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Press Release ( ) More Americans are seeking greener retirement plans like fossil-free 401(k) options.
finance, retirement, fossil-free
Press Release ( ) WASHINGTON, DC – April 5, 2016 – In its latest campaign to move the magazine industry to recycled paper, the nonprofit Green America today launched “Practice What You Print, Smithsonian” to encourage Smithsonian Magazine to move to…

Press Release ( ) 50 Organizations Urge Olive Garden and Darden Restaurants to Improve Practices.
food, animal welfare, environment
Press Release ( ) Spotlight on Biodegradable Paint, Handmade Yurts and Vertical Gardens; $5,000 Prizes Awarded to CO, IN and TN Companies Focusing on DIY
People and Planet Award, DIY
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Press Release ( ) $5,000 Prizes Awarded to NY, OR and IL Companies Focusing on Vegan Ice Cream, Footwear & Web Content

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Press Release ( ) Consumers urged to speak out and opt for safe, green toys; New report exposes major safety and labor-rights abuses in Chinese toy factories; Hasbro’s Nerf Guns & Disney’s Frozen Dolls found to be made in facilities with health and safety violations.

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Press Release ( ) From Elephant Dung to Cigarette Butts: $5,000 Prizes Awarded to PA, CA and NJ Companies Focusing on Recycled Products & Services.

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Press Release ( ) Not Sustainable: Farmers Making as Little as 50 Cents Per Day; Inadequate Responses Mounted So Far to Address Very Serious Problems.

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Press Release ( ) Partnership Equips Consumers with Single, Vendor-Neutral Resource for Comparing Solar Systems, Installers and Financing Options As Well As Getting Lowest Price Quotes

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Press Release ( ) Latest Move by Hershey’s Follows the Removal of GMOs by General Mills, Unilever, Post Foods.

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Press Release ( ) Rights and Labor Groups Concerned Work on Fishing Boats

GreenAmerica
Press Release ( ) Company Spending $640,000 to Block Consumers’ Right to Know If GMOs Are In Food Also Censors Consumers Talking About GMOs on Social Media November 3, 2014 WASHINGTON D.C - November 3, 2014 - Green America’s GMO Inside campaign is calling out the…
food, GMOs, Smucker's
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Press Release ( ) Apple responds to over 23,000 comments from concerned consumers. More needs to be done to protect workers. August 14, 2014 Washington, DC – August 14, 2014 –Green America announced today that it is pleased with Apple’s August 13 announcement that…

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Press Release ( ) Study Reveals Global Electronic Giant’s Human Rights Violations
child labor
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Press Release ( ) Ending “Bad Apple” Devices: It Could Take Just a Dollar Per Device to Fix Apple’s Poisonous Practices; Green America Takes on Apple After Success in Changing General Mills’ Cheerios. March 12, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC -- With more than a million…
smartphone sweatshops, sweatshops
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Press Release ( ) Starbucks Urged to Serve Only Organic Milk and Stop Serving Milk From Cows Fed GMOs; GMO Inside Launches New Push Fresh Off Success with Getting GMOs out of Cheerios. March 4, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC -- Green America’s GMO Inside campaign today…

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Press Release ( ) Chase and Citi Cards Get “F” for Investing in Coal-Fired Power and Mining, BofA and Wells Fargo Get D- and D+; Cards from Smaller Banks Get A+ for Shunning Coal and Focusing on Bettering Communities February 11, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC -- Concerned…

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Press Release ( ) No Letup in Pressure:  New Consumer Campaign Builds Off Recent Victory In Getting General Mills To Remove GMOs From Original Cheerios January 21, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC -- Green America’s GMO Inside campaign today launched  a major push to…

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Press Release ( ) Consumers across the country took action with the GMO Inside Campaign to push General Mills to make Cheerios non-GMO January 2, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC -- With 40,000 Facebook posts from consumers who took part in GMO Inside’s campaign calling on…

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Press Release ( ) Whole Foods’ removed Scharffen Berger after more than 15,000 customers demanded Hershey be held accountable for exploiting child labor. 
child labor