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Toxic trade deal: Friends of the Earth decries industry efforts to weaken regulation of chemicals associated with breast cancer, autism, infertility
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on the launch of negotiations for a U.S.-Europe trade deal, the so-called Transatlantic Trad…
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Update from the Pacific NW on endangered Orcas: Stranded baby whale rescued in 2002 has a calf
Eleven years ago, a rescued orphaned killer whale calf, Springer, was reunited with her family off Vancouver Island’s northern coast. Springer has been seen with her pod every year since, coincidin…
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A dark venture: Tales from Borneo, the global heart of palm oil — Part 3
When we left off, a local corporate public relations representative, unbeknownst to himself, was being devoured by a bloodthirsty mosquito in the heat of a palm oil plantation in the heart of Indone…
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Carts before horses at Green Climate Fund
Originally posted on Reuters The board of the fledgling U.N. Green Climate Fund (GCF), which met in South Korea last month, continues to gloss over the foundational issues of the purpose of the Fund a…
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Tell Kroger: It’s time to take a stand on GE-seafood!
Today, Friends of the Earth launched a social media day of action for its Campaign for GE Free Seafood. We are asking Kroger to join Whole Foods, Aldi, and Trader Joe’s, Target, and others in no…
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A dark venture: Tales from Borneo, the global heart of palm oil — Part 2
When we left off, our narrator was speaking to a corporate public relations man about the environmental and public health problems arising from a dubious palm oil plantation…. See previous post, h…
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Carts before horses: Reflections on recent Green Climate Fund meeting in Korea
For 2 weeks, I’ve been contemplating whether there is something new and exciting to say about the June board meeting of the Green Climate Fund in Korea. In short, the answer is — not really. T…
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A dark venture: Tales from Borneo, the global heart of palm oil
This past month, our China Sustainable Finance campaigner, Rey Edward, traveled to Borneo, Indonesia, to view first hand the environmental disaster caused by palm oil plantations. Edward interviewed…
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Friends of the Earth statement on US – Europe trade negotiations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the first round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership concludes in Washington, D.C. The trade talks opened Monday, July 8, under a cloud res…
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Obama’s “grand” climate plan: reflections from a policy wonk
Today President Obama gave a much-anticipated climate change speech at Georgetown University. In true Obama fashion, the speech was pretty inspiring and sounded great; but dig a little deeper into the…