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More Big Retailers Say 'No' to GMO Salmon
On the heels of Canada's approval of GMO salmon, Friends of the Earth U.S. and a coalition of more than 30 consumer, health, food safety and fishing groups released updated numbers Wednesday showing...
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Buzz Kill: How the Pesticide Industry Blocks Bee Protections Nationwide
There's a nationwide buzz in the air about saving bees and other pollinators, but the pesticide industry has been working hard to silence this growing call for reform. Bees, vitally important to food...
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Breaking: Diablo Canyon Nuclear Reactors to Be Replaced With 100% Renewable...
An historic agreement has been reached between Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), Friends of the Earth and other environmental and labor organizations to replace the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors...
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Can Organic Farming Feed the World?
By Kendra Klein and Kari HamerschlagForty five years have passed since Earl Butz, then U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, asserted, "Before we go back to organic agriculture in this country, somebody must...
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100% of McDonald's Chicken Now Raised Without Antibiotics
By Kari HamerschlagWhen McDonald's announced earlier this week that it has eliminated antibiotics important in human medicine from its entire chicken supply—at least six months ahead of schedule—the...
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Are U.S. Tax Dollars Financing Destruction of World’s Largest Mangrove Forest?
In conjunction with the Save the Sundarbans protest today at the UN's headquarters in New York City, we're revealing in this EcoWatch exclusive that Friends of the Earth U.S. obtained documents that...
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Shocking Number of Top Retailers Sell Food Produced With Pesticides Toxic to...
A new report and scorecard grades 20 of the largest food retailers in the U.S on their policies and practices regarding pollinator protection, organic offerings and pesticide reduction. Of the top...
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Trump Picks Dow Chemical Chief to Head American Manufacturing Council
In the midst of three pending mega-mergers between agrichemical corporations, Donald Trump's recent pick of Dow Chemical CEO Andrew Liveris to head the American Manufacturing Council signals yet more...
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Huge Victory for Norway's Wolves
Vidar Helgesen, the Norwegian minister for climate and environment, announced Tuesday that the government denied permission to shoot the four wolf packs in the areas of Letjenna, Osdalen, Kynna and...
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Groups Representing 10 Million People Oppose Fast Food CEO for Labor Secretary
More than 100 food and agriculture organizations, representing more than 10 million people across the food system, sent a letter to Capitol Hill Monday urging senators to oppose the confirmation of...
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Low-Carbon Meals: A Triple Win for One of California's Largest School Districts
By Kari Hamerschlag and Christopher D. CookWhat do meat-centric, cheesy-rich school lunches and climate change have in common? Both pose risks for our kids' health and our planet's future. In short,...
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Historic Verdict in Indonesia’s Fight Against Deforestation
In a historic verdict in defense of forests and human rights, a court in Central Kalimantan has ordered the government of the Indonesian province to review the permits of palm oil companies associated...
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Field Test of GMO Algae Sparks Outrage
Scientists from the University of California at San Diego and Sapphire Energy released results Thursday from the first open-pond trials of genetically engineered microalgae.The study, along with...
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5 Facts Trump Got Wrong on His Attack of the Green Climate Fund
Donald Trump announced Thursday afternoon that the U.S. will begin the process of withdrawing from the Paris agreement. During his remarks, Trump made a series of inaccurate and misleading statements...
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Think You're Eating '100% Natural' Chicken? Think Again
By Kari HamerschlagMany health conscious consumers are reducing their consumption of red meat in favor of chicken—especially products labeled and promoted as "100% natural"—believing they are a...
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South Carolina Utility Scraps $14 Billion Nuclear Project
By Tom ClementsSouth Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G) announced Monday that it will cease construction of the two new nuclear units at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station.The decision to...
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7 Key Environmental Amendments to Watch
As debate continues on the spending bill, dozens of environmental amendments could receive votes. Here are some to watch:Harvey ResponseMany amendments relate to the role of the U.S. Environmental...
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The Mission of Scott Pruitt: End the EPA as We Know It
By Lukas RossU.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt headed to Congress for testimony before the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee on the environment. The topic of...
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How Cities Can Meat the Climate Challenge
By Kari Hamerschlag and Christopher D. CookAddressing a crowd of mayors gathered in his hometown last week, former President Obama called on the "new faces of American leadership" on climate change to...
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Poll: Farmers Overwhelmingly Oppose Bayer-Monsanto Merger
An overwhelming majority of surveyed farmers are concerned about the proposed Bayer-Monsanto merger and believe it will have a negative impact on independent farmers and farming communities, a recent...
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