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Southeastern Grocers is 12th Grocery Retailer to Create Pollinator Policy
This month, Southeastern Grocers became the twelfth major U.S. grocery retailer to create a pollinator health policy in response to Friends of the Earth’s Bee-Friendly Retailer Scorecard. The new po…
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The Climate & Agriculture provisions of the IRA
The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is many things at once. The good and the bad all need to be considered together.
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House Committee Advances Child Nutrition Legislation
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor advanced the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act with a vote of 27-19.
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Letter on IFC funding of Mavin
We are concerned that IFC continues to fund industrial livestock projects that appear to give insufficient attention to the letter and spirit of the IFC’s Good Practice Note
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Letter on IFC Project 44281
We remain concerned that that the IFC approval will result in a continuation of deeply unsustainable agricultural practices in the Cerrado.
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Friends of the Earth Applauds Child Nutrition Measures to Increase Plant-Based School Meal and Beverage Options
Today, the House introduced the “Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act” Child Nutrition Reauthorization legislation.
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Environmental justice, climate groups call on EPA to rein in the harms of factory farms
A letter sent to EPA Administrator Michael Regan urges him to act on the EPA’s existing authority to provide federal oversight of factory farms.
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Letter to Sec. Regan on CAFOs
We are writing to urge the Environmental Protection Agency to exercise its existing statutory authority to protect communities from the harmful impacts of concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs…
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Controversial $200 million IFC loan approved for LDC’s climate-destructive soy and corn operations in Brazil’s Cerrado
Despite opposition from more than 235 organizations, shareholders have approved a $200M loan to Louis Dreyfus Company Brazil (LDC).
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Groups Celebrate California’s Historic Investments in Plant-based School Food
California adopted a $600 billion budget with historic investments in the state’s school meal program to expand healthy, plant-based meal options.