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Screaming for (real) ice cream
Ever wondered why Häagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream tastes intense, rich and exotic, while some run-of-the-mill supermarket brands taste like fire extinguisher foam with pretensions? Part of the answer i…
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Letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
Letter urging UN Secretary-General to (1) ensure that private finance is not counted as international climate finance, and (2) work against the greenwashing of private investment, particularly in the…
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Ban Ki-moon urged to champion public funds for climate finance
118 civil society groups ask UN chief to ensure private finance is not counted towards climate finance goals, and to prevent greenwashing in the green bond market WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of next…
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Robin Hood Tax rally will kick off Peoples Climate March
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) will join registered nurses, community, labor, student and environmental groups to launch the People’s Climate March and United Nations Clim…
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Why I’m going to the People’s Climate March
This Sunday, September 21, thousands of people will gather in New York City for the People’s Climate March. Americans who want to see a future filled with healthy families, clear air, clean wate…
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Protecting the Barrier Reef
To the Editor: “Australia Unveils Its Plan to Protect Great Barrier Reef” (news article, Sept. 16) correctly notes criticism of the Australian government for approving coastal industrial developme…
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Robin Hood to Ban Ki Moon: I can show you the money!
Among the surging crowds of hundreds of thousands of folks at the People’s Climate March on September 21 in New York, you will see marchers in pointy green felt hats, and if you are lucky, a fully g…
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Robin Hood Tax rally to kick off Peoples Climate March
Tax on Wall Street key to funding climate solutions WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) will join community, health, labor, student and environmental groups to kick start the Peop…
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Friends of the Earth applauds sustainability focus in 2015 U.S. Dietary Guidelines
Urges emphasis on the benefits of less and better meat and dairy WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the first time, the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee is charged with integrating environmental conc…
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Protesters in D.C. ask for halt to gold mining in El Salvador, say it will endanger ecology
Calling gold mining a scourge on the environment of El Salvador, a group of protesters rallied Monday outside the World Bank in the District, where a tribunal is discussing the case of a foreign compa…