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Letter to Ex-Im Bank RE: Mozambique LNG
ESIA Mozambique LNG comment
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Sustainable palm oil controversy escalates as international NGOs call for customers to drop palm oil giant IOI Group
IOI responds to the suspension of its sustainability certification by denying wrongdoing, fighting back with lawsuit against the RSPO San Francisco, CA – Today, Rainforest Action Network joined…
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130,000 call on Olive Garden to adopt ethical Good Food practices
Demonstrations across country urge company to improve treatment of workers, animals, environment WASHINGTON, D.C. — Advocates across the United States are demonstrating at Olive Garden restaurants…
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Ex-Im Bank considers deals with corrupt governments
The U.S. Export-Import Bank loves to remind us that it is not a development agency, and, therefore, is not held to the same requirements as say a development finance institution. Even still, some of t…
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USDA says U.S. beekeepers lost 44 percent of colonies last year
Bee losses heighten urgency for immediate action on pesticides WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Bee Informed Partnership, in collaboration with the Apiary Inspectors of America and the United States De…
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Army Corps denies coal export permits and upholds Lummi Nation treaty rights
Pacific Northwest communities celebrate tribe’s leadership in landmark victory BELLINGHAM, WASH. – After careful review, the US Army Corps of Engineers issued a landmark decision to deny feder…
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European financiers seek to exit Agua Zarca
WASHINGTON D.C.- In an announcement today, FMO stated that it took the decision after a court in Honduras decided on May 8th to press charges against four individuals in connection with the murder of…
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Greenpeace Netherlands releases explosive documents on just concluded U.S.-Europe trade talks
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Greenpeace Netherlands released leaked documents comprising approximately half of the draft negotiating text for the massive U.S.- European Union trade deal as of the time…
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Friends of the Earth Europe report exposes U.S.-EU trade deal threat to sustainable family farms
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations between the U.S. and the European Union wind down in New York City today, Friends of the Earth Europe has published…
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Nigerian environmental and human rights advocate visits Sacramento to urge Air Board to reject international forest offsets for state Cap-and-Trade program
Expanding California’s cap-and-trade program to enable polluters to buy REDD credits also harms Californians — overwhelmingly low-income communities and communities of color — those who live near…