WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 8, 2015.  This summer and fall, forest and peat fires burned on Indonesian palm oil plantations owned by global palm oil companies Bumitama and Wilmar International. A report released today by Friends of the Earth groups in Indonesia, Europe and the U.S. reveals that these companies, backed[Read More…]

Paris, France–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015. MR FREEDMAN: I’ll give you the big chair rather than the awkward sort of lounge couch – exactly. Welcome. Thank you for making time to do this on what is a very busy schedule in Paris. So I’ll get right to it, the first question: How[Read More…]

UNESCO and NRDC Host Afternoon of “Storytelling for Global Climate Action” Photo: Julien Hekimian/Getty PARIS–(ENEWSPF)–December 6, 2015 –Robert Redford and indigenous artists, activists and storytellers from across the globe took the stage today during the international climate talks in Paris at UNESCO to share captivating stories about precious places threatened[Read More…]

As World Leaders Gather in Paris to Take Climate Action, Legendary Singer Cher Narrates the 360 Video Calling out the Dangers of Coal in China WASHINGTON, D.C. –(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015.   Today, the Sierra Club and RYOT launched their second joint virtual reality video experience, viewable on the RYOT-VR mobile[Read More…]

Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015.  Monsanto will be put on trial for crimes against nature, humanity, and ecocide in The Hague, Netherlands, home to the United Nation’s International Court of Justice. The Organic Consumers Association (OCA), IFOAM International Organics, Navdanya, Regeneration International (RI), and Millions Against Monsanto, joined by dozens of[Read More…]

Second Auction Halted in a Month Following Growing Protests WASHINGTON—(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015.  Facing a climate protest from a growing “Keep It in the Ground” movement, the Bureau of Land Management today halted an oil and gas auction scheduled for Thursday in Washington, D.C. The auction was scheduled as the Obama[Read More…]

PORTLAND, Ore.—(ENEWSPF)–December 7, 2015.   The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today announced the removal of the Modoc sucker, a fish native to the Pit River basin in southern Oregon and northeastern California, from protection under the Endangered Species Act. The sucker’s recovery was due to habitat restoration, including fencing[Read More…]

SAN FRANCISCO—(ENEWSPF)–December 4, 2015.   The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has released a draft plan for managing the state’s wolf population as it expands and addressing conflicts with livestock interests and hunters. Recognizing that the wolf is protected under both the state and federal endangered species acts, the[Read More…]

WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015.   The proposed $3 billion cut in crop insurance subsidies in the recent federal budget deal would not “kill the crop insurance program,” contrary to claims by the crop insurance industry and its allies in Congress. It would merely cut the fat from the industry’s cost[Read More…]

Center for Food Safety champions potential of soil carbon sequestration at official Paris climate negotiations View Soil Solutions to Climate Problems Released in Paris PARIS, FRANCE–(ENEWSPF)–December 3, 2015— Center for Food Safety (CFS) is honoring World Soil Day — Saturday, December 5th — by championing the potential of soil carbon[Read More…]