Meet the BP Ten
We can clean up the Gulf while we clean up our politics. Join our new campaign to ask the BP Ten to take the dirty oil dollars they received from BP and donate them to the Gulf Coast Fund. If every member of the BP Ten makes a donation, the Gulf Coast Fund would receive more than $100,000 for cleanup.
The BP Ten | News release | Join the campaign on Facebook | Day of action photos
Momentum builds in campaign to stop the Keystone XL pipeline
The Keystone XL pipeline would stretch from Canada to Texas and double our country's reliance on the dirtiest crude available -- oil from Canada's tar sands. Friends of the Earth and our activists are urging President Obama to reject this pipeline plan -- and our pressure is starting to work.
Learn about our recent campaign successes | Send your message to Pres. Obama | Donate
Protecting an open Internet
A deal between Google and Verizon could kill Net Neutrality -- the notion that all data on the Internet deserves equal treatment, regardless of whether it comes from a giant corporation or an individual or small nonprofit group. We use the Internet every day to advocate for the environment. Rollbacks to Net Neutrality could give polluting corporations like Exxon a huge advantage and make it more difficult for groups like us to do our job.
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Taxing Wall Street greed to pay for global needs
The Investing in Our Future Act, H.R. 5783, introduced by Representative Stark (D-Calif.), would place a tiny levy on the untaxed foreign currency exchange market -- where one currency is exchanged for another -- to raise urgently needed funds for climate change and health programs in impoverished countries.
Take action | Learn more | Huffington Post | Solve Climate
Green Scissors 2010
Green Scissors 2010 identifies more than $200 billion in wasteful government subsidies that are damaging to the environment and harmful to consumers.
Read the report | News release
The Story of Cosmetics
What are all those chemicals in your shampoo? Your lipstick? Your aftershave? And what do they have to do with asthma, breast cancer and learning disabilities? Watch The Story of Cosmetics to learn more and then take action to urge Congress to support the Safe Cosmetics Act 2010.
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Responding to the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf
The disaster in the Gulf of Mexico continues to worsen, with oil still spilling uncontrollably, and vast quantities of toxic chemical dispersants being dumped into the sea. It's time for an end to offshore drilling.
Take action | Watch Erich Pica on MSNBC | More Information | Contribute
