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Climate & Energy Justice

Friends of the Earth’s Climate & Energy Justice Team is building toward energy systems that center ecological integrity, environmental justice, and human rights.

Our strategies and tactics are rooted in addressing the historic and ongoing systems of capitalist, racial, class, and colonial inequities that harm people and the planet.

We seek to end the extraction, development, and utilization of fossil fuels and other forms of dirty energy driving the climate crisis. We similarly work to stop the proliferating number of false solutions diverting political will and resources away from the urgent need to equitably phase out fossil fuels in line with science, justice, and the United States’ fair share of the global mitigation and financial burden.


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IRA Clean Electricity Credits Under Threat of Becoming New Fossil Fuel Handout

A new analysis from Friends of the Earth shows that Big Oil and Big Ag are lobbying to co-opt key provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act.

Exiting Petrochemicals: Groups Call On Financial Institutions to Stop Financing Major Driver of Climate Change

Plastics and the 16,000 chemicals used to make them contaminate food, water, air, blood, and even breastmilk.

Conservationists seek to defend basic federal oil and gas fiscal reforms from industry complaint

Conservation groups filed a formal legal request to intervene in an industry lawsuit and defend the Biden Administration's oil and gas leasing rule, which contains much-needed reforms regarding bonding and royalty rates for drilling.

Impact Stories See All
Holding the California Oil Industry Accountable
Holding the California Oil Industry Accountable

These three bills will better protect communities facing the hazards of fossil fuel extraction and ramp up the pressure for oil companies.

Stopping a Geoengineering Project in Cape Cod
Stopping a Geoengineering Project in Cape Cod

Sodium hydroxide is a dangerous, caustic chemical that causes chemical burns on contact with skin, and would be dumped into waters frequented by at least eight endangered species.

Fighting for Gulf Species
Fighting for Gulf Species

The court’s decision is a huge victory for groups’ ongoing efforts to protect the Gulf’s vulnerable species, especially the Rice’s whale.

Latest Blog Posts See All
What is Marine Geoengineering?
What is Marine Geoengineering?

What is marine geoengineering? Attempts to manipulate the Earth’s oceans to counteract the effects of climate change.

What is Solar Geoengineering?
What is Solar Geoengineering?

What is solar geoengineering? Technologies that would reflect a portion of the sun’s rays back into space.

Is Nuclear Power Bad for the Environment?
Is Nuclear Power Bad for the Environment?

Is nuclear power bad for the environment? Is it dangerous, expensive, and a threat to public health? Also yes.

Resources See All
  • Joint letter on Google disinformation policy
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  • Exiting Petrochemicals: A Policy Guide for Financial Institutions
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  • Letter on the Manchin-Barrasso Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024
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