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FDA rule on trans fats could increase deforestation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week the Food and Drug Administration mandated food manufacturers to remove artificial trans fats from the U.S. food supply within three years. According to reports, removing…
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Diversos grupos instan a más de 100 minoristas de jardinería a que dejen de vender pesticidas tóxicos para los polinizadores.
WASHINGTON, DC — Para celebrar la Semana Nacional de los Polinizadores, más de 50 organizaciones de apicultores, agricultores, trabajadores agrícolas, organizaciones religiosas, ambientalistas y de consumidores enviaron cartas a más de 100 de los principales…
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Obamas environmental allies not buying his trade pitch on climate
President Obama has made environmental safeguards one of the selling points of the Trans-Pacific Partnership. But environmental groups aren’t buying. The influential environmental groups – a key p…
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Export-Import Bank to be protested over Australian coal port Wednesday
Advocates will deliver over 600,000 signatures calling on the Ex-Im Bank to reject financing for the controversial Abbot Point coal export project ***Photo opportunities available*** What: A coalition…
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Friends of the Earth urges House to reject TAA for a second time
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday the package of Fast Track trade bills was defeated in the U.S. House of Representatives because a component of the package — a bill on Trade Adjustment Assistance…
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El Proyecto No-OGM dice no a la biología sintética
La postura proactiva del Proyecto No-OGM sobre la biología sintética ayudará a crear conciencia sobre esta forma de ingeniería genética prácticamente no regulada y sin etiquetar que está entrando rápidamente en nuestros alimentos y productos de consumo…
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Bill targets ‘loopholes’ for fracking pollution
Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.) has introduced a bill to close what he characterized as loopholes for pollution that the oil and natural gas industry uses for hydraulic fracturing. The changes enacted in 1987…
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Anti-Climate Provision Gives Democrats Fresh Reason To Oppose Obama On Trade
A measure that would excuse the U.S. from any trade deal obligations to address climate change adds a fresh wrinkle to the tense debate in the House over President Barack Obama’s trade agenda. House…
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Friends of the Earth welcomes scuttling of trade package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. House of Representatives deferred a final decision on a legislative trade package including Trade Adjustment Assistance, Fast Track trade promotion authority, and Cust…
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The carbon elephant in the room
Unwilling to debate opponents like Senator Elizabeth Warren on the substance of trade deals, President Obama has reduced his push to get trade promotion authority to morally righteous declarations and…