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After the launch of our Toxic Textiles campaign, you may be wondering how I can make sure children in my family or social network are not being exposed to harmful chemicals? Unfortunately, this is a difficult task.
For example, in our recent Toxic Textile’s report, we found that Carter’s had some of the worst environmental and social practices out of all the US apparel…
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) In 2017, we launched Hang Up on Fossil Fuels, a campaign urging major telecommunications companies to rapidly increase their use of renewables to power networks. Back then, the industry was using almost no clean energy and few companies had any plans to increase.
Now, after years of consumer pressure, we’re seeing big moves in the industry – but we aren’t finished yet.
Here are the…
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The Ivory Coast and Ghana are the top producers of cocoa globally. Cocoa farms in both countries are plagued by child labor, with an estimated two million children working in cocoa fields. These are not children helping on the family farm part-time. These are children who are working full time, day after day, in the fields. Some of them are doing dangerous work, and some are…
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) By Ayate Temsamani, Climate Fellow
The Impact of Telecoms
The US telecom industry uses vast amounts of energy, with the major four companies collectively using over 30 million megawatt hours (MWH) of electric power every year—enough energy to power all the households in New York City.
This has mostly come from dirty energy sources, emitting 20 million tons of CO2 every…
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We’ve all seen images of the Amazon forest fires. You may have already heard the news that these fires are more extensive than those in the past, with over 80,000 fires this year. You may have also heard folks explaining that this is fire season, and this is normal.
These Amazon forest fires are not normal
The fires in the Amazon Rainforest this year are not the result of…
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The Problem at Walmart
Green America recently launched Cool It, our campaign to address harmful emissions causing the climate crisis. The campaign focuses on hydrofluorocarbons, or “HFCs”, extremely potent greenhouse gases that are used as refrigerants in refrigerators and A/C Units.
HFCs are leaking into the atmosphere from faulty equipment and irresponsible…
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Amazon is full of deals, but those deals come at a big cost to people and the planet. So, before you click on that item that sounds like a steal, check out Green America's 10 Reasons to not shop Amazon.
Amazon…
Exploits workers and fights unions. Amazon has a long history of opposing unionization and most recently was accused of violating labor law…
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) Summer is underway and Green America’s work is in high gear! Thanks to our members' generous support, every day our programs are advancing the policies and systems needed for safe food, clean energy, responsible finance, and fair labor on which the health of people and the planet depends.
Whether we are taking our message to the streets, to legislators, to consumers and…
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Plantain, known as Plantago major, grows all over North America and around the world. It is commonly found in yards and gardens where pesticides aren’t used. Chances are, if you’re a Climate Victory Gardener, you’ve come across this plant. And, while we’re often tempted to pull weeds to make space for fruit and veggies to grow, biodiversity and keeping plants like the plantain…
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