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Corporate capture: Europe trade talks threaten environment
On Friday, May 23, the United States and the European Union concluded weeklong negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (also called the Trans Atlantic Free Trade Agreement)…
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Victory: Deutsche Bank divests from Bumitama after civil society pressure
Our partners at Friends of the Earth Europe announced yesterday that Deutsche Bank has sold its shares in the Indonesian palm oil supplier Bumitama, an important supplier to palm oil giant Wilmar Inte…
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Europe trade deal threatens food safety
Friends of the Earth protests corporate capture of trade policy at USTR stakeholder event WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today in Arlington, Virginia, trade negotiators from the United States and the European U…
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New report: Tiny ingredients, big risks
This press release has been edited to reflect new information as of June 13, 2014. Companies who have recently claimed they do not introduce nanoscale titanium dioxide into products highlighted on our…
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Whats the secret? Closed door U.S.-EU trade talks put environmental and public health safeguards at risk
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the United States and the European Union opened the fifth round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, which are scheduled to run through Fr…
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Strengthening Country Ownership, Country Driven Approach, Direct Access
Letter to the GCF Board on strengthening country ownership, a country-driven approach and direct access.
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Keep dirty energy out of Green Climate Fund, demand activists and community groups
A coalition of nearly 300 civil society organizations mainly from developing countries are raising alarms that the Green Climate Fund could be used to finance projects that are just a little less dirt…
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Bee losses highlight urgent need to restrict pesticides, shift to sustainable agriculture
Washington, D.C. – Today the U.S. Department of Agriculture released its annual report on honey bee losses in the United States based on a national survey of beekeepers conducted with the Bee Inform…
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New USDA report on honey bee losses to be released this week
Harvard study points to pesticide exposures as key contributor WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week the USDA is set to release its annual report on honey bee overwintering losses, which are expected to be s…
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When our land is free, were all free: Liberian communities (almost) kick out Equatorial Palm Oil
It is all too rare that communities in the global south — or anywhere — win recognition of their rights to say ‘no’ to extractive projects on their lands. So when we received n…