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World Bank urged to drop a $50 million loan for factory farm expansion in Ecuador because of health, social and environmental impacts
The World Bank is being urged to drop a $50 million loan to Pronaca, Ecuador’s biggest livestock producer, because of its harmful impacts.
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D.C. Becomes First in the Nation to Set GHG Reduction Target for Food Purchases
Earlier today, the D.C. Council unanimously passed the Green Food Purchasing Act of 2021 (Councilmember Mary Cheh – Ward 3). The legislation will measure and reduce the GHG emissions associated…
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New Study: Agricultural Pesticides Cause Widespread Harm to Soil Health, Threaten Biodiversity
A new study published today by the academic journal Frontiers in Environmental Science finds that pesticides widely used in American agriculture pose a grave threat to organisms that are critical to h…
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Breaking: Federal Court rules that EPA broke the law on chlorpyrifos
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency must either disallow the use of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food or find safe levels of exposure that will prot…
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GMO Mosquitoes Released in Florida Keys
Despite scientific concerns and public outcry over the human health and environment risks, the field trial’s first phase will release up to 144,000 GE mosquitoes over the course of the next 12 weeks…
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Friends of the Earth reacts to the reintroduction of the Growing Climate Solutions Act
The ‘Growing Climate Solutions Act’ represents the opposite of a solution to the climate crisis. It would allow the fossil fuel industry to pollute as usual, line the pockets of Big Ag, and perpet…
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Letter to IFC on Pronaca
The Pronaca Covid project is for a USD 50 million investment for capacity expansion of the company’s pork and poultry farms and processing facilities, as well as its feed mills, located in Ecuador.
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USDA Foods: How a $1.3 Billion Program Can Be Transformed
The USDA Foods program, while providing well-intentioned financial support for school districts, contributes to menus that rely heavily on carbon-intensive, ultra-processed foods like hamburgers, deli…
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Growing Climate Solutions Act Opposition Letter (2)
This legislation aims to build a framework for broad-scale development of carbon markets and to pave the way for a national cap-and-trade program. We oppose these carbon schemes for the reasons discus…
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Walmart announces industry-leading policy to protect pollinators from pesticides
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) announced a landmark pollinator health policy today, the most far reaching to date of any U.S. food retailer.