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Countries reject plans for the expansion of aviation biofuels
Instead of driving greater demand, Governments must take urgent measures to reduce the climate impact of aviation by stemming and ultimately reversing its growth.
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U.S. export credit agency spends nearly $6 billion to finance fossil fuel projects abroad
While Americans have rallied in support of clean renewable energy at home, the U.S. Export-Import Bank has made it a priority to handout money to fossil fuel companies to work on projects abroad.
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Fourth Round of NAFTA Negotiations Threatens Family Farmers and Environment
Donald Trump’s effort to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement will put sustainable family farms at risk if it incorporates agricultural and regulatory provisions of the failed Trans…
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7 ways Trump’s NAFTA threatens our health, family farmers, animal welfare and the environment
Donald Trump’s plan to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement is a threat to efforts to create a sustainable, healthy, equitable and humane food system for all. For decades, global corp…
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Friends of the Earth U.S. Condemns Aviation Biofuels
Emissions from international aviation are a major driver of the climate crisis, and are rising faster than emissions from almost any other sector.
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Global Coalition of NGOs Call Upon Equator Banks
65 Environmental, human rights and Indigenous Peoples’ organisations today sent an open letter to the Steering Committee of the Equator Principles Association (EPA), calling for new and much stron…
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Letter to Bank of Tokyo Regarding Long Phu-1
Long Phu-1 violates a broad set of environmental and social policies, including the Equator Principles, to which BTMU adheres
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Ottawa Round of Secret NAFTA Negotiations Threatens Climate Regulation
The secrecy of NAFTA negotiations has blinded citizens of all three countries to Trump’s effort to write a new trade deal that empowers global corporations to extract, export and burn fossil fuels.
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Green Climate Fund: A Performance Check
This briefing aims to provide an initial assessment of whether the GCF is living up to its mandate. It looks at whether funds are being equitably disbursed, “country ownership” is being enhanced (…