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Friends of the Earth’s reaction to Sec. Kerrys climate speech
PARIS, FRANCE – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke today at the Paris climate negotiations, in time with the release of preliminary text. Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pica iss…
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FTT advances could lead to down payment on climate finance gap
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to today’s announcement by European Finance Ministers that advances the proposed European regional Financial Transaction Tax, Friends of the Earth’s Senior I…
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UN promoting potentially genocidal policy at World Climate Summit
PARIS, FRANCE – At the foot of a miniature Eiffel Tower, civil society, environmentalists and Indigenous Peoples rejected REDD, a carbon market mechanism, land-grabbing false solution to climate cha…
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Report: Indonesian peat fires linked to global palm oil companies and their financiers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This summer and fall, forest and peat fires burned on Indonesian palm oil plantations owned by global palm oil companies Bumitama and Wilmar International. A report released today…
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Special Climate Envoy Sterns boasts on climate finance ring hollow
PARIS, FRANCE – U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern spoke today about the U.S. role in climate negotiations, including climate finance. Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pic…
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Congress reauthorizes Ex-Im Bank without needed reforms
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress reauthorized the U.S. Export Import Bank as an attachment to an unrelated transportation bill. Ex-Im Bank’s authority lapsed July 1 after Congress failed to pass a reau…
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WikiLeaks exposes environmental threat of Trade in Services Agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. WikiLeaks released today the secret text of the Annex on Environmental Services for the Trade in Services Agreement, which confirms that the global trade deal will stand in the way of…
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Communities in Nigeria speak out on Wilmar palm oil landgrab: Video and statement
Earlier this year, Friends of the Earth groups in Nigeria and the United States published the report Exploitation and empty promises: Wilmar’s Nigerian land grab, which raises serious concerns abou…
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President Obama speaks on U.S. role to fight global emissions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Obama addressed climate change and the U.S.’ role in combating global climate emissions at a press conference during the United Nations Paris Climate Summit. Friends o…
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COP Blog: Paris’s $100B question
Originally posted on Environmental Finance At the Paris COP, it is hardly possible to overstate the importance of climate finance – the provision of funds by developed countries for developing cou…