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The Pac Rim decision: What are the lessons for TPP?
On October 14, 2016, an Australian–Canadian mining company OceanaGold/Pacific Rim (Pac Rim) lost a $301 million dollar suit against the people of El Salvador before a tribunal associated with the Wo…
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Darden Restaurants CEO undeserving of leadership award, say activist groups
Gene Lee’s record on environmental, health, animal welfare and worker issues at odds with “Golden Chain” accolade WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter sent today to Nation’s Restaurant News, a coa…
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US-EU trade talks end in secrecy
Today, October 7, 2016 the United States and the European Union conclude week-long negotiations on the foundering Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in New York City. At this latest negoti…
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No ECA at GCF Letter
Letter to Green Climate Fund Board regarding opposition to accreditation of any export credit agency to the Green Climate Fund.
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Olive Garden, Darden Restaurants under investor pressure to ditch routine antibiotics
ORLANDO, Fla. — Darden Restaurants (NYSE: DRI), the nation’s largest restaurant company and owner of Olive Garden, is facing pressure from investors today at its annual shareholder meeting to elim…
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Are US tax dollars financing destruction of world’s largest mangrove forest?
In conjunction with the Save the Sundarbans protest today at the UN’s headquarters in New York City, we’re revealing in this EcoWatch exclusive that Friends of the Earth U.S. obtained documents …
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Civil Society Concerns Regarding GCF & High Environmental/Social Risk Projects
As the Board of the Green Climate Fund prepares to consider its first high risk projects at the upcoming GCF meeting in South Korea October 12-14, more than 100 groups have issued the following statem…
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Over 700,000 people tell government to block seed mergers
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee meets today to examine consolidation in the agriculture seed and chemical industry, nine groups have submitted petitions signed by 708,000 p…
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New Guide IDs GMOs 2.0 in food and cosmetics
BALTIMORE, MD — Consumer and environmental groups today released the Shopper’s Guide to Synthetic Biology to help consumers avoid the new wave of GMOs in food and cosmetics, and find truly natur…
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New antibiotics scorecard: number of top restaurant chains restricting use in chicken doubled in 2016
Subway and Wendy’s most improved; KFC, Olive Garden and 14 others get Fs NEW YORK, N.Y. – Since last year, twice as many of the nation’s top fast food chains are responding to the public health…