Big Food Wins Dietary Guidelines Battle
The 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), released on January 7, are woefully disappointing. In a classic case of David vs. Goliath, after almost a year of savvy organizing by…
Restoring the Leuser Ecosystem: Government Leadership in Action!
Last week, local government officials from the district of Aceh Tamiang in Aceh, Indonesia, began a project to restore 1,070 hectares of forest within the Leuser Ecosystem that had been…
2015 In Review: Exposing Spin and Driving Innovation In the Palm Oil Industry
In 2014, we witnessed a wave of paper commitments to cut the destruction of rainforest and peatlands, and the exploitation of local communities and workers, from the supply chains of…
Seattle Climate Activists Stop Oil-By-Rail With Daring Aerial Blockade
On Tuesday, five residents of Seattle and Everett, WA, working with Rising Tide Seattle, stopped work at a Burlington Northern Santa-Fe Rail Yard in Everett by erecting a tripod-structure on the…