Jun. 18, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Food and Technology, News Releases
San Francisco, Calif. -- California Governor Jerry Brown announced in a statement today that he has directed state agencies to revise the decades-old flammability standards and to recommend changes to reduce the use of toxic fire retardants. The C...
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Jun. 5, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology
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
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
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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