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Extreme genetic engineering and the human future: reclaiming emerging biotechnologies for the common good

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 devastating forest fires to burn out of control.

Unfinished business: Ways President Obama can move the United States closer to its fair share of climate action

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 Conference on Climate Change and Rights of Mother Earth. The seeds of change have already been sown. Now it is time to ditch risky REDD for known community approaches that are effective, ethical and equitable.

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.

Going out, but going green?

Assessing the implementation of China's Green Credit Guidelines overseas

The green economy, forest peoples and territories

Rights violations in the state of Acre

Gardeners Beware 2014

Two-thirds of the food crops humans eat every day require bees and other pollinators to successfully produce a crop. However, the health and productivity of honey bees, bumble bees, and other pollinators are in great peril, and populations are dwindling worldwide.