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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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Industrial Animal Agriculture Impacts on Environmental Justice and the Need for Federal Oversight
This fact sheet explores industrial animal agriculture’s health impacts on environmental justice & rural communities.
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Friends of the Earth Statement on EPA’s Final Strategic Plan
The EPA’s 2022-2026 strategic plan unfortunately omits a plan to address the environmental impacts of animal agriculture and factory farming.
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IDB Invest Drops Controversial Loan to Brazilian Beef Giant Marfrig Global Foods
Public development finance should not be channeled to large-scale industrial livestock operations like Marfrig that fuel deforestation and the climate crisis.
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Billie Eilish and Maggie Baird Take to Capitol Hill to Advocate for Plant-Based School Meals
Today, Grammy Award winning artist Billie Eilish and food justice and climate activist Maggie Baird spoke at a Capitol Hill briefing in support of the Healthy Future Students and Earth Act
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230+ Organizations Urge Senate Majority Leader Schumer to Reject Support for CAFOs in the Build Back Better Act
CAFOs are a driving factor of an unjust food system that pollutes the environment, threatens human health, and perpetuates systemic racism and inequity.
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President Biden’s Methane Plan Fails to Tackle the #1 Source of Methane Emissions
President Biden’s methane plan fails to tackle the number one source of methane emissions in the United States: animal agriculture.