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Large-scale sustainable beef is still an empty promise
Earlier this month, an international coalition of beef-producing megacorporations put forth a document they say will guide their industry towards raising more sustainable beef. But though the language…
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Going out, but going green?
Chinese banks are the largest lenders to development projects in the world. As Chinese banks increasingly invest in development projects overseas, will they also invest in environmental and soci…
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Greens sue BLM seeking to force environmental review of coal leasing
Friends of the Earth and the Western Organization of Resource Councils, with backing from philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, will sue the Bureau of Land Management today to force the…
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Microsoft co-founder sues feds over coal lease program
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen is suing the federal government over the environmental impacts of its coal-leasing program. Allen said Tuesday that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hasn’t p…
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Ebola and extractivism: An interview with Silas Siakor, director of Friends of the Earth Liberia
NOTE: An edited version of this interview has been published on Truthout under the title “Deforestation, ‘Development’ Connected to Spread of Ebola in West Africa”, and a full…
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This land is our land
Our global climate is warming due to the unprecedented amounts of carbon dioxide we are emitting through the combustion of fossil fuels. I have seen the impact of this firsthand in the degradation of…
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Friends of the Earth International: Green Climate Fund pledging session important start but nowhere near actual need
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a sign of moderate progress, a pledging session held today in Berlin, Germany, for the United Nations Green Climate Fund raised up to $9.3 billion USD in much needed funds for…
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Giving thanks to those born to give
From about as long as I can remember, Thanksgiving in my family has really been about food first and foremost. Of course, immediately followed by family. (If not for family, both real and adopted, who…
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The Next Climate Policy Fight Could Be All About Airplane Emissions
Environmental groups are pledging to intensify their push on the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft in the wake of a new report showing no improvement i…
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McDonalds, Beef Industry Slammed for Greenwashing
McDonald’s and the rest of the Global Roundtable on Sustainable Beef are “greenwashing” beef production with their principles and criteria for global sustainable beef, according to consumer, wor…