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.
Jun. 5, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Ian illuminato
In June 2012, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil will play host to heads of state, UN agencies, and global stakeholders as they convene for the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), commonly known as “Rio+20.” There’s a lot at st...
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Jun. 5, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Food and Technology, Oceans and Forests / Tags: Ian illuminato
Friends of the Earth U.S. has today united with the many organizations that form our Friends of the Earth International Federation in order to send a strong message to the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. We ask that you join us ...
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Jun. 4, 2012 / Posted by: Prashanth Kamalakanthan / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Prashanth kamalakanthan
There’s been a lot of news lately about risky genetically engineered animals in the queue for federal review. British biotechnology firm Oxitec continues to pursue permission to release its genetically engineered mosquitoes into the Florida ...
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Jun. 4, 2012 / Posted by: John Kaltenstein / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests / Tags: John kaltenstein
Absent the success of an eleventh hour legal challenge by environmental groups, Shell will begin exploratory drilling off the coast of northern Alaska this summer. Up to five wells could be drilled in the area -- the first time the company has att...
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Jun. 1, 2012 / Posted by: Bill Waren / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Bill waren
“Cost-benefit calculation is the highest art form in the realm of persuasion by information — and the most deceitful…In essence, property rights (and profit) are being assigned a higher value than human rights. Human lives are d...
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May. 31, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Bob alvarez
Yesterday National Public Radio ran a story asserting that cesium-137 from the Fukushima nuclear accident found in Bluefish tuna on the west coast of the U.S. is harmless. The Fukushima nuclear accident released the rough equivalent of the amount...
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May. 30, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Karen orenstein
For almost 15 years now, I’ve been doing human rights and environmental advocacy work -- most of it in Washington, D.C. Just about anyone who has done that sort of thing for more than a decade in the belly of the beast (a.k.a, the nation&rsq...
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May. 25, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Ian illuminato
In just less than a month, social movements, civil society, Heads of State (accompanied by government delegations), the private sector, and many other groups and individuals from all around the world will gather in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In fact ...
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May. 25, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology / Tags: Ian illuminato
For those of us who are outdoor enthusiasts, the Memorial Day holiday will bring us outside to explore nature. Outdoor clothing and equipment are usually sold with shiny multi-page tags touting the superiority of the materials used to create them....
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May. 24, 2012 / Posted by: Prashanth Kamalakanthan / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Prashanth kamalakanthan
The public has reached a strong verdict on the billions of dollars of subsidies that our government hands annually to fossil fuel corporations making historic profits: end them. According to one recent poll, seventy percent of the public oppo...
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