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150,000 Americans Call for less meat, more plants in U.S. dietary guidelines
More than 150,000 Americans signed a petition that was delivered today in front of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, DC, urging Secretary of Health and Human Services Syl…
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Should the Green Climate Fund finance “less dirty” energy?
Originally posted on Reuters Many governments and financial institutions support the deployment of “less dirty” fossil fuels to fight climate change both domestically and internationally, and clai…
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150,000 Americans call for less meat, more plants in new U.S. diet guidelines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 150,000 Americans signed a petition being delivered today urging Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to adopt…
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New graphic novel from Oakland Institute draws back the curtain on African land grabs
Our work to defend tropical forests against the expansion of the palm oil industry is rooted in a broader effort to fight land grabbing — the large scale acquisition of land by industries and go…
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Will a trade deal lead to more GMOs in your food?
Liberals fighting tooth and nail against White House efforts to finalize a sweeping global trade deal have found another hot-button issue to rally around—genetically modified foods. Rep. Peter DeFaz…
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Groups urge USDA to launch thorough investigation into scientist censorship
USDA scientists’ research about bee-killing pesticides compromised WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmentalists, beekeepers, farmworkers, farmers, fisheries, and food safety advocates sent a letter to the…
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Contributions to Green Climate Fund alarmingly low
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth International today demanded that developed nations provide the Green Climate Fund with the resources they pledged to it in 2014, warning that the contributio…
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US, Japan miss UN climate change fund deadline
A key U.N. climate fund hit a snag Thursday as major donors including the United States and Japan failed to meet a deadline for converting their pledges of climate aid into signed agreements. Green…
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200,000 Americans urge Michelle Obama to save bees from toxic pesticides
Virtual swarm buzzes White House garden tour WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the heels of the 2015 White House garden tour, more than fifty beekeepers, farmer workers and environmental and consumer organi…
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Dirty energy financed by the Green Climate Fund? Should we worry?
Many governments and financial institutions support the deployment of “less dirty” fossil fuels to fight climate change both domestically and internationally, and claim this is a sane, sensible ap…