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To protect forests and fight the climate crisis: Secure community land rights
With the release last week of the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report reconfirming the scientific consensus on both the reality and the urgency of the climate crisis (enough to make…
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Letter to GCF Board from 133 Developing Country Organizations
Letter to the GCF Board from 133 developing country organizations, with the endorsement of 65 developed country organizations, expressing a unified call for the adoption of the most robust environment…
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Court rules that federal agency failed to protect thousands of whales and dolphins from Navy sonar
EUREKA, Calif. — A federal court has ruled that National Marine Fisheries Service failed to protect thousands of whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, and sea lions from U.S. Navy warfare training exe…
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Statement on Larry Summers’ withdrawal from Fed consideration
Below is a statement from Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica on the Larry Summers’ withdrawal from consideration for chair of the Federal Reserve. “Larry Summers’ withdrawal f…
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Communities in Nigeria Take Wilmar to Court for Landgrabbing
Nigeria, in West Africa, is fertile territory for palm oil cultivation. Undertaken at a reasonable scale, and with proper attention to social, environmental and labor standards, palm oil could provide…
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Keep GMO apples out of baby food!
GMO Apples: Coming soon to baby food, school lunches and Happy meals As the fall season rushes in, my kitchen fills up with canned apple sauces, baked apple crisps, and fresh apple slices. And as an a…
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Extreme genetic engineering in your ice cream?
With the long Labor Day holiday weekend approaching, I look forward to barbeques with friends and family, and enjoying one of my favorite summertime treats: vanilla ice cream. I generally pick the ice…
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Bee die-offs: New tests find bee-killing pesticides in ‘bee-friendly’ plants from garden centers nationwide
175,000 people demand Lowe’s, Home Depot stop selling “pre-poisoned plants” SAN FRANCISCO – Many “bee friendly” home garden plants sold at Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) and o…
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Lawsuit challenges federal financing of coal exports from east coast ports
Suit charges taxpayer-backed U.S. Export-Import Bank with failure to assess environmental impacts of its dirty-fuel exports WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental groups today filed the first-ever la…
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Chinese banking policy may invalidate Chinese loans made to Australian coal projects
Australian coal projects in the Great Barrier Reef may be in violation of a Chinese banking policy that obligates Chinese banks to assess environmental risks and to also suspend, or even terminate, lo…