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Retailer Commitments
Retailer commitments on pesticides and pollinator health
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New tests find significant decrease in bee-killing pesticides in bee-friendly plants
Poll shows 51 percent of Americans more likely to shop at retailers committed to not sell bee-killing pesticides WASHINGTON, D.C. — A report released today showed a significant decrease in the numbe…
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Neonic studies highlight need to strengthen EPA pollinator rules
A trio of recent studies, one conducted in the U.S. and the others in Europe, are highlighting some alarming facts regarding the daunting realities of neonicotinoid pesticides and their prevalence in…
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Toxic Acres
A donor advised fund is a type of giving vehicle that can be established with many financial institutions. It allows you to support the causes you care about — like saving bees from toxic pesticides…
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Congressman Blumenauer and Conservation Groups Call for Action on Pollinator-killing Pesticides
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) will join conservation groups on February 14 at noon to call on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to ban uses of neonicotinoid pesticides that harm pollina…
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New report highlights strategies to move garden industry in bee-safe direction
Growing number of companies taking steps to protect bees WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth and the Pesticide Research Institute released a new report today, Growing Bee-Friendly Garden Plant…
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What remains unknown from the NRC and PG&E about Diablo Canyon
Page 1 contains a short memo. Page 2 features a list of recipients. Pages 3 through 67, however, are blank. What remains unknown from the NRC and PG&E about Diablo Canyon -New Times SLO 3/18/2015
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Home Depot to phase out bee-killing pesticides
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Home Depot (NYSE: HD), the world’s largest home-improvement chain, has announced that it has removed neonicotinoid pesticides, a leading driver of global bee declines, from 80 p…
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EPA report confirms bee-killing pesticides dont help many farmers
This fall, the EPA released a report confirming what scientists have long been saying: soybean seeds coated in neonicotinoid pesticides, which contribute to mass bee deaths, “provide negligible ove…
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Vermont passes bill to ban consumer use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides
The Vermont Legislature today passed a bill banning consumer use of neonicotinoid pesticides by July 2019. During the legislative session, thousands of Friends of the Earth members in Vermont called a…