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What’s driving the palm oil industry’s human rights abuses and environmental destruction? Just follow the money
If you’re an American looking to do your part to protect tropical rainforests, you need look no further than your kitchen pantry. As you’ve likely heard by now from Friends of the Earth and others…
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Statement on Washington, D.C., round of transatlantic trade negotiations
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the United States and the European Union concluded the third round of negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, a trade deal intended to facil…
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Air samples at cruise ship docks worldwide find dangerous levels of deadly soot
Tests in Manhattan, Venice, Germany show urgent need for lines to upgrade pollution controls NEW YORK – Air samples taken near idling cruise ships in New York and three European ports contained dang…
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Palm oil giant Wilmar International promises to end its forest destruction
Friends of the Earth will continue to hold the company to account WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wilmar International, the world’s largest palm oil trader, announced last week a new “No Deforestation, N…
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Friends of the Earth protests Pacific trade deal
Friends of the Earth and its allies are protesting the Trans-Pacific Partnership: a colossal, job destroying free trade agreement being negotiated in secret among nations bordering the Pacific that wi…
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Illegal palm plantations and illicit land grabs threaten the worlds last forests
Illegal and destructive production of palm oil in Indonesia is continuing, with a chain of culpability that spreads worldwide, from Southeast Asian rain forests to supermarket shelves and Wall Street…
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Friends of the Earth U.S. statement on COP19 Warsaw walkout
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A day before the conclusion of the UN climate conference in Warsaw, Poland, hundreds of climate activists from all continents — representing social movements, trade unio…
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Montgomery County Circuit Court judge sends stormwater permit back to Maryland Department of Environment
Decision states that the permit lacks clarity, doesn’t fulfill clean water requirements WASHINGTON, D.C. — Montgomery County Circuit Court Judge Ronald B. Rubin ruled on Wednesday that a per…