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Vermont passes bill to reduce bee-killing pesticides
Environmental advocates applaud as a bill to protect pollinators by reducing pesticides harmful to bees was signed into law.
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California Assembly Approves Nation’s First Plant-Based School Lunch Program
In a first-ever push to support climate-friendly school food, the California Assembly today approved legislation to provide new state funding to reimburse K-12 public schools for the costs of expandin…
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Green New Deal for farming: Address climate crisis and revitalize food system
Our agricultural system is so intertwined with the economic system that is causing the climate crisis that any Green New Deal will need to address how we produce and consume what we eat. That will req…
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California bans brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos, helps farmers transition to safer alternatives
By outlawing chlorpyrifos, California joins New York and Hawaii in putting public health and the environment over corporate profits. We call on the state to work as swiftly as possible to cancel the r…
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Vermont passes bill to ban consumer use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides
The Vermont Legislature today passed a bill banning consumer use of neonicotinoid pesticides by July 2019. During the legislative session, thousands of Friends of the Earth members in Vermont called a…
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Friends of the Earth and Tisch Food Center convene “Greening School Food” experts in northeast regional forum in Albany
Following New York City’s recent announcement to implement Meatless Mondays and slash red meat purchases by 50 percent in its school system, the event is designed to share best practices from across…
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World Faces Ecological Collapse Unless Urgent Action Taken, Says Devastating Global Assessment
The world faces ecological collapse and mass extinctions unless dramatic action is taken to change social and economic systems, according to a global assessment launched today by The Intergovernmental…
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Shopper’s Guide to GMOs: Are You Ready For The New Wave of Genetic Engineering?
These GMOs by other names are still GMOs. Companies are rushing patented new genetic engineering technologies into food, cosmetics and supplements with no precaution and no transparency.
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New York Passes Bill to Ban Dow’s Brain-Damaging Pesticide Chlorpyrifos
New York’s deadline for ending the use of chlorpyrifos will make it the first state to stop use of the chemical. In banning this dangerous chemical, New York legislators are prioritizing public heal…
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NYC Green New Deal Pledge to Cut Meat Purchases
New York City is strengthening its climate leadership by acknowledging the importance of slashing consumption-based greenhouse gas emissions associated with factory farmed meat. Eliminating processed…