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Press Release ( ) Report Grades AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon on Renewable Energy Sourcing and Commitments; New Sections Detail Diversity Issues in Industry and COVID-19’s Impact on Findings. WASHINGTON – June 16, 2020 – Verizon is back at the bottom of…
AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon, clean energy
Press Release ( ) Green America’s Center for Sustainability Solutions is proud to announce and welcome Courtney Pineau as Senior Director of Climate & Agriculture Networks.

Press Release ( ) Green America Praises Clothing Manufacturer on “Good First Step,” But Urges Further Action to Protect Workers and The Environment
Carter's children's clothing
Press Release ( ) International Advocacy Groups Publish Joint Consumer Purchasing Guide Just in Time for the Easter Holiday  Mighty Earth, Green America, and Be Slavery Free published a joint Easter scorecard, analyzing what the world’s biggest chocolate companies…

Press Release ( ) With already over 2,400 gardens taking part in the Climate Victory Garden movement, this number is rising.
Climate Victory Garden
Press Release ( ) Green America’s “Build a Cleaner Cloud” Urged Amazon to Address Climate and Protect Workers.
Amazon
Press Release ( ) New Retailer Scorecard Rates Grocery Stores on Social Responsibility and Sustainability in Cocoa Supply Chain.
child labor
Press Release ( ) “Soil SuperHeroes”: From Local Farms To The Largest Companies, Business Leaders Are Saving Our Soils And Solving Climate Change.

Press Release ( ) Mars, Nestle and Hershey All in “C” Range, Godiva Gets “F” Rating, in child labor Chocolate Scorecard.
child labor
Press Release ( ) Best of The Green Economy: Philadelphia and San Francisco Businesses Win the Final People & Planet Award.

Press Release ( ) T-Mobile Still In the Lead and Poised to Reach Its 100 Percent Commitment By 2021 Deadline; Green America’s “Hang Up On Fossil Fuels” Campaign Spurs AT&T and Sprint to Move Faster on Clean Energy.
renewable energy
Press Release ( ) "Cool It" is the new campaign tackling the massive emissions from supermarkets like Walmart.
Walmart
Press Release ( ) Bills Would Allow All Americans To Invest In A Rapid Transition To Clean Energy For The United States
Clean Energy Victory Bonds, clean energy, renewable energy, bonds, socially responsible investing
Press Release ( ) Our new Toxic Textiles report dives into the policy and actions of top US retailers on chemical management, sustainability and transparency.
toxic textiles, supply chain, textiles
Press Release ( ) Groups deliver 149,559 petitions as EPA considers extending glyphosate registration
Glyphosate, RoundUp, Monsanto, EPA, pesticide, herbicide, cancer, lymphoma
Press Release ( ) Rise in Consumption of Paper Receipts: 3/4 of Companies offer BPA and BPS Coated Paper Receipts; Green America Report Highlights Some Improvements.
paper receipts, Skip the Slip, BPA, BPS, waste, paper waste
Press Release ( ) WASHINGTON, D.C.—MAY 14, 2019—Carter’s, the leading retailer of baby and children’s clothing in the US is not transparent about the toxins and other chemicals used to manufacture its clothing. In response, Green America has launched a new campaign…

Press Release ( ) AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Ranked on Clean Energy Sourcing and Commitments; New Section on 5G Networks Highlights Benefits and Challenges.
climate change, clean energy, fossil fuels, 5G
Press Release ( ) The Soil Carbon Initiative (SCI) seeks public comment by May 6 on a new soil carbon standard
agriculture
Press Release ( ) In Time for Spring Planting Season, Green America Toolkit Explains Carbon-Capturing Gardening Practices Americans Can Use in Their Backyards; Climate Victory Gardens Sprouting Up in Minnesota, Colorado, and Virginia.
Climate Victory Garden