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Unsustainable Investment: International Finance Corporation’s Support for Industrial Agribusiness in Brazil

A case study from Friends of the Earth U.S. examines the negative environmental and social impacts of a 2022 $275M loan by International Finance Corporation (IFC).

Minimum Tax, Maximum Influencer

Now that Republicans are in control of Congress and the White House, oil and gas companies are trying to get a helping hand from their allies in Congress to protect against tax increases

Big Oil’s “Dear Trump” Wishlist

This government by the ultra-wealthy is already putting its collective thumb on the scale, bolstering the oil and gas industry’s robust and longstanding subsidies

Industrial Livestock Production: Climate-Related Financial Risks

Global food systems account for more than one third of the world’s GHG emissions, with meat, dairy and animal feed production accounting for 60% of this amount.

Gassed Up

Fourteen proposed U.S. liquefied natural gas export terminals are quickly striking deals to sell their output worldwide and could win rapid approval by President-elect Donald Trump.

2024 Retailer Scorecard

Without pollinators, grocery shelves would run short of a wide assortment of fruits and vegetables, nuts, and beans.

Economic Risks of Pesticides

The U.S. food retail sector’s use of pesticides on just four crops could result in $219 billion in financial risks between now and 2050.

2024 Cruise Ship Report Card

The 2024 Cruise Ship Report Card takes a continued hard look at the cruise industry to see if clean cruising is possible and in most cases the answer is still a resounding no.

OECD Complaint Against BlackRock

The complaint, which was filed with the National Contact Point at the U.S. State Department, details how BlackRock has poured billions of dollars into companies destroying the world’s last standing forests.

New Roundup, New Risks

Friends of the Earth’s analysis finds that, on the fiftieth anniversary of its commercialization, Roundup sold to consumers is more toxic than ever before.