Press releases January 16, 2020
FoodTobacco

Study: Big Tobacco set public health back decades by pitting states against cities

New study shows that the tobacco industry’s efforts to preempt local public health policy with state laws has delayed the public health protections we enjoy today by an average of more than 10 years.

News December 18, 2019
Climate

The Intercept: Rich nations, after driving climate disaster, block all progress at U.N. talks

By Kate Aronoff for The Intercept Last Wednesday, over 300 demonstrators at COP25 in Madrid — this year’s 14-day U.N. ...

Statements December 17, 2019
Climate

“COP25 failed to rise to the challenge of our time”: Our full statement on COP25

By every measure, COP25 failed to rise to the challenge of our time. COP25 failed to deliver for people. And ...

Statements December 15, 2019
Climate

STATEMENT: COP25 failed people when some governments tried to prioritize polluters, but people are rising up for the real solutions we need.

We will not stand idly by as Global North governments sell our planet off to the corporate highest bidder and doom millions. We will rise and realize the solutions that our world urgently needs.

Statements December 14, 2019
Climate

Joint civil society statement on COP25: Big Polluters and Northern countries are throwing gasoline on the fire of the climate crisis, knowingly paving the way for even more fossil fuels.

**Español abajo** To endorse this statement, sign on here. Before COP25 even began, it was clear that Big Polluters — ...

UN security block civil society from participating at COP25 - photo by Simon Chambers from ACT Now for Climate Justice
Statements December 11, 2019
Climate

Joint CSO Statement from COP25 — UNFCCC de-badges civil society engaged in peaceful protest, removing access to all Observers, in unprecedented crackdown on dissent

Millions of people took to the streets this year to demand climate action. Led by our youth, women, Indigenous Peoples, ...