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Internal State Department documents raise concerns, new questions
We have obtained documents from the State Department in response to our Freedom of Information Act request that provide evidence of agency bias and indicate the State Department was doing favors for TransCanada during the Keystone XL review. Read More
Nano-silver and bacterial resistance
For almost 100 years, we have waged a war on bacteria. In a new report by Friends of the Earth, we argue that this war, far from making people safer, may have a harmful impact on people’s health. In order to stave off these microscopic ‘enemies,’ we continue to… Read More
Why I joined the sit-in to stop the Keystone XL pipeline
With joy and resolve, I was arrested for the first time on August 29. I joined more than 1,200 people who stubbornly planted their bodies on President Obama’s doorstep across two weeks of rolling sit-ins because I am fed up, but I have not given up. Read More
Green Scissors 2011 and ARPA-E
The recently released Green Scissors 2011 report identifies environmentally beneficial spending cuts that could save taxpayers more than $380 billion. Recommended cuts range from giveaways to big oil companies to road projects to environmentally destructive Army Corps of Engineers projects. One program highlighted in the report is the little-known… Read More
End Big Oil subsidies action toolkit
Each year, the federal government gives away more than $10 billion in tax breaks to oil and gas companies. These polluting industries are already raking in record profits — it’s an outrageous waste of taxpayer dollars to pay them for damaging our environment. The action toolkit — 5 ways… Read More
How the EPA Encourages Climate Change
A new report by Friends of the Earth, Corn Ethanol and Climate Change, demonstrates how the Renewable Fuel Standard, in spite of its climate protections, increases environmental degradation. The RFS, which mandates the production of 36 billion gallons of biofuels a year by 2022, is being heralded as… Read More
Climate talks in Bonn
Read more about the international climate negotiations: Read informational briefs about pressing issues at Bonn Huffington Post: Will Bonn Climate Talks Reflect a Dramatically Changed World? Deutsche Welle: Kyoto successor looks bleak at Bonn climate talks Friends of the Earth International is at the UN climate… Read More
Proposed trade agreements threaten U.S. environmental policy
In July 2011, the U.S. House of Representatives is likely to vote on three new free trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia, and Panama. Friends of the Earth and other environmental advocates oppose ratification of the three agreements, which were negotiated by the George W. Bush administration and are based on the flawed model of the North American Free Trade Agreement. Read More
Climate change and weather chaos
In the past several years, extreme weather events have wreaked devastation around the globe – from violent tornadoes that descend out of nowhere to reduce entire towns to rubble, to floodwaters that break their containment dams and levees to surge into the streets, to wildfires that consume hundreds of acres… Read More