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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.
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Genetically Engineered Mosquito experiment in California’s Central Valley halted
Biotech corporation withdraws permit request in a win for agricultural communities threatened by risky insect mass release
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Comments on USDA Meal Patterns
At present, there is more USDA can do to inclusively nourish our children; protect our natural resources; and support a fair and sustainable agricultural economy.
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Over 115 Local Officials Ask Congress to Reject Federal Preemption of Local Authority on Pesticides in the Farm Bill
Today more than 115 local officials sent a letter to Congress urging the rejection of any language in the 2023 Farm Bill that would limit local government authority to regulate toxic pesticides.