Friends of the Earth’s blog is a staff-run blog that provides policy analysis, insight and commentary about the environment and other progressive issues, advances our campaigns, and builds momentum for a healthy and just world.
Mar. 20, 2013 / Posted by: Jeff Conant / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Oceans and Forests / Tags: Biofuels, Honduras, Human rights, Ifc, Jeff conant, Palm oil, World bank
In a press release issued yesterday by Friends of the Earth International, we asked for cancellation of a World Bank loan to Honduran palm oil producer Grupo Dinant. Here's why:
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Feb. 18, 2013 / Posted by: Jeff Conant and Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Food and Technology, Oceans and Forests / Tags: Biomass, Eric hoffman, Forests, Jeff conant, Synthetic biology
When our friends at Global Forest Coalition asked us to write an article examining the links between the synthetic biology industry and trends in the forest sector, we were happy to put together the following article, a version of which has just r...
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Feb. 4, 2013 / Posted by: Jeff Conant / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy, Oceans and Forests / Tags: Biofuels, Climate change, Forests, Human rights, Jeff conant
Science and social movements agree: Palm oil expansion is bad for people and bad for the planet Just a few years ago, palm oil entered the spotlight as one of the best and brightest options for a “drop-in” biofuel feedstock (a type of...
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