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  • Spinning Food

    The industrial food and agricultural sector spent hundreds of millions of dollars from 2009 to 2013 on communications efforts to spin the media, drive consumer behavior and advance its policy agenda.

  • The Potential Greenhouse Gas Emissions of U.S. Federal Fossil Fuels

    This report was undertaken to facilitate a better understanding of the consequences of future federal fossil fuel leasing and extraction in the context of domestic and global efforts to avoid dangerou…

  • Chain Reaction: How Top Restaurants Rate on Reducing Use of Antibiotics in Their Meat Supply

    A report by Friends of the Earth and other public interest groups shows that America’s top chain restaurants that serve up a huge portion of the nation’s meat are doing little to help fix the grow…

  • Extreme Genetic Engineering and the Human Future

    Recent research in genetic engineering and “synthetic biology” and how has enabled scientists to artificially redesign life — everything from microbes to people.

  • Up in Smoke: Failures in Wilmar’s Promise to Clean Up the Palm Oil Business

    This report shows that global palm oil companies Bumitama Agri and Wilmar International, backed by major U.S. and European investors, have created conditions that have allowed Indonesia’s devastatin…

  • Unfinished Business

    An analysis by Friends of the Earth that highlights how President Obama has fallen short on his climate legacy by suggesting nine executive actions he can take before leaving office.

  • The Great REDD Gamble

    This alternative approach has already been proposed to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) by the Bolivian government on the basis of the conclusions of the 2010 World People’s Co…

  • 2014 Cruise Ship Report Card

    Friends of the Earth’s Cruise Ship Report Card compares the environmental footprint of 15 major cruise lines and 148 cruise ships.

  • Follow the Honey

    7 ways pesticide companies are spinning the bee crisis to protect profits. Pesticide companies are using Big Tobacco PR tactics to deflect blame for bee die-offs.

  • Tiny Ingredients, Big Risks

    This report documents a tenfold increase in unregulated, unlabeled “nanofood” products on the American market since 2008.