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Home Depot to phase out bee-killing pesticides
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Home Depot (NYSE: HD), the world’s largest home-improvement chain, has announced that it has removed neonicotinoid pesticides, a leading driver of global bee declines, from 80 p…
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Indigenous flotilla of kayaks and press conference demanding true climate solutions at COP21
Media advisory for: December 6, 2015 PARIS, FRANCE – During the COP21 climate talks in Paris, Indigenous Peoples from the Arctic to the Amazon and their allies will gather to demand real climate so…
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President Obama speaks on U.S. role to fight global emissions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Obama addressed climate change and the U.S.’ role in combating global climate emissions at a press conference during the United Nations Paris Climate Summit. Friends o…
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Should our children be genetically engineered?
Call for ban on germline genetic engineering of human beings BERKELEY, CALIF. — On the eve of the U.S. National Academies of Sciences and Medicine International Summit on Human Gene Editing, the Cen…
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Costco, Red Lobster will not sell GMO salmon
Coalition demands labeling in wake of FDA approval WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the heels of FDA’s approval of GMO salmon, Costco Wholesale (COST), has made a public commitment to not sell GMO salmon. …
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FDAs approval of GMO salmon denounced
More than 60 grocery chains, majority of consumers already reject “Frankenfish” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today scientists, environmental and consumer groups and fishermen lambasted the U.S. Food and…
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Alaskan protesters tell feds to Keep It in the Ground at Arctic oil auction
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — Protesters from Alaska Rising Tide today rallied outside a massive Bureau of Land Management oil and gas auction in Anchorage, calling on President Barack Obama to halt the sale…
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Rep. Grijalva calls on Justice to deny $5.35 billion tax break for BP after Deepwater Horizon
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A letter signed by 53 members of the House was sent this morning to Attorney General Loretta Lynch. Led by Natural Resources Committee Ranking Member Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.), it c…
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Deal to curb coal financing has more holes than a sieve
PARIS, FRANCE – After nearly two years of discussions, the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development member countries have finally reached an agreement on reducing their support to some…
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Keep It in the Ground activists halt Utah oil and gas lease sale
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Land Management made a last-minute decision to postpone a controversial oil and gas leas sale this morning in Salt Lake City due to a “high level of public interes…