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Friends of the Earth (Action), Inc. defends the environment and champions a healthy and just world.
Investors are doubling down on rainforest destruction, not divesting. They now hold $42 billion in forest-risk company shares and bonds — up $8 billion since 2015. #DefundDeforestationÂ
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Yale Environment 360
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Brazil is set to unveil an investment fund that would channel billions of dollars yearly to countries that safeguard tropical forests. Proponents see a game-changer for conservation, but critics say the plan will benefit investors first, rather than forests and the countries that host them.
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Carbon Offsets Are Failing. Can a New Plan Save the Rainforests?
Brazil is set to unveil an ambitious international plan that would provide up to $4 billion a year to countries that protect their tropical forests. Proponents see it as a potential game-changer for f...
https://e360.yale.edu/features/tropical-forest-forever-facility-cop30
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Center for Biological Diversity
10 days ago
A fossil-fueled surge in U.S. data center growth to serve the
#ArtificialIntelligence
boom threatens to sabotage the country’s already faltering climate goals, according to our recent report: Data Crunch. Get the full report ➡️
bit.ly/4hvYguI
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Without intervention, power demand from data centers is projected to rise to 165% by 2030 – much of it fueled by coal, oil & gas Today we're joining 200+ groups in calling on Congress to oppose any policy that would erode or preempt federal or state regulation of the AI industry
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Today we joined 70+ civil society organizations in calling on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) — the palm oil industry certification body — to reinstate a stop-work order against Liberian palm oil company Golden Veroleum Liberia (GVL)
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Did you know that, on average, most children consume more saturated fat than is recommended – potentially leading to heart disease? If saturated fat limits are removed from the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans, that would be especially dangerous.
#UncompromisedDGA
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Congrats to our colleagues at
@amisdelaterre.org
for this huge victory! Oil company TotalEnergies has been convicted of greenwashing. On the eve of COP30, this decision sets a major legal precedent against climate disinformation from Big Oil.
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The scariest story this Halloween is real. THE WHITE HOUSE EFFECT, a gripping look at how political choices shaped the climate crisis, is coming to
@netflix.com
on Oct 31
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Lead Locally
about 1 month ago
Help us flip Virginia blue and elect dozens of climate champions!
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Knock doors with
@leadlocally.bsky.social
to help flip Virginia blue this November election! We are getting out the vote to take back the Governor’s mansion and strengthen the state legislature’s Democratic majority to win local climate solutions. Sign up here:
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Amigos de la Tierra América Latina y el Caribe
about 1 month ago
🇪🇨 Llamamos a la comunidad internacional y a las organizaciones y movimientos sociales a expresar su solidaridad y denunciar la estrategia gubernamental que busca inhabilitar la acción de las organizaciones y movimientos sociales. Basta de represión ante las justas demandas del pueblo.
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The FACT Coalition
18 days ago
On Thursday, FACT will host
@whitehouse.senate.gov
,
@erichpica.bsky.social
of
@friends-earth.bsky.social
and
@mindthegaap.bsky.social
+
@amyhanauer.bsky.social
of
@itep.org
for the launch of our new report. Register now to attend in-person or online:
thefactcoalition.org/report-launc...
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Report Launch: “How US Tax Policy Subsidizes Oil and Gas Extraction Abroad”
Register now for the in-person and online launch of FACT’s new report analyzing the tax disclosures of 11 U.S. oil and gas multinational companies, and calling for the elimination of harmful subsidies...
https://thefactcoalition.org/report-launch-subsidies-for-oil-and-gas-extraction-abroad/
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The world’s largest network of environmental groups just approved the exploration of genetic engineering tools to aid in the preservation of animal species. This is majorly risky. We shouldn't make our environment a live experimental field trial.
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Should scientists be allowed to edit the genes of wild animals? Top conservation groups just voted yes
The world’s largest network of environmental groups approved the exploration of genetic engineering tools to aid in the preservation of animal species.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/animals-genetic-engineering-iucn-conservation-groups-vote-yes-rcna235522
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"The science [on genetically modified wildlife] is new, and we don’t actually have data or evidence to suggest that it could be safe. Instead, we have evidence that suggests this is highly risky. It’s irreversible.”
