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Robin Hood to Ban Ki-moon: I can show you the money!
Among the surging crowds of hundreds of thousands of folks at the People’s Climate March on September 21 in New York, you will see marchers in pointy green felt hats, and if you are lucky, a fully g…
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By defending against land grabs, we defend forests
Two weeks ago, we asked Friends of the Earth members to sign a petition asking British palm oil company EPO and Malaysian palm oil company KLK to respect the demand of Liberian communities to end th…
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The Pacific trade deal, Fast Track, and the 2014 elections
Recently, I had the opportunity to appear with Ian Levitt, the host of The Daily Report on Minnesota radio station KTNF. He is conducting a series of interviews with me regarding the environmental thr…
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Corporate capture: Europe trade talks threaten environment
On Friday, May 23, the United States and the European Union concluded weeklong negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (also called the Trans Atlantic Free Trade Agreement)…
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Victory: Deutsche Bank divests from Bumitama after civil society pressure
Our partners at Friends of the Earth Europe announced yesterday that Deutsche Bank has sold its shares in the Indonesian palm oil supplier Bumitama, an important supplier to palm oil giant Wilmar Inte…
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Rowing against the tide: Friends of the Earth’s update on Wilmar and its sustainability policy
Campaigners from Friends of the Earth U.S., Friends of the Earth Europe and NAPE-Friends of the Earth Uganda are in Indonesia this week for strategy meetings with Walhi-Friends of the Earth Indonesia…
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Meat industry demands in the EU-US trade deal
As trade negotiators from the United States and the European Union gather in Brussels for the latest round in negotiations for the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment partnership (TTIP), twenty-nine en…
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Green Climate Fund or Greedy Corporate Fund?
As the Green Climate Fund board gathers in Bali this week for its latest meeting, 80 civil society organizations sent a letter to GCF board members sounding the alarm about the attempted corporate ta…
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Investor Tom Steyer urges Secretary Kerry to investigate Keystone XL environmental review
This morning investor Tom Steyer sent a strongly worded letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking him to conduct an independent and transparent review of the State Department’s handling of the…
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Don’t fast track a polluters’ bill of rights
Friends of the Earth opposes the “Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act” (HR 3830/S 1900), so-called “Fast Track” legislation sponsored by Representative Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Sen…