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Senate votes to end ethanol tax breaks
On June 16, 2011, the Senate voted 73-27 to end the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit. This major victory against dirty corn ethanol had strong bipartisan support across the political spectrum, including some of the Senate’s most progressive and most conservative members. Read More
What would Robin Hood say?
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. By Asad Rehman, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland June 15, 2011 Dressed as the British folklore hero… Read More
Saving forests is not like installing a traffic light
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. By Kate Horner, Friends of the Earth U.S. June 13, 2011 In the first UN negotiating session on new financing options… Read More
Geoengineering: carbon capture or corporate capture?
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. By Eric Hoffman and Kate Horner, Friends of the Earth U.S. June 10, 2011 Dangerous techno-fixes to the climate crisis are… Read More
A gap in more than just ideas
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. By Pascoe Sabido, Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland June 10, 2011 Sitting at opposite ends of a… Read More
Climate finance — old wine in a new bottle?
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. By Marjorie Williams, International Gender and Trade Network, Janet Redman, Institute from Policy Studies, & Kate Horner, Friends of the Earth… Read More
No free speech at the climate talks?
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. By Kate Horner, Friends of the Earth U.S. June 8, 2011 Today in Bonn, delegates are taking a first step towards understanding and… Read More
Appalachia Rising: March on Blair Mountain demands end to mountaintop removal
Ninety years ago, 10,000 miners rose up in the coal fields of West Virginia to fight for their basic rights to live and work in dignity. These workers — a diverse alliance of local mountaineers, African Americans, and first-generation immigrants from across Europe — marched 50 miles from the… Read More
Bring the march on Blair Mountain to Bonn
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. Kate Horner, Friends of the Earth U.S. June 6, 2011 Far from the Hotel Maritim in Bonn, Germany, where the UN climate meetings… Read More
Shell: “Erratum” to Annual Report
Erratum to the Annual Report Royal Dutch Shell PLC 2010 Annual Report: Special Edition Download the report. A new report published by Friends of the Earth International spoofs Shell’s 2010 annual report in order to call attention to the egregious climate, human rights and environmental impacts of the company’s… Read More