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COP30 Closes: Hijacking by rich countries and dire need for peoples’ multilateralism The United Nations climate talks have officially closed in Belém, Brazil with decisions made on climate finance, adaptation and the just transition.

⚡PRESS RELEASE COP30 Closes: Hijacking by rich countries and dire need for peoples’ multilateralism

Now, 10 years since the Paris Agreement and 30 years since the Rio Summit, Friends of the Earth Intl calls out the hypocrisy of rich countries as multilateralism hangs in the balance.

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It’s time to end the carbon offset era, COP30 scientists & communities say (commentary) At COP30 in Belém, the first climate summit held in the Amazon, something rare has happened. For years, the risks and failures of carbon offsetting have been dismissed as activist exaggeration or tech...

"If forests are losing their carbon-sink role, if Indigenous rights still lack protection in global rules, and if scientists warn that offsetting is incompatible with physical reality, then the conclusion is simple: the offset era must end"

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IDB financed meat & poultry company that polluted Indigenous Ecuador lands: Report In Peripa, an Indigenous Tsáchila village in Ecuador, there are still traditional healers, but medicinal plants are disappearing. Rivers no longer heal — instead, they make people sick. In the late 19...

new report found that agribusiness Pronaca contaminated the Tsáchila Indigenous Territory in Ecuador for decades.

“We demand transparency from development banks, especially when they grant million-dollar loans to companies with a history of pollution and harm"

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A new study reveals the real costs — and opportunities — of our agricultural system.

The study found that societal costs could be cut by 41% if we moved to 100% organic agriculture

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If passed by the House and signed into law, these changes would allow schools to offer a nutritionally equivalent non-dairy milk option to all students and would require schools to provide a cow’s milk substitute for any student with lactose intolerance!

We appreciate the Senate’s leadership in ensuring equitable access to nutritionally appropriate beverages at school — especially @alsobrooks.senate.gov @schiff.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @fetterman.senate.gov and Senator Boozman

U.S. Senate Advances Provisions Expanding Non-dairy Milk Access in Schools We applaud the Senate for unanimously advancing provisions that will make it easier for students to access non-dairy milk options in schools.

We applaud the Senate for advancing provisions that will make it easier for students to access non-dairy milk options in schools

Removing barriers for students to access non-dairy milk options will help school meals align more with dietary science & expand healthy choices

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AI is guzzling energy for slop content – could it be reimagined to help the climate? Some experts think AI could be used to lower, rather than raise, planet-heating emissions – others aren’t so convinced

There is a big push at Cop30 to reframe AI as a way to cut, rather than add to, planet-heating emissions.

But is 'AI for good' really a force that will help confront the climate crisis? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

AI is guzzling energy for slop content – could it be reimagined to help the climate? Some experts think AI could be used to lower, rather than raise, planet-heating emissions – others aren’t so convinced

“People have this techno-utopian view of AI that it will save us from the climate crisis. We know what will save us from the climate crisis – phasing out fossil fuels. It’s not AI.”

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More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30 Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.

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More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30

Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.

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More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30 Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.

NEW: > 300 lobbyists representing industrial agriculture have attended this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation 1/
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More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists have taken part in Cop30, investigation finds Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit

Revealed: >300 Big Agriculture lobbyists have participated at this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation, a new investigation by me and @rachelsherrington.bsky.social has found.
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More than 300 big agriculture lobbyists have taken part in Cop30, investigation finds Lobbyists representing industry responsible for a quarter to a third of global emissions participated in key talks at the UN climate summit

“More than 300 agribusiness lobbyists occupy the space at Cop30 that should belong to the forest peoples. While they talk about energy transition, they release oil into the Amazon’s basin and privatize rivers like the Tapajós for soy."

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Pesticide Policies We need policy makers to put the health of people and pollinators above the profits of the pesticide industry.

Now, more than ever, we need to continue making progress on the state and local level – and we’re fighting for increased protections in Connecticut, Maryland & Colorado.

