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Genetically engineered salmon grilled at Senate Commerce hearing
Yesterday morning, the Senate Commerce’s Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard held a hearing on the environmental risks posed by genetically engineered salmon (archived web…
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Pac Rim case exposes trade pacts’ danger to democracy
“¡El pueblo unido, jamás será vencido!,” or “the people united, will never be defeated,” resounded outside World Bank headquarters yesterday in downtown Washington, D.C. Friends of the…
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Disastrous outcome from international climate talks in Durban
Durban, South Africa — News release from Friends of the Earth International — The UN climate talks in Durban were a failure and take the world a significant step back by further underminin…
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The Durban Deal – An initial analysis of the outcomes
If I looked up the accepted UN policies and procedure, I am pretty sure I wouldn’t find a “huddle” anywhere in there as a usual means to craft international law, but sure enough, in the wee hour…
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Locked out, but not giving up
Doing anything at the climate talks that could create even a miniscule stir is quickly silenced by UNFCCC security. In some ways, it feels like an authoritarian state. Civil society is locked out of m…
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Lessons of the Occupy movement for the climate talks
With only two days left in the Durban climate negotiations, we are frighteningly close to locking in low ambition and inaction for the next decade. The US, a consistent and major impediment to progr…
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Protect the Green Climate Fund
Amid rallying cries of “Amandla! Awetu!” (“Power to the people” in Zulu), we stood in front of a giant octopus with outstretched tentacles. This octopus was greedily trying to…
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Letter to GCF Transitional Committee (Dec 2011)
Letter to the GCF Transitional Committee expressing concern that the GCF must not be “turned into a ‘Greedy Corporate Fund’”
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A broken policy? Coalition calls for hearings on the renewable fuel standard
Due to an onslaught of recent critiques and a trading scandal involving the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), a diverse coalition has called on Congress to hold hearings on the broken policy.
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World Bank: Clean up dirty energy financing
As negotiators from around the world gather in Durban, South Africa for the latest round of climate talks, Friends of the Earth and our allies released a report today titled Unclear on the Concept. Th…