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Global conservation body backs genetically modified wildlife over Indigenous opposition
Indigenous leaders say Free, Prior, and Informed Consent must guide decisions about synthetic conservation technologies on their lands.
https://grist.org/indigenous/global-conservation-body-backs-genetically-modified-wildlife-over-indigenous-opposition/
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A new report shows that 5 major meat corporations produced more greenhouse gases than reported for Shell or Chevron. Big Meat and Dairy corporations are cooking our planet.
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A landmark study founds that a 'planetary-health' diet could save 40,000 deaths a day "A third of greenhouse gas emissions come from the global food system and taming the climate crisis is impossible without changing how the world eats"
@thelancet.com
www.foodpolitics.com/2025/10/the-...
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Marion Nestle
about 1 month ago
The new EAT-Lancet report: “predominantly plant-based” The EAT-Lancet Commission has released its updated report on "healthy, sustainable, and just food systems." Let me point out immediately that the report was written by a great many authors (I could not easily count them), is 76 pages long, and…
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The new EAT-Lancet report: “predominantly plant-based”
The EAT-Lancet Commission has released its updated report on "healthy, sustainable, and just food systems." Let me point out immediately that the report was written by a great many authors (I could not easily count them), is 76 pages long, and is pretty much impenetrable without a lot of hard work. As it did in its first report in 2019, …
https://www.foodpolitics.com/2025/10/the-new-eat-lancet-report-predominantly-plant-based/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social
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Public Citizen
24 days ago
On Oct. 18th, we’re making clear to President Trump and his billionaire allies that the power belongs to the people. In America, we don’t have kings. And we never will! Join a No Kings event and stand up to Trump's wanna-be dictatorship.
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Indivisible ❌👑
24 days ago
“The most patriotic thing that you can do is say no kings.” Jean Smart is asking you to join us in the streets on Saturday. Let’s make No Kings Day the biggest and loudest peaceful protest in modern American history:
www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
#NoKings
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In honor of
#WorldFoodDay
, we pledge to uphold, defend and protect the human right to food. Corporations have grown so large and powerful over the past several decades that they now globally dominate food systems. We're fighting to stop that.
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A Pledge to Uphold the Human Right to Food on World Food Day 2025
The forest program has for years focused on the primary drivers of tropical deforestation – palm oil, soy, cattle, and other agrocommodities.
https://foe.org/blog/a-pledge-to-uphold-the-human-right-to-food-on-world-food-day-2025/
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Friends of the Earth Europe
23 days ago
On
#WorldFoodDay
, the EU Commission should take note: farmers & cities across Europe prove food can be grown without pesticides 🌱 A fairer, healthier food system is possible. Time for policies that support it! Check our new report with
@paneurope.bsky.social
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Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe)
23 days ago
🧑‍🌾While the
@ec.europa.eu
moves to weaken
#pesticide
rules, farmers across Europe are proving other ways are possible, producing healthy food without harming people or nature🌾 This
#WorldFoodDay
, see the real solutions in our new report with
@foeeurope.bsky.social
:
www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...
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New Report: Farming beyond Pesticides - Success Stories from the Field to celebrate World Food Day
Today, on World Food Day, PAN Europe and Friends of the Earth Europe publish a new report, showcasing farmers and municipalities successfully eliminating or minimising pesticide use. The impressive an...
https://www.pan-europe.info/press-releases/2025/10/new-report-farming-beyond-pesticides-success-stories-field-celebrate-world
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Center for International Environmental Law
23 days ago
🌊 Marine
#Geoengineering
is increasingly entering mainstream climate discourse . A new report from CIEL &
@foeus.bsky.social
maps where these dangerous technologies may be tested or deployed. The findings: no ocean basin or coastal state is out of scope. đź”— Read the briefing:
bit.ly/47rmsuS
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A Gathering Storm: How Marine Geoengineering Threatens All Ocean Basins (October 2025) - Center for International Environmental Law
New brief warns: marine geoengineering threatens all oceans, risking ecosystems, communities, and climate stability. Precaution is not optional.
http://bit.ly/47rmsuS
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Fight For A Union
25 days ago
Just FIVE days until America takes to the streets to proclaim
#NoKings
! Who’s going? ✋ SIGN UP TODAY:
seiu.com/nocrowns
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Timothy Snyder
24 days ago
Make your plans for
#NoKings
. This Saturday, October 18th. Free speech is action. Protestors believe that action has meaning. Protestors are exercising the rights enshrined in the Constitution. For me, protest is about love of country. I'll be there. Please join in.
www.nokings.org
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No Kings
As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...
https://www.nokings.org
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Rick Steves
25 days ago
đź§µ: Last June, more than 5 million Americans joined
#NoKings
rallies across the country, protesting President Trump's authoritarianism. And this Saturday, with your help, it's going to be even bigger and better.
