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Infographic: The Story of Climate Finance – Paying the high cost of climate chaos
Understanding The Story of Climate Finance is fundamental to understanding climate chaos, its high cost for poor countries and the role that the U.S. plays. To help us all out, Friends of the Earth U…
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Groups take climate fight to Oil Barons doorstep
People’s Climate Movement confronts American Petroleum Institute during National Day of Action WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today members of student, labor, justice, faith, and environmental groups particip…
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Letter to GCF Board With Recommendations on Accreditation Process
Letter to GCF Board with recommendations with regards to direct access and country ownership, transparency, climate pollution standards and human rights standards.
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112 groups demand grants and honest accounting for rich countries’ promised $100 billion in climate finance
In light of the recent release of the OECD report, “Climate Finance in 2013-14 and the USD 100 billion goal,” and the finance ministerial that took place in Lima, Peru on Oct. 9 on the sidelines o…
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Groups demand answers from State Department on human trafficking report
FOIA request highlights lingering concerns over possible political interference in important government publication WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the support of human rights, labor, faith, trade and democ…
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Letter to Developed Country Governments on UNFCCC Processes
Letter to ensure that it is accounted for clearly and honestly through an inclusive UNFCCC process; is comprised of public money (grants/grant equivalents); and that it benefits people in developing c…
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BP could nab giant tax break from $20.8 billion Deepwater settlement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This morning BP filed a settlement agreement with the Department of Justice and the five states of the Gulf Coast over its remaining Deepwater Horizon liabilities. It is still su…
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Analysis finds strong support for sustainability, less meat in Dietary Guidelines
Additional legal analysis shows clear basis for sustainability in guidelines WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new analysis released today — of an unprecedented 29,000 public comments on the 2015 Scientifi…
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The U.S. cuts an ugly deal on Trans Pacific trade agreement
Ironically results in “a big win for people and the planet” WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today in Atlanta, Georgia the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim countries reached agreement on the Trans Pacif…
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Friends of the Earth responds to allegations from Continental Resources
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, Friends of the Earth released a report, “A Flaring Shame: North Dakota & the Hidden Fracking Subsidy,” on royalty-free venting and flaring on public and tribal…