New report reveals Big Tobacco PR tactics used by Bayer, Syngenta, Monsanto
SAN FRANCISCO – On the eve of Bayer’s (DE: BAYN) Annual Stockholders’ Meeting in Germany, author Michele Simon and environmental group Friends of the Earth released a new report documenting the tactics used by Bayer and other pesticide companies to delay regulatory action on neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides -- a key contributor to bee declines.
The European Union banned the three most widely…
Thousands participate in bee swarm actions across the country in the week of Valentine's Day
WASHINGTON, D.C.—This week, over 27,000 people coast-to-coast are swarming Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) and Home Depot (NYSE:HD) stores to support the bees that pollinate our flowers for Valentine’s Day. In a coalition effort called the Bee Week of Action, Friends of the Earth and allies are delivering more than half a million petition signatures and Valentines asking these retailers to “show bees…
You may have heard that bees are key pollinators for one out of every three bites of food we eat. You may also know that bees are in grave trouble – as the recent Time magazine cover story pointed out. But did you know that your own garden plants may be poisoning these bees?
A new report by Friends of the Earth US and Pesticide Research Institute found 54 percent of common garden plants…
175,000 people demand Lowe’s, Home Depot stop selling “pre-poisoned plants”
SAN FRANCISCO – Many “bee friendly” home garden plants sold at Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) and other leading garden centers have been pre-treated with pesticides shown to harm and kill bees, according to a new, first-of-its-kind pilot study released today by Friends of the Earth and allies.
The pilot study, co-authored by the Pesticide Research Institute, found that 7 of 13…
Chemicals are the sinister and little-recognized partners of radiation in changing the very nature of the world–the very nature of life.
On July 8, in Washington, D.C., trade negotiators from the United States and the European Union are expected to open the first round of talks for a Trans Atlantic free trade agreement (TAFTA) or as it is formally known, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP). The United States…
Updated May 2013: Take action here to tell Home Depot, Lowe's and other stores not to carry products containing bee-killing neonicotinoids.
Spring is in the air, and as we plant our vegetable gardens and enjoy the blossoming flowers, it’s easy to forget the small creatures that keep many of our spring favorites alive and are essential to our food supply: bees.
One out of every three bites of food you and I eat is…