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foe.orgRSPO Moves to Greenwash Conflict Palm Oil by Granting Membership to Astra Agro LestariIndonesia palm oil company faces longstanding allegations of land grabbing, intimidation & criminalization of Human Rights Defenders.

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil's has granted membership to AAL — an Indonesian palm oil company that faces longstanding allegations of land grabbing, intimidation and criminalization of Human Rights Defenders, and permitting irregularities. foe.org/news/rspo-mo...

CETP members cut international public finance for fossil fuels by ~80% from the 2019–2021 average The Republic of Korea, Japan, & China should join by COP31 to build on this progress + reduce exposure to fuel price shocks. Learn more: www.iisd.org/publications...

Why do forest nations keep clearing the forests the world has committed to protect? Often because they have no choice.

This isn't bad luck or bad management. Sovereign debt is a key plank of the international financial architecture that coerces Global South countries to keep extracting.

It’s so effective we've stopped questioning its basic assumptions. #CBDCOP17 can change that and address this hidden structural driver of nature loss.

Why do forest nations keep clearing the forests the world has committed to protect? Often because they have no choice.

24 of the 37 most heavily indebted poor countries are tropical-forest nations. When a government has to find hard currency to service its debt, the answer is too often more logging, more mining, more export agriculture.

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Livestock production is a huge contributor to deforestation and environmental destruction around the world. We're at #COP17 this week, advocating for stronger commitments to stop the subsidies and financial institutions supporting the livestock industry.

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Indonesia has faced severe wildfires and biodiversity loss due to industrial activity. Friends of the Earth staff and partners are at #COP17 this week to pressure banks to stop financing environmental destruction and governments to be more ambitious on climate action.

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Our staff are at #COP17 Convention on Biological Diversity this week, where world governments are discussing their progress (or lack thereof) on biodiversity targets We're here to pressure governments to be more ambitious on climate action and to back their words with action.

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I’m voting tomorrow, in person! What’s your plan? My sample ballot’s marked, so I know exactly how I’m voting, and it should be quick work! This election, you should vote early too, either in person or by using an official, secure drop box. Don’t wait until Election Day. #VoteEarlyDay

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A new permitting bill would put polluters ahead of people, wildlife, and our environment. Here’s what’s at stake:

Harmful permit decisions made by the Trump administration could become nearly impossible to reverse. Our communities deserve a say in what happens to our land, water, and wildlife. We can’t let corporate polluters sidestep accountability.

foe.orgFOE: Take ActionYour Actions Back Us Up in Court

Tell Congress to oppose this bill and defend our environmental protections. Take action at foe.org/public-lands

A new permitting bill would put polluters ahead of people, wildlife, and our environment. Here’s what’s at stake:

Destructive projects could move forward without public notice or environmental review. Communities could face new barriers to challenging unlawful projects in court.

States, Tribes, and local communities could have fewer tools to protect drinking water and waterways from pipelines and other energy projects. Threatened and endangered species could lose critical protections, putting rare wildlife and habitats at risk.

Billionaires hoard. We pay. 👇 California billionaires have more than doubled their wealth in 3 years. Prop 40 asks them to pay a one-time 5% tax for health care, schools and food assistance. 🗳️ Vote YES on 40 and NO on 41 & 42.

fossilfreepolitics.orgNew report: How the fossil fuel lobby gutted the EU’s methane rules - Fossil Free PoliticsAs MEPs vote on delaying the landmark climate law today, Fossil Free Politics research exposes how the relentless lobbying of the fossil fuel industry during the last 1,5 year has led to this moment.

The EU is delaying and weakening its methane regulation, a key piece of legislation to tackle the climate crisis. New report uncovers the relentless lobbying of the fossil fuel industry for this exact outcome👇 fossilfreepolitics.org/news/how-the...

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⚠️ The EU is delaying and weakening its methane regulation, a key piece of legislation to tackle the climate crisis. New report uncovers the relentless lobbying of the fossil fuel industry for this exact outcome👇 fossilfreepolitics.org/news/how-the... @foodwatereurope.bsky.social

insideclimatenews.orgFarmers and Advocates Say the Global Food System Is Failing—and Its Financiers Are to Blame - Inside Climate NewsProtesters at World Bank and IMF meetings, along with new research, are railing against a globalized system that fails to produce enough food and has massive climate impacts.

"The global food system does produce food. It also undeniably produces 1/3 of the world’s GHG emissions. It produces dispossession of land-based peoples. It produces obesity & it produces wealth for the corporate elites at the expense of the rest of us.” insideclimatenews.org/news/2210202...

news.pachamama.orgFalling in Love With the FutureDiscover the insights and possibilities uncovered at “Falling in Love with the Future,” a participatory visioning workshop co-hosted by Pachamama Alliance during New York Climate Week.

During New York Climate Week we teamed up with Pachamama Alliance to explore the question: What is the future we long for and can we fall deeply enough in love with it to help bring it into being? news.pachamama.org/falling-in-l...

thenewlede.orgMaryland fund to deal with CAFO manure wastes taxpayer dollars while pollution persists, report allegesMaryland is spending millions in taxpayer dollars on technology designed to protect people and water from animal manure pollution at large-scale livestock farms — but has wasted money on fruitless pro...

Our new report shows that Maryland is spending millions in taxpayer dollars on technology designed to protect people and water from animal manure pollution at large-scale livestock farms — but has shown little evidence that the investments are working www.thenewlede.org/2026/10/mary...

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Maryland is spending millions in taxpayer dollars on technology designed to protect people and water from animal manure pollution, but has wasted money on fruitless projects and shown little evidence the investments work, according to a @foeus.bsky.social report. www.thenewlede.org/2026/10/mary...

Maryland is facing a manure pollution problem, thanks to the factory farm industry. These farms are generating mass amounts of animal waste, causing air, soil, and water pollution.

There's a better use for these public dollars: investing in proven conservation, supporting farmers who are transitioning away from factory farming, and increasing monitoring to ensure factory farms are following environmental regulations.

foe.orgThe High Cost of Manure: Why Maryland Should End Its Animal Waste Technology FundMaryland has committed more than $15 million in taxpayer dollars to technologies intended to address pollution from factory farm manure.

Maryland lawmakers: it's time to phase out the Animal Waste Technology Fund and push more sustainable and environmentally friendly farming practices instead. Learn more at foe.org/resources/animal-waste-report/

Maryland is facing a manure pollution problem, thanks to the factory farm industry. These farms are generating mass amounts of animal waste, causing air, soil, and water pollution.

Instead of looking for ways to regulate the factory farm industry and reduce this pollution, Maryland chooses to invest taxpayer funds in unproven, expensive animal waste removal technologies like manure digesters.

A simple change to school lunches can make a big difference for students and the planet. During New York Climate Week, we celebrated the results of a NYC school pilot that offered organic soy milk alongside cow’s milk — with no parent or doctor’s note required.

The results? More than 1 in 3 students chose soy milk, milk-related greenhouse gas emissions dropped by 17.4%, and students gained more inclusive options to meet their dietary needs and preferences.

foe.orgNYC Schools Soy Milk Pilot Expands Student Choice While Cutting Climate EmissionsA first-of-its-kind pilot offering soy milk on the lunch line found strong student demand & cut daily milk-related GHG emissions by 17.4%.

Soy milk offers a nutritious choice for students with lactose intolerance, dairy allergies, or a preference for plant-based foods. And now, thanks to the pilot’s success, NYC is expanding the program to 12 schools this fall! foe.org/news/nyc-soy...

foe-us.medium.comScandal and Strife in the Kingdom of Soy: A Week in the Brazilian Cerradoby Jeff Conant, Deputy Director, Forests, Food and Finance, Friends of the Earth

Learn what our staffer learned spending a week in the Brazilian Cerrado as he met with the peoples that protect and steward the Cerrado ecosystems. foe-us.medium.com/scandal-and-...

This essay, based on a field visit taken in November 2025, is an attempt to illustrate the kind of threats that have long existed there, and which will only become more extreme under an anti-democratic Bolsonaro regime.

foodlandmoney.orgFood, Land & Money: Who Profits From the Global Food System?Follow the money behind the global food system. Food, Land & Money reveals how Big Agribusiness and Big Finance shape what gets funded, who profits and who holds power.

For a deeper dive, our new Food Land & Money report shows why the industrial food system needs deep transformation. The ecocide of the Brazilian Cerrado, profiled in the report, is a case study in agribusiness-led environmental abuse. foodlandmoney.org

washingtonpost.comBrazil investigates Amazon wildfires that disrupt daily life and have fueled political attacksBrazilian authorities are investigating whether a recent surge in Amazon wildfires was orchestrated

Brazilian authorities are investigating whether a recent surge in Amazon wildfires was orchestrated @caadcoalition.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...

