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Resources for Journalists: Understanding the Copenhagen Accord
The two-week climate conference in Copenhagen this past December produced the Copenhagen Accord. The Accord is a two-and-a-half page document that emerged in the final days of the summit, containing an inadequate goal of keeping global temperature increases below 2?C and no mechanism for achieving this goal. As of February 4,… Read More
Cruise ships holding pollution just for the Winter Olympics?
The Port of Vancouver has announced that cruise lines visiting the port during the upcoming Winter Olympics, including Holland America Line, Carnival Cruise Lines and Norwegian Cruise Lines, will commit to implementing several environmentally friendly measures to protect the air and waters of the port from pollution. Read More
Meet Eric Hoffman
Friends of the Earth is a fierce advocate of scientific progress, but corporations often seek profit from scientific developments with little regard for human health. We must take precaution to ensure new technologies don't do more harm than good. In this video, Eric outlines some of the challenges that lie ahead for his campaigns. Read More
Investigative Reporting on Cruise Ship Pollution
In January, DC Bureau, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization of investigative reporters ran two great in depth pieces on cruise industry lobbying, Read More
Use caution with colloidal silver
Statement regarding Friends of the Earth's position on colloidal silver products Friends of the Earth’s core reason for petitioning the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was due to concern about nanoscale silver and its use in great quantities in many products, which have the potential to generate serious antimicrobial resistance (as the United Nations and much of the scientific community have identified is happening with antibiotics). Read More
Wear blue for the oceans on January 13!
With the holidays behind us, perhaps you are feeling a bit blue? Why not take advantage of that feeling by wearing blue for the oceans on January 13 and joining us at one of many events being planned from coast to coast! Everyone is encouraged to wear the color blue on Wednesday – whether it’s a pair of blue surf shorts in sunny Hawaii, or, given the nation’s recent cold snap, a blue c Read More
Broad coalition fighting to save Clean Air Act
The Clean Air Act -- the key federal tool that can cut the pollution that causes global warming -- is under attack. The 112th Congress is packed with new climate-science-denying Republicans. On their list of top priorities is attacking the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) authority to regulate greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act in order to give big polluters a free pass. Read More
Copenhagen
You can learn more about international climate negotiations at these links: Read about the path to an international climate agreement. Read More
Copenhagen Day 9: Tuesday, December 15
We finally put together this amazing footage from the "flood" for climate justice that took place in Copenhagen on Saturday. Thousands of campaigners and activists from Friends of the Earth's international network joined with friends and supporters to demand climate justice in a peaceful march through the streets. We converged with other peaceful marchers to form one "main" march that ended up including around 100,000 people! Read More