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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…
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New U.S. -China Carbon Targets Fall Short of Reductions Needed to Avert Climate Change Disaster
Interview with Karen Orenstein, senior international policy analyst with the environmental group Friends of the Earth, conducted by Scott Harris. Just one week after the Democratic Party suffered a st…
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Documents reveal AquaBountys irresponsible management prior to fines for environmental violations on GE salmon
Letter to FDA outlines how AquaBounty’s shifting plans for GE salmon production raise risk of accidental escape, contradict FDA’s pending regulatory review WASHINGTON, D.C. – Food & Water Wa…
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Leading NGOs slam greenwashing by meat industry, demand beefier sustainability standards
New Global Roundtable on Sustainable Beef principles are toothless WASHINGTON, D.C. – Key consumer, animal welfare, worker, public health and environmental groups representing millions of constituen…
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To stop the killings of environmental defenders, we need land reform and binding laws
Two months ago, in early September, four Asháninka indigenous forest defenders were brutally slain in a remote region along the border of Peru and Brazil. One of the activists, Edwin Chota (pictured…