently wrote about official misinformation in the effort to pass Fast Track trade promotion authority legislation to greas…
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Rolling out the green carpet: Friend or foe of the Earth?
This weekend marks the end of the traditional Hollywood awards season as millions tune in for the Oscars tomorrow night, recognizing the best movies of 2014. In the same mode, we would like to take a…