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George Takei
25 days ago
October 18 is a day to stand tall against tyranny. No Crowns. No Thrones.
#NoKings
. Join the movement—find a No Kings Day protest near you and make your voice heard.
nokings.org
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Indivisible ❌👑
25 days ago
Saturday is going to be huge, boisterous and joyful: “It doesn’t matter if you’ve never protested before. This is a place for you if you believe we don’t do kings in this country.” -
@ezralevin.bsky.social
to
@maddow.msnbc.com
Please join us on No Kings Day:
www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
#NoKings
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Liberia’s richly biodiverse Upper Guinea forest is under renewed threat from palm oil companies GVL Liberia & GAR SinarMas. RSPO MUST maintain the stop-work order on GVL to protect community rights and invaluable forests. Read our commentary in
@mongabay.com
news.mongabay.com/2025/10/roun...
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Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil must halt Liberian palm oil company’s abuses (commentary)
In the forests of southeastern Liberia, fear is resounding over what the future may hold. For more than a decade, communities in Sinoe county have struggled against palm oil company Golden Veroleum Li...
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/10/roundtable-on-sustainable-palm-oil-must-halt-liberian-palm-oil-companys-abuses-commentary/
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Huge win! Exxon will postpone its plans for a large new plastics plant in the Gulf Coast of Texas! This came after an environmental group filed a lawsuit to fight this toxic project.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0610202...
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Exxon Steps Back From Texas Gulf Coast Plastics Plant - Inside Climate News
In August a judge struck down the local school board’s decision to negotiate tax breaks for Exxon, following an environmentalist’s lawsuit.
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06102025/exxon-postpones-texas-gulf-coast-plastics-plant/
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2024 saw the largest US honeybee die-off on record. According to USDA, nearly all affected colonies contracted a bee virus spread by parasitic mites. These mites developed resistance to a commonly used pesticide — amitraz.
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Thank you, Jane Goodall, for showing us the world as it truly is: interconnected, precious & worth fighting for. Thank you for never giving up on us, even when we gave you every reason to...The forest is quieter today. But it is not silent."
@oscarsoria.bsky.social
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Today, the forest is quieter: On Jane Goodall’s Passing
Thank you, Jane, for showing us the world as it truly is: interconnected, precious, and worth fighting for.
https://foe.org/blog/today-the-forest-is-quieter-on-jane-goodalls-passing/
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley
about 1 month ago
Trump is using the government shutdown *he caused* as an excuse to fire more federal workers. Instead of working with Democrats to save healthcare and protect essential services, Republicans are gutting our government so Trump can play king. The cruelty is the point.
abcnews.link/hmHTWMU
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Trump to meet with OMB director Thursday to determine which federal agencies to cut
https://abcnews.link/hmHTWMU
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Rep. Ilhan Omar
about 1 month ago
Republicans shut down the government because they don’t want to fix the health care crisis they created. Their partisan games threaten paychecks, health care, and vital services for millions of families. Here’s what will be impacted: (THREAD 🧵)
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
about 1 month ago
This is not a fight about tax credits. This is a fight over your ability to go to a pharmacy and afford your insulin. We have the chance to protect the health care of millions of Americans. We need to take it.
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Hakeem Jeffries
about 1 month ago
Donald Trump and corrupt Republicans recklessly shut down the federal government. And the American people know it. Cancel the cuts. Lower the cost. Save Healthcare.
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Senator Ed Markey
about 1 month ago
It’s simple: Trump and MAGA Republicans shut down the government to cut your health care. Democrats are fighting to protect your health care and lower costs.
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Senator Jeff Merkley
about 1 month ago
Republicans know that undocumented people can’t enroll in Medicaid coverage. That's the law. They’re LYING to you to distract you as they kick 15 million people off their health care and raise the cost of YOUR health insurance. Republicans are making us sicker and poorer.
