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Lowe’s to stop selling neonicotinoids pesticides that may be harmful to bees
Home improvement chain Lowe’s Cos Inc will stop selling a type of pesticide suspected of causing a decline in honeybee populations needed to pollinate key American crops, following a few U.S. re…
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Lowe’s to stop selling neonic pesticides linked to bee deaths
Lowe’s plans to stop selling pesticides linked to the massive decline of honeybees around the world. The home improvement chain announced on Thursday that it would phase out products containing…
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With recent deforestation pledges, eyes on next steps
Last week, Yum! Brands, the company that owns KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut, announced a zero deforestation policy for its sourcing of palm oil, to ensure the palm oil the company’s restaurants use t…
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Environmental impact should be part of dietary guidelines, groups say
More than 100 environmental and health food groups, nutritionists, and educators say they support the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee’s recommendation to factor the health of the environment w…
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Broad alliance critiques EPAs announcement on bee-harming pesticides, urges agency to go further to protect pollinators
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a moratorium on new bee- and bird- harming neonicotinoid pesticide products and uses. While supportive of the part…
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Alaska oil and gas lease draws criticism
A decision from the Department of Interior to review energy exploration plans off the coast of Alaska is “unconscionable,” environmental groups said. The federal government affirmed a 200…
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Oil spills near Gulf Coast leave unimaginable ecological, environmental effects
The environmental effects of oil rig disasters, like the PEMEX explosion and the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf Coast in 2010, are still being felt throughout the region. However, critics like…
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Shells Arctic Drilling Plans Approved by Department of Interior
It seems like the battle to save the wild and remote Arctic seas from predatory oil and gas companies never ends. Despite court cases finding it had illegally sold oil and gas exploration leases in…
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Advocates Urge Dietary Guidelines that are Good for Public Health and the Environment
Last week, I had the pleasure of testifying, on behalf of Friends of the Earth, about theScientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee at a public meeting in Washington, D.C. T…
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Interior opens Alaskan waters to Shell
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of the Interior issued a Record of Decision affirming Lease Sale 193 in the Chukchi Sea in Northwest Alaska. The federal government unlawfully sold the oil a…