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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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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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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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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 Statement in Response to USDA’s Climate-Smart Commodities Announcement
This lays the groundwork for Big Ag to use these projects to greenwash their own emissions and collect tremendous amounts of farm data.
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The campaign to end public financing of industrial livestock operations
Our goal in engaging IFC is to encourage the bank to shift its agricultural lending toward diversified and climate-resilient food systems.