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Major car makers not cutting emissions fast enough to meet climate targets

Energy price hikes - efficiency is the solution

Prince Charles hits GM nail on head

Less than one fifth of biofuels on UK roads meets eco-standards - Friends of the Earth reaction

Boris' first 100 days - new mayor must do more to tackle climate change

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Greenpeace stands for positive change through action. We defend the natural world and promote peace. Greenpeace are an independent non-profit global organization committed to the principles of non-violence, political independence and internationalism. In exposing threats to the environment and in working to find solutions, Greenpeace has no permanent allies or enemies.

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“Terminator is a direct assault on farmers and indigenous cultures and on food sovereignty. It threatens the well-being of all rural people, primarily the very poorest.” - Rafael Alegría of Via Campesina, an organization representing over 10 million peasant farmers worldwide.

Fair Trade

Fair trade is an organized social movement and market-based approach to alleviating global poverty and promoting sustainability. The movement advocates the payment of a fair price as well as social and environmental standards in areas related to the production of a wide variety of goods. It focuses in particular on exports from developing countries to developed countries, most notably handicrafts, coffee, cocoa, sugar, tea, bananas, honey, cotton, wine, fresh fruit, and so forth.

Fair trade's strategic intent is to deliberately work with marginalised producers and workers in order to help them move from a position of vulnerability to security and economic self-sufficiency. It also aims at empowering them to become stakeholders in their own organizations and actively play a wider role in the global arena to achieve greater equity in international trade.