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New Genetically Engineered Soil Microbes Could Threaten Soil Health
As companies push to commercialize genetically engineered (GE) soil microbes, a new report reveals risks and recommends policy action.
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Genetically Engineered Soil Microbes: Risks and Concerns
The release of live genetically engineered microbes in agriculture represents an unprecedented open-air genetic experiment.
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Multilateral banks’ investments in industrial livestock undermine their Paris climate commitments
As world leaders meet tomorrow in Paris to discuss the role of public finance in addressing “climate change and the global crisis”, delegates should press multilateral development banks (MDBs) to…
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Climate Misalignment
How development bank investments in industrial livestock are at odds with their Paris Agreement commitments.
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Friends of the Earth Reacts to USDA Animal-Raising Claims
Today, USDA announced a new effort to strengthen substantiation of animal-raising claims on meat and dairy labels.
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150+ Organizations Call Out USDA for Exacerbating Environmental Injustice in Energy Grant Program
Today, 155 environmental justice, food and farm, and climate organizations voiced opposition to changes the U.S. Department of Agriculture made to the Rural Energy for America Program that will exacer…
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New York Protects ‘the Birds and the Bees’ with Nation-Leading Legislation
We are buzzing with praise for our Senate and Assembly members taking action to address toxic neonic pesticides and protect our pollinators.
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Case Study on PRONACA Investments
This case study, based on a detailed report, documents significant historical & current negative impacts of PRONACA’s factory farms.
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Environmental & Social Impacts of Investments in PRONACA
The report examines the impacts of PRONACA’s factory farms and slaughterhouses on the natural resources and local and Indigenous communities of the province of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, west…
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New Report Documents Social and Environmental Harms of PRONACA’s Animal Agriculture Operations on Indigenous Communities
Loans from IDB Invest and IFC to PRONACA, the country’s largest pig and poultry producer, have violated the banks’ own policies.