Uganda: Banks Fueling Forest Depletion - Report Says
By Samuel Nabwiiso, 12 June 2013 Kampala — Environmentalists in Uganda have warned international Banks against funding projects in Uganda that are depleting the national forest cover and supporting land grabbing According to...Read more...
Nurses, Environmental Activists to March on Golden Gate Bridge Thursday in Call to Stop Keystone...
SAN FRANCISCO , June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Registered nurses from across the U.S., joined by 350.org , Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, Greenpeace and other leading environmental groups, together with Bay Area community...Read more...
GMO and Monsanto Roundup: Glyphosate Weedkiller in our Food and Water? – Monsanto Video Revolt:...
By Colin Todhunter,globalresearch.ca - “Historians may look back and write about how willing we are to sacrifice our children and jeopardize future generations with a massive experiment that is based on false promises and...Read more...
Cannes Lions PR Award Winners 2013
As we all know, the boundaries between PR and other marketing communications disciplines are coming down. I’m very much of the view that the market is coming the way of public relations, time will tell whether this is an...Read more...
TV ad criticizes Sen. Graham for supporting MOX
A new television ad criticizes U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham for his support of a costly program to turn weapons-grade plutonium into commercial nuclear reactor fuel. The spot from Friends of the Earth derides Graham for supporting...Read more...
Nigeria: Oil giant Shell criticized over Niger Delta pipelines ‘sabotage’ claims
Claims by Shell that sabotage is responsible for most oil spilt in Nigeria have come under fire. A Dutch agency found that the oil giant’s statements were based on disputed evidence and flawed investigations. Claims by She...Read more...
UK Gov Fails to side step energy savings obligations in Europe – Is this another example of a...
A recent report for EurActiv, the European policy news paper, details how Britain has unsuccessfully tried to ‘wriggle out of’ its energy savings obligations under an EU flagship Energy Efficiency Directive (EED). According to...Read more...
Protest over city air pollution
BBC - Found 21 minutes ago Campaigners have called on Birmingham City Council to increase investment to tackle "toxic" air pollution. Members from environmental group Friends of the Earth protested outside the council house...Read more...
Africa: Governments Urged to Limit Weed Killer Found in Humans
Friends of the Earth]Washington DC / Brussels (belgium) -Friends of the Earth International today urged governments around the world to limit the use of the weed killer glyphosate, after laboratory test results released last...Read more...
Ketchum and its Clients Win Nine Awards at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
World News: 16:04 GMT Tuesday 18th June 2013. [Diversified Agency Services via PR Newswire] Ketchum and its Clients Win Nine Awards at Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity PR Newswire NEW YORK and CANNES, France,...Read more...
Sussex anti-frackers in tea party protest
5:00pm Tuesday 18th June 2013 in News By Gareth Davies , gareth.davies@theargus.co.uk Sussex anti-frackers in tea party protest Campaigners held a protest with a difference yesterday at an anti-fracking tea party. Balcombe...Read more...
Bund, Friends of the Earth: Tree Concert
A chestnut tree plays a concert for the preservation of Berlin city trees. Advertising Agency: BBDO, Berlin, Germany Creative Directors: Jan Harbeck , David Mously , Wolfgang Schneider Art Director: Daniel Schweinzer...Read more...
Why Headline Risk is Bad for This Stock
AnnaLisa is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network -- entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited. "The rich will eat organic and the poor will eat poison," went one comment in reply to a...Read more...
Governments Urged to Limit Weed Killer Found In Humans
Friends of the Earth: Governments Urged to Limit Weed Killer Found In Humans Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( You are commenting using your Twitter...Read more...
Glyphosate Weedkiller in Our Food and Water?
Historians may look back and write about how willing we are to sacrifice our children and jeopardize future generations with a massive experiment that is based on false promises and flawed science just to benefit the bottom...Read more...