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Elizabeth Warren
about 1 month ago
Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress just shut down the government. Why? They don’t want to lower your health care costs.
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Public Citizen
about 1 month ago
MAGA Republicans have officially shut down the government. The harm and chaos this is causing was completely avoidable. Republicans must end their government shutdown now by passing a budget that protects health care and affirms Congress's power of the purse.
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Sahabat Alam Malaysia
about 1 month ago
What are carbon credits and why are villagers in Sarawak protesting against an upcoming forest carbon credit project? We break it down for you.
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Trump's
#MAHA
report promised a plan to improve kids’ health. But this new op-ed documents how USDA Secretary Rollins has done the opposite--gutting the very programs that support the farmers who feed our communities and help put fresh, local food on kids’ plates.
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Gutting Food Programs Won’t Make Us Healthy
If the Trump Administration truly wants to make children and our food healthier, it must stop dismantling proven programs.
https://progressive.org/op-eds/gutting-food-programs-wont-make-us-healthy-hamerschlag-20251001/
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31M Americans live near ports — breathing toxic diesel pollution daily. The Clean Ports Report Card shows which ports are cleaning up and which are falling behind.
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US Ports Get Graded on Protecting Public Health
Today, a coalition of national and community-based organizations launched the Clean Ports Report Card Project, grading major U.S. ports.
https://foe.org/news/us-ports-get-graded-on-protecting-public-health/
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#COP30
is not a place for polluters to make business deals! Our coalition demands: 📌 A polluter-free COP and presidency 📌 Stronger mechanisms to protect against conflicts of interest 📌 Protection of the Amazon rainforest Read more:
kickbigpollutersout.org/Polluter-Fre...
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LETTER: 225+ Organizations demand COP30 center people, not polluters | Kick Big Polluters Out
https://kickbigpollutersout.org/Polluter-Free-COP30
about 1 month ago
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Our Children’s Trust
about 1 month ago
🚨 Breaking: 15 young Americans have filed a historic human rights petition against the U.S. for fueling the climate crisis. They’re calling on the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to take urgent action and protect their rights and futures. PR:
bit.ly/petitionfiling
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Indivisible ❌👑
about 1 month ago
IT’S OFFICIAL: We now have more protests planned for October 18 than there were back in June. It’s not even October yet but you’ve already put 2,100 events on the No Kings map. We hope to see you at the largest day of peaceful protest in American history:
www.nokings.org?SQF_SOURCE=i...
#NoKings
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River cruises are often seen as better alternatives to ocean cruises due to their smaller size, but there is a lot to consider when it comes to environmental damage and impact to pick the best river cruises. Learn more at
foe.org/river-cruise
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Under the Clean Energy Transition Partnership, 35 countries pledged to end fossil fuel finance + prioritize clean energy. Research finds this has driven a 78% drop in fossil fuel finance in 2024!
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Our Children’s Trust
about 1 month ago
22 young Americans just made history in federal court, standing up to President Trump’s fossil fuel executive orders that violate their rights and endanger their lives. Read the full recap of the powerful youth and expert witness testimony:
www.ourchildrenstrust.org/blog/youth-p...
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Youth Plaintiffs Challenge President Trump’s Fossil Fuel Executive Orders in Historic Federal Hearing — Our Children's Trust
As the Trump administration moves aggressively to unleash more fossil fuels through executive orders that worsen climate change, obstruct the clean energy transition, and suppress the very science nee...
https://www.ourchildrenstrust.org/blog/youth-plaintiffs-challenge-president-trumps-fossil-fuel-executive-orders-in-historic-federal-hearing
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Thank you
@whitehouse.senate.gov
@vanhollen.senate.gov
@merkley.senate.gov
for calling out a tax loophole that could mean American taxpayers are subsidizing ExxonMobil’s foreign oil production.
www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release...
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Whitehouse, Van Hollen, Merkley Probe ExxonMobil’s Guyana Offshore Oil Contract and the Company’s U.S. Tax Liability - Senator Sheldon Whitehouse
ExxonMobil may have used American taxpayer funds to subsidize its foreign oil production, which it does in partnership with a Chinese state-owned company Washington, DC – U.S. Senators Sheldon Whiteho...
https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-van-hollen-merkley-probe-exxonmobils-guyana-offshore-oil-contract-and-the-companys-u-s-tax-liability/
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