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Secretary Kerry, time for a fresh start on Keystone
This article, by Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica, was originally posted here on The Hill’s Congress Blog. During Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, the State Department�…
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South Carolina does not consent to being the nation’s nuclear waste dump
Finding a new home for old waste Tuesday, Aiken, S.C., became the first community to reject a new nuclear waste dump. Back in 2010 President Obama found himself stuck between a rock and a hard place…
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Chinese banking policy may invalidate Chinese loans made to Australian coal projects
Australian coal projects in the Great Barrier Reef may be in violation of a Chinese banking policy that obligates Chinese banks to assess environmental risks and to also suspend, or even terminate, lo…
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Update from the Pacific NW on endangered Orcas: Stranded baby whale rescued in 2002 has a calf
Eleven years ago, a rescued orphaned killer whale calf, Springer, was reunited with her family off Vancouver Island’s northern coast. Springer has been seen with her pod every year since, coincidin…
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A dark venture: Tales from Borneo, the global heart of palm oil — Part 3
When we left off, a local corporate public relations representative, unbeknownst to himself, was being devoured by a bloodthirsty mosquito in the heat of a palm oil plantation in the heart of Indone…
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Carts before horses at Green Climate Fund
Originally posted on Reuters The board of the fledgling U.N. Green Climate Fund (GCF), which met in South Korea last month, continues to gloss over the foundational issues of the purpose of the Fund a…
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Tell Kroger: It’s time to take a stand on GE-seafood!
Today, Friends of the Earth launched a social media day of action for its Campaign for GE Free Seafood. We are asking Kroger to join Whole Foods, Aldi, and Trader Joe’s, Target, and others in no…
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A dark venture: Tales from Borneo, the global heart of palm oil — Part 2
When we left off, our narrator was speaking to a corporate public relations man about the environmental and public health problems arising from a dubious palm oil plantation…. See previous post, h…
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More lies: John Kerry must clean up the Keystone permit process
Last week brought fresh revelations of lying and deceit in the State Department’s environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline. Research conducted by Friends of the Earth revealed that Environme…
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Carts before horses: Reflections on recent Green Climate Fund meeting in Korea
For 2 weeks, I’ve been contemplating whether there is something new and exciting to say about the June board meeting of the Green Climate Fund in Korea. In short, the answer is — not really. T…