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Just Label It! campaign kicks off
We all have a right to know whether the food we are eating has been genetically engineered. Read More
Fishy Business
Updates from a tour of Atlantic Canada – the center of the genetically engineered salmon controversy During a week-long tour of Atlantic Canada, we will raise awareness on the risks of genetically engineered fish pose to our environment and our health. We’ve spent the past year urging the Food and… Read More
Groups call for end to secrecy in Trans-Pacific Partnership trade negotiations
As another round of negotiations on a Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement between the United States and seven other Pacific countries began on October 19 in Peru, Friends of the Earth joined 20 other environmental and civil society groups to call for an end to secrecy in these important trade talks. Read More
The Keystone XL Pipeline Influence Scandal
Evidence is mounting that the State Department's review of a proposed tar sands oil pipeline has been corrupted by bias, lobbyist influence and conflicts of interest. The growing scandal is making front-page headlines and putting new pressure on President Obama to stop the pipeline. Read More
Key Keystone XL pipeline controversy coverage
October 14, 2011: Our communications director has compiled a must-read list of coverage of the Keystone XL pipeline controversy. There’s been a lot of coverage. He's compiled some of the last week’s key stories here. Read More
Keystone XL pipeline corruption investigation
The tangled web of corruption surrounding the Keystone XL pipeline implicates lobbyists and government officials alike. DeSmogBlog, Oil Change International, The Other 98% and Friends of the Earth investigated the cozy relationships between key State Department officials and corporate lobbyists, and they lead all the way to the president’s doorstep. President Obama made a campaign promise to shut out oil lobbyists, yet the State Department’s blatant bias toward approving the Keystone XL pipeline is a clear example of oil influence over our democracy. Read More
Roundup of Keystone XL pipeline coverage
October 5, 2011 Since there’s been so much news related to the Keystone XL pipeline controversy subsequent to our release of the second round of State Department documents, we put together the following news roundup. Breaking this a.m.: State Department sued to force halt to ongoing illegal pipeline construction… Read More
Media coverage of the corrupt State Department review process
With the release of the second batch of documents, the filing of a lawsuit to stop illegal pipeline construction work in Nebraska and the expansion of our Freedom of Information Act request, there has been extensive media coverage of the pro-pipeline bias and oil industry complicity within the… Read More
Documents reveal smoking gun regarding State Department bias
Friends of the Earth and allies have obtained internal emails from the State Department that provide definitive evidence of bias and complicity in the department’s review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. The emails are a key part of a growing influence scandal in which the… Read More
McDonalds isnt lovin it; Proposes no-ethanol diet plan for super committee
On September 15, 2011, McDonald’s and 14 other chain restaurants called on the super committee to go on a diet by cutting back on corn subsidies. Citing high corn prices, the National Council of Chain Restaurants and many of its members urged Congress to allow VEETC (the refundable Volumetric… Read More