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Beekeepers, farmers, and students to swarm N.C. state Capitol
500,000 Americans demand that Bayer help save bees RALEIGH, N.C. — Farmers, beekeepers, environmentalists, students, and other members of the North Carolina community will swarm the North Carolina C…
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Antibiotic Resistance — with a side order of fries?
New scorecard shows most chain restaurants failing to address antibiotics crisis From chicken nuggets to bacon double cheeseburgers, most meat served by leading chain restaurants comes from animals ra…
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Report finds most fast food chains serve meat raised on drugs
New fast food scorecard: 20 of the 25 top U.S. chains surveyed fail on antibiotics policies WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new report and scorecard released today by several consumer, health, and environmenta…
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Bee activists attempt to save brunch
Thousands urge Ace and True Value to remove bee-killing pesticides WASHINGTON, D.C. – Over the month of August, more than 2,000 people across the country urged Ace Hardware and True Value to “save…
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Pesticide industry advocates double standard for FOIA
CropLife America’s influence on EPA’s regulation of bee-harming pesticides questioned WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth sent a letter to pesticide industry trade association CropLife Ameri…
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As Subway moves to reduce antibiotics in chicken, groups call for details and timelines
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — Following calls to action from US PIRG, Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth, Center for Food Safety, Keep Antibiotics Working, Food Animals Concern Trus…
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Obamas Alaska visit showcases climate hypocrisy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Obama begins a three-day trip to Alaska today, to view how climate change is already having adverse impacts on the state and discuss ways to address them. In his weekly…
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Consumers to Costco: Dont be the GMO salmon store
Thousands across U.S. deliver letters demanding that Costco say no to genetically engineered salmon WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week more than 18,000 people will deliver letters to Costco Wholesale Corp…
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Court sides with feds and coal firms in lawsuit over federal coal leasing program
Plaintiffs Will Appeal Bureau of Land Management has not comprehensively reviewed the program in over 30 years WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal court in Washington, D.C. dismissed litigation brought ag…
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U.S. undermines Indias solar program at WTO
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The World Trade Organization has upheld the United States’ challenge against India’s solar power program. The WTO ruled that the program violates global trade rules by imposin…