Sistemas económicos sostenibles
Buscar en
Categorías
Cuestiones
Proyectos
-
EPAs Clean Water Rule protects our drinking water
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency finalized the Clean Water Rule, which would restore the Clean Water Act’s protections to many of our nation’s streams, rivers and wetla…
-
Ace Hardware commits to action on bee-killing pesticides
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ace Hardware, the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world, announced it is willing to move away from products containing neonicotinoids — a leading driver…
-
Friends of the Earth sends condolences for slain Indonesia palm oil activist
This weekend, Indonesian activist Jopi Peranginangin, a tireless campaigner against unbridled oil palm expansion, was killed outside a nightclub in Jakarta.
-
Environmental justice, human rights groups, and investors demand reform of Chevron practices at companys annual General Meeting
Oil giant targeted over environmental and human rights abuses worldwide, as stockholder concern grows SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. – An ever growing coalition of local, national and international environm…
-
Senate rejects Warrens trade amendment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate failed to pass SA 1327, an amendment from Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) to the ‘Fast Track’ Trade Promotion Authority bill. The amendment would prohibit the ap…
-
Environmental and fair trade organizations take action against Rep. Blumenauers vote on trade
Groups to flyer Portland, Oregon to target wayward climate champion WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, May 26 a group of environmental and fair trade organizations including 350PDX, Friends of the Ear…
-
Pollinator Politics: Environmentalists Criticize Obama Plan To Save Bees
The buzz around bees has been bad lately. As we’ve reported, beekeepers say they lost 42 percent of honeybee colonies last summer. And it seems that fixing what ails bees is no simple task. Ove…
-
White House makes bid to save honeybees but ignores toxic pesticides
Plan makes millions of acres of federal land more bee-friendly but does not ban the use of neonicotinoids which research shows are closely linked to bee life loss The White House has announced an ambi…
-
U.S. Plan to Help Bees Focuses on More Land
The U.S. government will make federal lands more friendly to bees, monarch butterflies and other pollinators, according to a White House action plan to take action to help bees, released today. Stoppi…
-
Meat industry has a cow over US dietary guidelines
The US meat industry is fighting a call for more plant-based diets and a potential government policy shift on dietary guidelines A nationwide food fight is heating up after the US government accepted…