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Letter to President Obama RE: Treasury Secretary
Letter to President Obama urging him to nominate a Treasury Secretary who will (1) champion a financial transaction tax and (2) dedicate the revenue raised to fund public services that keep people and…
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A Struggle for the Soul of the GCF
Existential crises usually kick in mid-life, as one wakes and wonders: what is my purpose in life? Why am I here, and where am I going? Though still in its infancy, the Green Climate Fund, a new insti…
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Friends of the Earth and 62 other US groups urge Secretary Clinton to support – not disparage – Robin Hood Tax
Yesterday, Friends of the Earth sent a letter signed by 63 U.S. organizations, to Secretary of State Clinton regarding misinformation spread internationally by State Department representatives about f…
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Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton RE: Robin Hood Tax
Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding misinformation spread internationally by State Department representatives about the Robin Hood Tax.
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Starting off right: Making climate finance publicly accountable at the Green Climate Fund
On the eve of the first board meeting of the UN’s Green Climate Fund, Friends of the Earth U.S. — along with GAIA and the Institute for Policy Studies — has released a report that begins…
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Submission by Friends of the Earth U.S. and ActionAid USA to the UNFCCC
Letter on (1) private finance and the $100 billion question, and (2) addressing tax avoidance and evasion in developed countries in the context of long term finance.
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Robin Hood hits home — Let’s give him a warm welcome!
Why is the Incredible Hulk smoothly whistling on YouTube as he takes a dollar and draws a Robin Hood mask on George Washington’s mug? Because Mark Ruffalo — who plays the green superhero in th…
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Robin Hood, nurses, Woody Guthrie and Friends of the Earth: Let’s tax Wall Street!
For almost 15 years now, I’ve been doing human rights and environmental advocacy work — most of it in Washington, D.C. Just about anyone who has done that sort of thing for more than a decade…
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117 groups urge Climate Investment Funds to sunset, support for Green Climate Fund
As the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual Spring Meetings get underway, 117 organizations from around the world today urged government funders of the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds…