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Organic farming dwarves GM crops in Europe as public rejection hits biotech firms

Public resistance to genetically modified crops has ensured that the area grown in Europe in 2011 remained at 0.1 per cent of all arable land, shows figures released by Friends of the Earth Europe. In comparison, organic farming accounted for 3.7 per cent.

Call on Colombia's government to halt the diversion of the Magdalena river

Please sign Friends of the Earth Colombia's online petition calling for the diversion of the Magdalena river to be suspended. If the diversion takes place it will cause irreversible destruction to the country's principal river basin and hydrological resource.

Public Eye award winners

At a press conference within view of the World Economic Forum (WEF) a banking giant and construction giant have been crowned the world's worst companies.

How corporations rule: vale

Friends of the Earth International, January 2011: The Brazilian company Vale is the world’s second largest metals and mining company and one of the largest producers of raw materials globally. Keen to protect its extractive and energy interests, Vale has used its proximity to the Brazilian government (which owns part of the company) to push for industry-driven measures through the UN’s climate negotiations, urging greater financial incentives and less stringent regulations for carbon offsetting.

POLLUTING BRAZILIAN MINING GIANT VALE EXPOSED

DAVOS (SWITZERLAND) / PORTO ALEGRE (BRAZIL), 27 JANUARY 2012 -- With more than 25,000 votes, the Brazilian mining giant Vale has been crowned the 'world's worst corporation of the year' at the January 27 'Public Eye Awards' in Davos, Switzerland [1]

A darker shade of green

The twenty-eight minute video, produced by the Global Forest Coalition and Global Justice Ecology Project documents opposition around the globe to controversial programs that claim to Reduce Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) by putting forests into the carbon market.

como as corporações governam: vale

Amigos da Terra Internacional, Janeiro 2012: A empresa brasileira Vale é a segunda maior em metais e mineração e uma das maiores produtoras de matéria bruta no globo1. A empresa está se expandindo rapidamente2, inclusive na África, onde possui grande interesse em carvão mineral – um dos recursos energéticos mais intensos em carbono. Com o intuito de proteger seus interesses extrativistas e de energia, a Vale tem utilizado sua proximidade com o governo brasileiro (que detém parte da empresa) para pressionar, através das negociações climáticas da ONU, medidas dirigidas às indústrias – instigando maiores incentivos financeiros e medidas reguladoras mais brandas para compensações de emissões.

President Obama rejects the Keystone XL pipeline

Friends of the Earth US is celebrating the Obama administration's decision to reject the permit for the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline sought by Canadian oil firm TransCanada, determining that the project was not in the national interest.

Our climate, our say

Friends of the Earth International, December 2011: Community briefing on climate change.

GM giant BASF leaves Europe

Friends of the Earth International is delighted to hear that Germany-based BASF is halting the development and commercialisation of genetically modified (GM) crops in Europe.