New Internationalist: G8 mobilizations need solidarity, not stage management
G8 mobilizations need solidarity, not stage management By Jamie Gorman | 0 While the rain barely stopped pouring, spirits remained high as activists marched, danced and sang through a highly militarized Belfast city on Saturday...Read more...
Lobbying Dirty Oil by Yves Engler
Stephen Harper's Conservative government has transformed Canadian diplomacy into the lobbying arm of dirty oil. They've spent tens of millions of dollars pushing the Keystone XL pipeline in the US but they have also engaged in...Read more...
Do we need conclusive scientific proof to become concerned about an issue? | Kara Moses
A weedkiller study has opened a debate on the merit of research by campaign groups versus peer-reviewed science Should we wait for conclusive scientific studies before becoming concerned about an issue? A report released last...Read more...
San Onofre: Anatomy of a Nuclear Shutdown
How the recent shudown of the San Onofre nuclear power plant happened, and why. Shock waves shot across Southern California on June 7, 2013, from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. They didn’t originate at earthquake...Read more...
Waste and pollution: does film have the power to change consumer behaviour?
A new award-winning documentary fronted by Jeremy Irons seeks to raise global awareness of the problem A man looks mournfully at a 40-metre mountain of rubbish. His view of the historic port of Saida, Lebanon, is obscured by...Read more...
Australians Rally 4 Renewables!
Midday today, at Garema Place in Canberra, Friends of the Earth and Get Up! will present a Rally 4 Renewables. People representing the 73 percent of Australians who support the Renewable Energy Target and 76 percent who support...Read more...
Glyphosate does not present unacceptable dangers to environment, humans - government
All necessary tests are carried out to ensure that any agricultural product consumed by the public is not dangerous to consumers, the government said this evening. It was reacting to laboratory tests carried out by Friends of...Read more...
Herbicide traces in urine
A study conducted in Germany and commissioned by Friends of the Earth has found traces of glyphosate herbicide in the urine of members of the public, though scientists in the UK have criticised the study.Read more...
A Bad Week for Big Biotech: Supreme Court decision invalidating gene patents one of many recent...
Today many women’s rights groups, cancer patients, scientists, and concerned citizens celebrated an enormous victory in the Supreme Court : human genes can no longer be patented by big business! As of this morning, over 20% of...Read more...
Feeding 5000 for free in Piccadilly Gardens
More than a tonne of fruit and vegetables have been chopped to make a delicious free lunch, open to anyone to tuck into in Piccadilly Gardens. Food campaigners are aiming to ‘feed the 5,000’ – by giving away free lunches in...Read more...
Senate inquiry calls for urgent action on superbugs
14 Jun 2013, 3:39 pm - Source: Biwa Kwan, SBS A senate inquiry has recommended the establishment of a national centre to manage the threat of deadly superbugs. A senate inquiry has recommended the establishment of a national...Read more...
Calls for urgent action on superbugs
The SBS MP3 Player requires the Adobe Flash 8 Plugin. You can Senate inquiry calls for urgent action on superbugs 15 Jun 2013, 10:39 am - Source: Biwa Kwan, SBS A senate inquiry has recommended the establishment of a national...Read more...
WIN! Honduran army loses its case against Berta Caceres
Earlier this week, we received word from Friends of the Earth International that environmental and human rights activist Berta Cáceres from the Council of Popular and Indigenous Organizations of Honduras (COPIHN) was illegally...Read more...
Wales' carbon emissions fall slower than England and Scotland - with fears new gas power stations...
Environmentalists have accused the UK Government of being happy to let developers build gas-fired power stations in Wales without worrying about carbon emissions Wales has become the ‘dirty man of the UK’ amid accusations from...Read more...
Plans for gas development delayed as talks break down
from The Herald, 20 May 2013 Negotiations on the handling of highly controversial plans to exploit underground gas in central Scotland have broken down, paving the way for an appeal to the Scottish government. The Australian...Read more...
