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Press Release (July 10, 2014) Study Reveals Global Electronic Giant’s Human Rights Violations; Green America Campaign Follows “Bad Apple” Push to End Poisoning of Chinese Factory Workers. July 10, 2014 Washington, DC – July 10, 2014 – Global electronics giant Samsung should…

Press Release (June 16, 2014) $5,000 Prize Awarded to Three Companies in Illinois, North Carolina and Mississippi After an Open Public Voting Period and Nominations By Community Development Lenders, Credit Unions June 16, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 16, 2014 - Three green…

Press Release (June 10, 2014) Groups Say Workers Could Be Exposed To More Than Three Times The Amount Of Chemicals Of US Workers. Consumers Take Action With New Mock “App;” 20,000 Have So Far Signed Petition Urging Action by Apple. June 10, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 10,…

Press Release (June 2, 2014) Power plant regulations will significantly reduce carbon and other pollutants and help grow the green economy June 2, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. – June 2, 2014 - Green America supports today’s announcement by the EPA that it plans to cut carbon…

Press Release (May 29, 2014) Over Eighty Thousand Consumers Have Taken Action Calling on Starbucks to Stop Sourcing Milk from GMO-fed Cows, Now Consumers Take to the Streets. May 29, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 29, 2014 -Today Starbucks customers and activists came out to…

Press Release (May 13, 2014) May 13, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 13, 2014 - Three organizations with hundreds of business members across Maryland—the American Sustainable Business Council, the Chesapeake Sustainable Business Council, and Green America—are urging Governor O’…

Press Release (May 6, 2014) May 6, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC—May 6, 2014— In a letter sent today to US Attorney General Eric Holder, Green America, a national nonprofit organization working to create a green economy, encouraged the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to prosecute Credit…
finance, financials, environmental justice, banks

Press Release (April 25, 2014) Tens Of Thousands of Consumers Have Taken Action To End “Smartphone Sweatshops” to Ensure Their Phones Are Not Causing Worker Harm. April 25, 2014 New York, NY – April 25, 2014 – Today a significant number gathered to participate in a…
smartphone sweatshops, sweatshops, toxins

Press Release (April 8, 2014) Updating WWII “War Bond” Model to Spark Job Creation, Energy Security, Clean Energy, and Increased Energy Efficiency

Press Release (April 1, 2014) As MD PSC Deadline Looms, Letter Submitted to Commission Details Economic and Environmental Harms of Cove Point Site  March 24, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC -- Just ahead of an April 2nd deadline for comments to be submitted to the Maryland Public Service…

Press Release (March 24, 2014) $5,000 Prize Awarded to Three Companies in California, Maryland and Ohio for Their Dedication to Building Healthy Homes March 24, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC -- Three winners were announced today for Green America’s quarterly “People & Planet Award,”…

Press Release (March 12, 2014) 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

Press Release (March 4, 2014) 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…

Press Release (February 11, 2014) 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…

Press Release (January 21, 2014) 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 get…

Press Release (January 16, 2014) Post Foods informs GMO Inside that Grape-Nuts Original will be Non-GMO Project Verified and will be available starting in January 2014 January 16, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC -- GMO Inside, a national consumer campaign of Green America that educates…

Press Release (January 2, 2014) 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…

Press Release (October 3, 2012) WASHINGTON, DC -- Whole Foods Market (NYSE: WFM) locations around the country will be removing one of  Hershey’s high end products-- Scharffen Berger chocolate-- from  shelves across the country by the end of the year due to Hershey’s failure to…

Press Release (January 5, 2009)   Step Seen as "Outstanding Clean Energy Start to New Year," Marks Further Decline of Dirty Power in U.S.; Facing Intense Opposition, Energy Company Drops Five of Six Planned January 5, 2009 Washington, DC--The decision by U.S. power company…