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Ten things to know before you take a cruise
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An estimated 22 million people will take cruises in 2014. While the cruise industry has made a commitment to protect marine ecosystems and the unique communities they visit, many…
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Subsistence farmers and great apes on alert: the African palm oil frontier continues to grow
Earlier this month, Liberian peasant farmer and activist Elder Chio Johnson stood frustrated before the locked iron gates enclosing the regional offices of two big palm oil companies, Equatorial Palm…
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Leaked: Secret text exposes food safety dangers in U.S.-Europe trade deal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secret text of provisions of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership — that would lower food safety protections in the U.S. and Europe — was leaked…
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Letter to UN Special Rapporteur
Letter to the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Rights to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association, with concerns about the GCF.
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U.S.-Europe trade deal threatens climate policy
New report documents U.S. move to weaken EU climate legislation in transatlantic trade talks WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the sixth round of U.S.-European Union trade negotiations in Brussels moves toward…
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A deeper dive into NGOs claims on biotech foods
This is background information about my story, “Why NGOs can’t be trusted on GMOs“, which ran on 16 July. A deeper dive into NGO’s claims on biotech foods -The Guardian 7/16/14
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Europe at TTIP talks: Open the US energy spigot
European officials have a message for their American counterparts as they head into transatlantic trade negotiations this week: Open the spigot. Europe at TTIP talks: Open the US energy spigot -Christ…
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Environmental groups call on Senate to reject dirty coal bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Eleven environmental organizations sent a letter urging policymakers to reject a dirty coal bill proposed by Sen. Joe Manchin (D -W. Va), today. If enacted, the proposed bill woul…
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Congress puts Obama’s overseas coal ban on chopping block
Centrist senators hope to scrap an Obama administration prohibition on financing for overseas coal projects as part of a compromise that would renew the charter for the US Export-Import Bank. Con…
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TTIP bad for agriculture, health and the environment says U.S. and EU civil society
BRUSSELS – The next round of negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) will take place July 14–18 in Brussels, almost exactly a year since the first round in Washi…