Long Phu-1 violates a broad set of environmental and social policies, including the Equator Principles, to which BTMU adheres
The declining ability of antibiotics to cure diseases they once easily vanquished is a growing public health crisis.
The 2017 Chain Reaction III Report and Scorecard ranks America's 25 largest fast food and fast casual restaurant chains on their antibiotics policies.
This briefing aims to provide an initial assessment of whether the GCF is living up to its mandate. It looks at whether funds are being equitably disbursed, “country ownership” is being enhanced (encouraging devolved management rather than control by multilateral institutions), and vulnerable countries and communities are being targeted.
The hype and investment around algae biofuels has not resulted in commercially viable biofuels. Worse yet, they distract attention and resources from more promising, less risky and proven solutions to climate and energy concerns, such as efficiency, solar and wind energy, relocalization, expanded public transportation, dietary shifts and regenerative agriculture.
The question remains: Is Big Oil’s investment in algae biofuels based on confidence in a credible alternative to fossil fuels, or is it nothing more than a public relations stunt?
We are writing to express our dismay with the conduct of the July 2017 Green Climate Fund Board meeting, both in terms of process and treatment of civil society.
Since taking office in January, Trump has shown himself to be a powerful ally of the fossil fuel industry, prioritizing their profits over the planet and people at every opportunity.
To ensure that his anti-science, anti-planet plans are carried out, Trump picked a rogue’s gallery of polluters and Wall Street cronies to head his cabinet.