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Indigenous leaders rejecting California REDD hold governor responsible for their safety
As California lawmakers prepare to launch the state’s cap and trade program as part of its Global Warming Solutions Act, or AB32, indigenous leaders traveled to Sacramento to urge officials not to i…
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UN biodiversity talks favor false solutions to biodiversity crisis
After two weeks of talks, the United Nations Biodiversity Conference comes to a close here today with Friends of the Earth International criticizing negotiators for…
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California’s global warming trading scheme could endanger indigenous forest peoples
Leaders of indigenous forest peoples warned today that California’s proposed carbon credits trading scheme – intended to help reduce global warming – could in fact threaten the survival of th…
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Tune in for live stream of Indigenous peoples confront false climate solutions
Protecting tropical forests is important in the fight against global climate change, but Indigenous Peoples are lining up against what they consider a false solution to the climate crisis. As part of…
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Green energy guilty verdict expected in World Trade Organization
“These are the first international trade disputes which create the potential for conflict between a nation’s commitments under the WTO and its obligations under the Framework Convention on Clim…
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Nearing 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, advocacy groups challenge national water pollution trading model
Food & Water Watch and Friends of the Earth, represented by Columbia Law School’s Environmental Law Clinic, filed a joint lawsuit today to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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Friends of the Earth and 62 other US groups urge Secretary Clinton to support – not disparage – Robin Hood Tax
Yesterday, Friends of the Earth sent a letter signed by 63 U.S. organizations, to Secretary of State Clinton regarding misinformation spread internationally by State Department representatives about f…
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Environmental groups defend EPA rule reducing large ship pollution
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -– A coalition of environmental groups moved to intervene in a court case today to support a low-sulfur fuel requirement for ships in most U.S. waters, including southern Alask…
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Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton RE: Robin Hood Tax
Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding misinformation spread internationally by State Department representatives about the Robin Hood Tax.
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Greens need to advocate in all relevant fora to protect the Arctic from increasing shipping
Arctic summer sea ice extent reached an all-time record low on September 16. The rapid nature of the changes in the region has many scientists concerned, and the implications on weather systems and…