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Feds approval of GE mosquito release doesnt account for risk
FDA’s assessment and testing was inadequate. How will GE mosquitoes thrive in the wild and what will the inevitable unintended consequences be? These questions have not been responsibly answered.
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Strange bedfellows file FOIA request to IRS on clean coal subsidy
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Green Scissors — a coalition of free-market, taxpayer and environmental groups — announced today it has filed a request under the federal Freedom of Information Act se…
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President signs discriminatory DARK Act
Labeling bill denies Americans their right to know if they are eating GMOs WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, July 29, President Obama signed into legislation a “compromise” GMO labeling bill offere…
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100% of McDonalds chicken is raised without antibiotics after activist push
WASHINGTON, D.C. – McDonald’s announced today that it has eliminated antibiotics that are important in human medicine from 100 percent of its chicken supply. This announcement comes just a…
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Friends of the Earth Rocks Against the TPP in San Diego
BERKELEY, CALIF. – On Saturday, July 30 in San Diego, Friends of the Earth will join actress Evangeline Lilly, and musicians Jolie Holland, Bonfire Madigan, Invisible Familiars, Lia Rose, and mo…
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Arturo Garcia-Costas joins Friends of the Earth Board
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmental expert Arturo Garcia-Costas is the newest member of the governing board for Friends of the Earth-U.S. Garcia-Costas brings 20 years of policy experience in envir…
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American retirement funds are destroying rainforests
Innovative new web tool empowers citizen investor action on deforestation WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new transparency tool, “Deforestation Free Funds,” shows which global mutual funds contain pal…
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Fuelling the fire: new coal technologies spell disaster for climate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report by Friends of the Earth International demonstrates how Underground Coal Gasification — or UCG — and Coal Chemical technologies threaten to destabilise…
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Environmental groups petition the SEC to require environmental, social, and governance disclosures
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmental groups have called on the Securities and Exchange Commission to require company disclosure on environmental, social, and governance risks to investors. The Center fo…
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Keep It in the Ground movement under government surveillance
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by The Intercept reveal that the Lakewood Police Department and federal agents went undercover to spy on members of th…