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New Report Documents Social and Environmental Harms of PRONACA’s Animal Agriculture Operations on Indigenous Communities
Loans from IDB Invest and IFC to PRONACA, the country’s largest pig and poultry producer, have violated the banks’ own policies.
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Freedom of Information Act Findings Reveal Covert Incinerator Lobby Blitz
WASHINGTON – FOIA documents uncovered by Friends of the Earth confirm that an incinerator industry campaign, led by waste management giant Covanta, is attempting to potentially co-opt billions of do…
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Debt Ceiling Bill Spells Disaster for People and the Planet
WASHINGTON – Congress has released its debt ceiling agreement, which includes a slew of problematic provisions. In addition to attacking bedrock environmental laws like the National Environmental Po…
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Friends of the Earth groups reject investigation into environmental and human rights violations by Indonesian palm oil company
Today, Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) planned and then canceled a kick off meeting for their flawed investigation into the company’s environmental and human rights violations in Central and West Sulawesi…
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Federal Lawmakers Expected to Sneak Dirty Deal into Debt Ceiling Bill
WASHINGTON – Today, lawmakers are reportedly close to reaching a deal on so-called “permitting reform” amidst ongoing debt ceiling negotiations. If implemented, the deal would substantially weak…
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Democracy Coalition Follows Gov. Cooper in Calling for Independent Redistricting Commission
Following comments from Governor Cooper about the need for an independent redistricting commission to secure equitable voting throughout North Carolina, a diverse group of people and organizations tha…
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New York Lawmakers and Environmental Advocates Urge Assembly to Stop Funding Climate Destruction
Liberian Goldman Prize Winner, Alfred Lahai Gbabai Brownell Sr, joined lawmakers and advocates in Albany today to urge the New York Assembly to pass The New York Tropical Deforestation-Free Procuremen…
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Groups Pressure Japan to Stop G7 Push to Finance Fossil Fuels and False Solutions; Urge Biden to Oppose Global LNG Expansion
Ahead of the G7 summit, climate and environmental organizations gathered at the Japanese embassy to pressure officials to stop the G7 push to finance Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) expansion.
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Genetically Engineered Mosquito experiment in California’s Central Valley halted
Biotech corporation withdraws permit request in a win for agricultural communities threatened by risky insect mass release
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EXIM approves support for oil refinery in Indonesia despite Biden climate pledges
Today the U.S. Export-Import Bank approved almost $100 million in support for the expansion of the PT Kilang Pertamina Balikpapan Petroleum Refinery in Indonesia