Coffee, Climate Change and Sustainable Sourcing – J. M. Smucker Company (2012)
Whereas: Our company is one of the four largest coffee companies in the world. It provides industry leadership through brands such as Folgers not only in consumer expectations but also with regard to pricing. The coffee business is critically important … Read more…
Restoring New Mexico’s Natural Gas Fields
Will Lana If you find yourself traveling in the Four Corners region of Northwestern New Mexico you’ll see many fine sights – broad mesas with pinon pines, red rocked desert towers, Anasazi ruins and historic frontier towns. Look closely and … Read more…
ConocoPhillips Shareholders Show Strong Support for Tar Sands Proposal
BOSTON – May 14, 2009. ConocoPhillips shareholders demonstrated even stronger support this year than last for a shareholder proposal calling for the company to fully account for the environmental impact of its tar sands operations. Over thirty percent (30.54%) of … Read more…
Statement on Recent Developments in Aguinda v. Texaco
Trillium Asset Management Corporation Statement on Recent Developments in Aguinda v. Texaco December 4, 2008 Contact: Shelley Alpern (617) 292-8026, x 248 On November 26, 2008, the court-appointed expert charged with assessing Chevron’s liability for … Read more…
Court Ruling Protects Salmon and Clean Water from Harmful Logging
Seattle, WA – A federal court ruled late Friday that the Bush administration acted illegally by suppressing scientific dissent in order to weaken protections for salmon and clean water from logging on Pacific Northwest federal forests. The ruling came in … Read more…
Coal Plant Expansion Challenged by Conservation Groups
Kansas City — The refusal by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) to fairly consider objections to a new massive coal-fired power plant near Holcomb was challenged in court today. The plant at the heart of the suit … Read more…
Western Citizens Seek To Reinstate Roadless Area Protections:
The 2001 Roadless Rule was a widely supported regulation that protected over 58 million acres of public land on national forests from road construction, commercial logging, and development. Hunters, fishermen, hikers, and millions of regular Americans considered it one of the greatest forest conservation measures in U.S. history. Despite its valuable protections, the 2001 Roadless Rule was formally repealed by the Bush administration in May of 2005. Read more…
LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST NEW NATIONAL FOREST RULES(A)
Bush Administration Regulations Reverse Decades of Progress in Forest
Management, Eliminate Wildlife and Natural Resource Protections Read more…
Climate Change is Human Rights Issue(A)
Inuit Leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier Announces Intention to File a Human Right Claim Against the U.S. for its Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Emissions Read more…
Bush Administration to Increase Logging in Sierra Nevada National Forests(A)
Over 6,000 public appeals ignored, fire resistant 30-inch diameter old growth trees to be cut, safeguards for water and wildlife will be limited, logging given preference over protecting communities from wildfire
Read more…