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“Maryland created this fund to protect public health and the Chesapeake Bay, but more than a decade and $15 million in commitments later, the state still cannot show taxpayers that these investments are delivering the promised pollution reductions." sustainablebusinessmagazine.net/agriculture/...

forestsandfinance.orgforestsandfinance.orgOctober 14, 2026

$595 BILLION. That’s how much banks have financed companies driving biodiversity destruction in tropical regions since 2016. Finance is fuelling the crisis. It’s time to make banks accountable. #COP17 www.forestsandfinance.org/bobc2026

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Banks can’t claim to protect nature while financing companies linked to deforestation, peatland destruction, pollution and rights abuses. Strong NDPE policies. Independent verification. Consequences for repeat offenders. #Biodiversity

robesonian.comTribal Council declares clean drinking water a fundamental right<p>PEMBROKE — The Lumbee Tribal Council approved an ordinance on Thursday that declares clean drinking water as a fundamental right for the Lumbee people, and the people will soon have a chance to aff...

Lumbee Tribal Council approved an ordinance that declares clean drinking water as a right for the Lumbee people "This affirms that protecting our river is not simply an environmental issue; this is about protecting our people, our heritage & our future" www.robesonian.com/news/427769/...

foe.orgNew Report: Maryland's $15M Animal Waste Fund Fails to DeliverMaryland is subsidizing private waste-technology ventures in communities that are already carrying an unfair share of pollution burden.

Our new report shows that Maryland’s animal waste fund is failing to deliver for communities and the environment. Learn more ⤵️ foe.org/news/marylan...

Factory farms generate massive amounts of manure that pollute waterways, threaten drinking water, and harm public health. Public funding should help address this pollution — not prop up an industrial agriculture system that puts corporate profits ahead of people and the planet.

It’s time to hold polluters accountable and invest in solutions that protect Maryland’s waterways and the communities that depend on them.

Our new report shows that Maryland’s animal waste fund is failing to deliver for communities and the environment. Learn more ⤵️ foe.org/news/marylan...

Maryland has committed more than $15 million in taxpayer money to animal waste technologies without publicly demonstrating that the investments have meaningfully reduced nutrient pollution, improved water quality, or benefitted public health.

Worse, Maryland is subsidizing private waste-technology ventures in communities that are already carrying an unfair share of the state’s pollution burden and do not want these projects in their backyards.

The Trump administration’s latest deal to cancel offshore wind projects and boost fossil fuel energy development instead is generating a huge payday for one of the Trump’s million-dollar donors. Even by MAGA standards, this is exceptionally dodgy. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

foe.orgNew Data Shows US is Worst International Public Financier of Fossil Fuels in the G20 in 2025The new factsheet shows the U.S. in 2025 ramped up their international fossil fuel finance, particularly through its export credit agency.

Our new report with @oilchange.org shows that the Trump admin stands in stark contrast to the other G20 countries, which have collectively reduced their international fossil fuel finance The US is wasting taxpayer dollars on risky fossil fuel projects all over the world foe.org/news/us-wors...

mahascorecard.comMAHA Promises Scorecard42 promises tracked. 0 kept, 5 partially kept, 37 broken. Every verdict backed by linked sources.

Has the Trump admin delivered on its promises to MAHA voters? Spoiler alert: no. A new scorecard shows that over 85% of their 42 actions on food, ag & pesticides contradict their commitments. It's time to hold them accountable for their broken promises. mahascorecard.com

bloomberg.comEnvironmental Groups Criticize Senate Permitting Deal as Bad BargainSome say weakening endangered-species protections in exchange for a faster clean-energy buildout is a tradeoff they can’t accept.

“There is no reason to throw endangered species under the bus to secure what falls short of even a half-measure approach to expand renewable energy." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

washingtonpost.comEx-Trump officials find new jobs in Venezuela’s lucrative oil industryCompanies and investors are eager to hire those with recent access to the White House and knowledge of the administration’s Venezuela policy or contacts.

Ex-Trump officials are flocking to join the Venezuelan oil sector (that's now under US control) & lobbying firms gatekeeping access to Venezuela “We’ve never had the tools of K Street grafted onto gunboat diplomacy in exactly this way before." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/1...

bloomberg.comUS Inches Closer to Breaking Permit Logjam for Key Energy ProjectsThe Senate reached a bipartisan deal this week, but there’s no guarantee lawmakers will finish the job.

Senate's "permitting reform" bill is shortsighted, politically bewildering, and will make it easier to build data centers and oil and gas projects." @arinatter.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...