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EPA finds neonicotinoids no benefit to U.S. soybean production
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency released an analysis today confirming that neonicotinoid seed treatments offer little or no increase in economic benefit to U.S. soybean produc…
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Whole Foods to Roll out Rankings for Produce
Whole Foods plans to start rolling out a system that ranks fruits and vegetables as “good,” ”better” or “best” based on the supplier’s farming practices. Most…
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Nueve razones por las que REDD es una falsa invención: Nuevo informe de Amigos de la Tierra Internacional
Friends of the Earth International has just released its most recent assessment of the suite of carbon-trading forestry policies known as Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, or REDD…
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Amigos de la Tierra elogia el primer paso de Whole Foods en la lucha por salvar a los polinizadores.
WASHINGTON, DC — Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM) lanzó hoy un nuevo sistema de calificación de productos llamado Responsibly Grown que clasifica las frutas, verduras y flores frescas como “buenas, mejores o excelentes” según…
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Green Climate Fund meeting serves as harbinger of success for 2015 Paris climate summit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Next week, Barbados — a small island, developing state threatened by climate-induced sea level rise — will host a critical board meeting of the United Nations Green C…
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Ebay Is the Latest Tech Giant Under Pressure to Cut Ties to Climate Denier
Over the last few weeks, several major tech companies and other corporate giants have cut ties with the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the controversial conservative group that has co…
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U.S.-Europe trade document confirms chemical industry attack on health safeguards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the seventh round of talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership moves toward conclusion today in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Friends of the Earth is calling for a m…
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Arrests and displacement rock villages in palm oil landgrab in Bengkulu, Indonesia
In April of this year, I visited a pair of villages in Bengkulu, Indonesia, where the Indonesian palm oil company PT Sendabi Indah Lestari (PT SIL) — a company that allegedly supplies palm oil…
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Great-granddaughter of General Mills founder urges company to stop using GMOs
This blog post has been adapted from a statement made by Harriett Crosby, Friends of the Earth board member and General Mills shareholder, at the company’s shareholder meeting on Tuesday, September…
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Blumenauer, Conyers, 58 others send letter urging EPA to take immediate action to protect pollinators
On behalf of Congressman Earl Blumenauer WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and John Conyers (MI-13), along with 58 other Members of the House of Representatives, sent…