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Environmental Groups Reach Settlement on Pesticide-Treated Seeds with California Agency
A group of environmental organizations informed a California state court today that they had reached an agreement with the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) to propose regulations…
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Advocacy Groups, Researchers and Businesses Call On Banks to Cut Ties With Formosa Plastics
Formosa Plastics has brought destruction and a lack of accountability at every turn, but financial institutions can break the cycle.
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Friends of the Earth groups condemn new reports of violence and threats against communities by Astra Agro Lestari and Indonesian military police force
Recent incidents continue a pattern of intimidation against community leaders and Human Rights Defenders opposed to AAL’s controversial palm oil operations in Indonesia.
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46 Organizations Demand Conagra End Use of Bee-Killing Pesticides on Popcorn
Today 46 consumer, health, and environmental organizations sent a letter calling on Conagra Brands (NYSE: CAG) to take immediate steps to end the use of neonicotinoid-coated seeds in its popcorn suppl…
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IRA Clean Electricity Credits Under Threat of Becoming New Fossil Fuel Handout
A new analysis from Friends of the Earth shows that Big Oil and Big Ag are lobbying to co-opt key provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.
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New Roundup weedkiller 45 times more toxic to human health
Roundup products still contain glyphosate, and eight new Roundup products contain chemicals of dramatically greater concern.
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New Report: California’s manure biogas subsidies are devastating local communities
Across California, people of color, Latine & Native American residents are significantly more likely to reside closer to CAFOs — and the pollution they cause.
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Major Banks Fueling Biodiversity Collapse by $395 Billion Since the Paris Agreement; Governments Failing to Reign in Banks
As the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP16 approaches, new research released by the Forests and Finance Coalition reveals that the world’s major banks have funneled over US $395 billion i…
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Exiting Petrochemicals: Groups Call On Financial Institutions to Stop Financing Major Driver of Climate Change
Plastics and the 16,000 chemicals used to make them contaminate food, water, air, blood, and even breastmilk.