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Meat industry demands in the EU-US trade deal
As trade negotiators from the United States and the European Union gather in Brussels for the latest round in negotiations for the TransAtlantic Trade and Investment partnership (TTIP), twenty-nine en…
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Kroger, Safeway join trend away from GMO food
Largest U.S. grocery stores will not sell genetically engineered salmon WASHINGTON, D.C. — The two largest grocery stores in the United States, Kroger (NYSE: KR) and Safeway (NYSE: SWY), have made c…
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Green Climate Fund or Greedy Corporate Fund?
As the Green Climate Fund board gathers in Bali this week for its latest meeting, 80 civil society organizations sent a letter to GCF board members sounding the alarm about the attempted corporate ta…
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More than a half million people demand Home Depot and Lowes stop selling bee-killing pesticides
Thousands participate in bee swarm actions across the country in the week of Valentine’s Day WASHINGTON, D.C.—This week, over 27,000 people coast-to-coast are swarming Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) and…
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Friends of the Earth reacts to State of the Union: Twitter remarks and retweets on the 2014 #SOTU address
“Let’s make this a year of action.” #obama should stop the #KXL pipel…
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Citing new information, groups ask Whatcom County to reverse its prior decision not to study regional transportation risks of crude by rail to local refineries
BELLINGHAM, WA –In a letter submitted Wednesday, January 22, three local and one national organization asked Whatcom County officials to withdraw prior administrative determinations that allowed inf…
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Lets prevent palm oil from foreclosing on our climate future
When we think about the causes of climate change, we tend to focus on energy generation and carbon emissions from fossil fuels; consequently, a lot of activity to curb climate disruption, such as 350…
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Don’t fast track a polluters’ bill of rights
Friends of the Earth opposes the “Bipartisan Congressional Trade Priorities Act” (HR 3830/S 1900), so-called “Fast Track” legislation sponsored by Representative Dave Camp (R-Mich.) and Sen…
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9 groups react to retrograde fossil fuel support in Omnibus Appropriations legislation
Washington, D.C. — Polluter-funded politicians are attempting to use Omnibus Appropriations legislation to increase taxpayer support for building coal plants overseas. This would undermine Preside…