States need to listen to the science over the exploitative, disinformation-spreading pesticide industry.

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This is a massive win that shows why we must listen to science. While federal agencies and policies have dragged their feet, we have turned to the state and local level to push for protection from toxic pesticides.

Neonicotinoid (neonic) pesticides have emerged as the most ecologically destructive pesticides since DDT and EPA found that the pesticides are driving 200+ species toward extinction. The EU banned neonic pesticides usage in fields — and now research is showing a meaningful effect in wildlife.

France’s birds start to show signs of recovery after bee-harming pesticide ban Analysis shows small hike in populations of insect-eating species after 2018 ruling, but full recovery may take decades

HUGE NEWS! Insect-eating bird populations in France appear to be making a tentative recovery after a ban on bee-killing neonic pesticides!

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These last two weeks, Friends of the Earth has been at #COP30 in Brazil, calling for real climate action.

We echo the calls that we need to get corporate agribusiness lobbyists OUT of these climate negotiations.

USDA’s food purchasing decisions directly shape what ends up on the plates of millions of children, families, and seniors.

By directing so much spending to just a few large corporations, USDA is missing opportunities to support healthier food and a more diverse, resilient agricultural system.

NEW REPORT: Nearly half of all @usdagov.bsky.social food spending went to just 25 companies, with poultry giant Tyson Foods receiving the largest share despite a history of workplace safety, labor, environmental, and food safety concerns.

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The Cerrado, a vast tropical savannah roughly the size of Western Europe, is home to 5% of the world’s plant and animal species

Our new report shows how financial corporations linked to agribusiness are fueling a crisis that is destroying the Cerrado in Brazil

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Baby food fears: Are pesticides and other contaminants posing threats to children? From botulism spores in infant formula to arsenic and insecticides in baby food, concerns are climbing over contamination in foods marketed as essential nutrition for young children.

For the second time in two years, a lab just found dozens of toxic pesticides in samples of Target-brand baby food.

Target must address this threat to children’s health and phase toxic pesticides out of its supply chain.

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We’re calling on Target to get toxic pesticides out of its supply chain. And to help make clean organic food affordable and available for all families. All kids deserve safe food.

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Target has a policy to reduce the use of harmful chemicals in its products, so why are toxic pesticides associated with harm to human health & biodiversity present in its baby food?

These toxic chemicals do not belong in our food. Especially food for babies. Their brains and bodies are still developing, and even incredibly small exposures to pesticides can have lifelong impacts.

Toxic Pesticides in Target’s Baby Food Friends of the Earth found a cocktail of toxic pesticides in two non-organic baby food products made by Target’s house brand, Good & Gather.

NEW FINDINGS: We found sixteen pesticides linked to learning disabilities, autism and hormone disruption in Target-brand baby food.

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Can methane cuts pull us back from the brink of climate breakdown? With temperatures breaching the Paris limit, experts say tackling the powerful gas could buy crucial time as the clean-energy shift stalls

“If governments are serious about meeting climate goals, they can no longer ignore the climate impact of industrial meat and dairy."

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COP30 Launches Declaration Against Climate Misinformation The Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate calls on governments to create policies of transparency and safety for journalists.

In a historic first, the UN launched a global declaration to combat climate misinformation + fake news!

This calls on govts to create policies of transparency and safety for journalists, scientists, and environmental advocates, and to ensure public access to climate data.

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COP30 Launches Declaration Against Climate Misinformation The Declaration on Information Integrity on Climate calls on governments to create policies of transparency and safety for journalists.

“This is the first COP in history where information integrity is one of the guiding principles of the negotiations. This issue will not disappear with this COP. It is important that this is not the first & the last in which this topic has been placed as an important pillar.”

COP30 has big plans to save the rainforest. Indigenous activists say it's not enough. "We need the government to recognize our climate authority and our role as guardians of biodiversity.”

“We cannot have climate adaptation, climate mitigation, or climate justice without territorial land rights and the recognition and demarcation of Indigenous territory." #COP30

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