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Pro-poor Climate Finance: Is There a Role for Private Finance in the Green Climate Fund?
New Report from Friends of the Earth U.S. and Pan African Climate Justice Alliance This week in Washington, DC, U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern is organizing the Ministerial Meeting o…
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The Medicine Bow coal to gasoline plant comes at too great a risk, too high a cost
Since the project’s inception in 2006, Friends of the Earth has advocated against the use of public funds for the proposed coal to gasoline plant in Medicine Bow, Wyoming. Despite claims from DKRW…
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Why the World Bank must end its support for palm oil in Honduras
In a press release issued yesterday by Friends of…
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A Paradigm Shift? Really?
The third meeting of the United Nations Green Climate Fund wrapped up last week. Though “paradigm shift” emerged as the new catch-phrase of GCF discourse — as the fund’s governing instru…
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Coming to a grocery store near you: The Campaign for GE-Free Seafood!
Friends of the Earth is excited to announce our new campaign to prevent genetically engineered fish from hitting our dinner plates: the Campaign for Genetically Engineered (GE)-Free Seafood. As we rec…
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The secret Mitsubishi report revealed: Key quotes and conclusions
The just-released Mitsubishi Heavy Industries report on the San Onofre steam generators conclusively reveals that, as far back as 2005-2006, the joint Southern California Edison/Mitsubishi anti-vibrat…
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Assessing China’s commitment to greening its overseas finance, one year later
How green can China be? Can China hold true to its commitment to sustainably financing overseas investments by requiring banks to consider international environmental standards when making loans? The…
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New video: “Peril in the Pacific”
Friends of the Earth, U.S. has released a new video, “Peril in the Pacific: Trans Pacific trade agreement threatens people and the planet.” The video highlights the threats to the environment and…
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Repository of Friends of the Earth submissions on the IMOs Polar Code
With Arctic sea ice melting dramatically due to global warming and natural resource development and trade on the upswing, the region is confronting substantial growth in commercial shipping within its…
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Test summary: Potentially toxic titanium dioxide in sunscreen and cosmetics
Friends of the Earth has released new testing results from the Australian Government’s National Measurement Institute , which has found that many popular sunscreen and cosmetic products are using po…