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Protest: World Bank suit against El Salvador imperils environment & democracy
On Thursday, March 19, Friends of the Earth will join the Institute for Policy Studies and the Salvadoran community for a demonstration to say “yes” to life, “no” to mining! We…
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Letter to GCF Board on Operationalizing Country Ownership
Letter to the GCF Board on operationalizing country ownership through establishing a floor for direct access (50% by 2018, 75% by 2020)
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INSIGHT-KFC faces pressure after McDonald’s says no antibiotics in chicken
KFC, the world’s largest chain of fried chicken restaurants, may face pressure from consumer and environmental groups to change how its poultry are raised after McDonald’s Corp said it wou…
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Trade deal attack on safe food and sustainable agriculture
Congress is considering Fast Track trade promotion legislation that is seen as a prerequisite for the approval of two major trade agreements: the Trans Pacific Partnership and the Transatlantic Trade…
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Is Sustainable Beef an Oxymoron?
In the face sagging beef sales, a slew of U.S. beef industry stakeholders have formed the U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (USRSB) to figure out how to source beef that’s, well, more “sustain…
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Groups, thousands of supporters tell Costco no GMO salmon
Friends of the Earth, Community Alliance for Global Justice, and Food and Water Watch have petitioned Costco to no longer sell GMO salmon. Groups, thousands of supporters tell Costco no GMO salmon -F…
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Groups urge Costco not to sell GMO salmon
Food safety advocates are urging Costco to stop selling genetically modified salmon. Friends of the Earth, which is spearheading the anti-engineered salmon campaign withCommunity Alliance for Global J…
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McDonalds Is Curbing Use of Antibiotics in Chicken, But Does It Go Far Enough?
In a response to “superbugs” and slumping sales, McDonald’s announced that within two years, it will only buy and sell “chicken raised without antibiotics that are important to human medicin…
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4 million people demand Obama administration to protect bees from toxic insecticides
Today, a coalition of more than 125 conservation, beekeeping, food safety, religious and farming advocacy groups rallied in front of the White House and delivered more than four million petition s…
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McDonalds is changing its McNuggets-and the move could save lives
America’s abiding love for breaded, fried bits of chicken may be a boon to public health. Forget, for a second, the role those McNuggets and chicken sandwiches may play in the obesity. McDonald’s…