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Environmental groups urge U.S. Ex-Im Bank to vote no on financing massive coal plant in South Africa
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Environmental and social justice groups demonstrated in front of the U.S. Export-Import Bank today, urging Ex-Im’s board of directors to vote against a proposal to finance t…
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Green Scissors 2011
Green Scissors 2011 tackles environmentally harmful spending in four major areas: energy, agriculture, transportation, and land and water.
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Letter to Rep. Lamar Smith and Rep. John Conyers, Jr.
Writing in opposition to the balanced budget amendment being considered by the House Judiciary Committee, House Joint Resolution 1 (H.J. Res.1).
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Leveraging Private Finance: Lessons for climate and development effectiveness
This issue brief examines the Clean Development Mechanism’s and the International Finance Corporation’s track records of leveraging private finance in order to draw important lessons and recommendatio…
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The Korea Free Trade Agreement: Bad for the Environment
The U.S.-South Korea Free Trade Agreement and in particular its investment chapter and the side agreement on autos threaten to undermine environmental and climate protection policies in both countri…
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Recommendations to the Transitional Committee for the Green Climate Fund
Friends of the Earth U.S.’s input on the role of the private sector in the design of the Green Climate Fund.
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Durban Assessment: A Climate Deal for the 1% or the 99%?
A civil society analysis of mitigation issues in the Durban talks
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Letter to Speaker of the House John Boehner
Letter expressing opposition to H.R. 2560, the Cut, Cap, and Balance Act of 2011.
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State the Forest Carbon Markets: A Critical Perspective
This briefing reviews the state of the existing forest carbon market as well as the costs and benefits of a carbon offset approach for developing countries, indigenous peoples and local communities to…