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Tenth Cruise Ship Report Card Reveals Industry Greenwashing
Friends of the Earth released its 2022 Cruise Ship Report Card today, the tenth such analysis assessing and ranking the environmental and human health impacts of major cruise lines.
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Friends of the Earth Applauds Child Nutrition Measures to Increase Plant-Based School Meal and Beverage Options
Today, the House introduced the “Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act” Child Nutrition Reauthorization legislation.
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Report: Hydrogen is Big Oil’s Latest Greenwashing Scheme
A new report sounds the alarm on the newly-established federal clean hydrogen standard as Big Oil’s next greenwashing scam.
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Environmental justice, climate groups call on EPA to rein in the harms of factory farms
A letter sent to EPA Administrator Michael Regan urges him to act on the EPA’s existing authority to provide federal oversight of factory farms.
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Congress Urged to Boost Appropriations for Biden’s Clean Energy Orders
Dozens of groups urged leaders to increase funding for executive orders to spur renewable energy production under the Defense Production Act.
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Leading climate, conservation and Indigenous groups respond to draft supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project
No single oil and gas project poses a greater threat to the Biden Administration’s climate and public lands protection goals than the Willow Project.
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New EU law to hold social media companies accountable, US must increase transparency of Big Tech and reduce disinformation
The EU passed the Digital Services Act, the strongest legislation thus far to regulate Big Tech and stop disinformation on climate change.
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Controversial $200 million IFC loan approved for LDC’s climate-destructive soy and corn operations in Brazil’s Cerrado
Despite opposition from more than 235 organizations, shareholders have approved a $200M loan to Louis Dreyfus Company Brazil (LDC).
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Biden’s five-year drilling plan would exacerbate climate disaster
The DOI issued a draft five-year offshore oil and gas drilling plan, which is opposed by coastal communities and national climate groups.
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Groups Celebrate California’s Historic Investments in Plant-based School Food
California adopted a $600 billion budget with historic investments in the state’s school meal program to expand healthy, plant-based meal options.