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60+ Groups Form Alliance Against Faulty Offsets, Dirty Energy in Farm Bill
Today, leading food, farming, Indigenous, faith and climate advocacy groups announced the public launch of the Alliance Against Farm Bill Offsets.
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Agricultural Carbon Markets, Payments, and Data: Big Ag’s Latest Power Grab
A report from Friends of the Earth and Open Markets Institute reveals how this approach will fail to address the climate crisis while enabling the largest agribusiness corporations to entrench their m…
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Report: Big Ag Plans to Use Carbon Markets, Farmer Data to Tighten Stranglehold on Food System
On the heels of new federal climate and agriculture policies geared toward supporting agricultural carbon markets, a new report reveals how this approach will fail to address the climate crisis while…
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Friends of the Earth Denounces Biden’s Pick to Lead World Bank
Today President Biden announced that he will nominate Ajay Banga to be President of the World Bank, on the heels of current World Bank President David Malpass’s announcement of resignation one week…
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Visually Recognizable Foods Fact Sheet
Current regulations requiring plant-based protein foods to be “visually recognizable” create barriers for school food operators.
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Policy Brief: Regulatory Changes to Enable Plant-Forward School Meals
Demand for plant-based foods is growing rapidly among our youth, whether for environmental, health, religious or cultural reasons.
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Environmental Justice Advocates Oppose Factory Farm Energy Expansion at EPA Hearing
This week environmental justice advocates across the U.S. testified against the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard during virtual hearings hosted by…
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Friends of the Earth Condemns Dirty Ag Riders in Omnibus Spending Bill
Two poison pill agricultural provisions were added to the Congressional omnibus appropriations package today, teeing up a vote on the Growing Climate Solutions Act (GSCA) and SUSTAINS Act in the year-…
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Banners to Bezos and Gates: Back Off of Biodiversity!
MONTREAL/TIOHTIÀ:KE/UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE KANIEN’KEHÁ:KA NATION – Climber-activists today dropped 80-foot banners reading, “Biodiversity versus Billionaires,” visible from Montreal’s Pa…
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New Report Reveals Pesticide Industry’s Disinformation and Science Denial Playbook
A new report, Merchants of Poison: How Monsanto Sold the World on a Toxic Pesticide, illuminates the disinformation, science denial, and manufactured doubt at the core of the pesticide industry’s pu…