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Activists step in to rescue climate from President Obamas failing leadership
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth and other local climate activists will protest President Obama’s failure of climate leadership on Saturday at 11 a.m. in front of the White House. Analyses…
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Customs bill would limit president’s actions on climate change
PARIS, FRANCE – Last night the conference committee for the Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644) announced that they had resolved differences between the U.S. House and Senate v…
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Friends of the Earth’s reaction to Sec. Kerrys climate speech
PARIS, FRANCE – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke today at the Paris climate negotiations, in time with the release of preliminary text. Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pica iss…
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FTT advances could lead to down payment on climate finance gap
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to today’s announcement by European Finance Ministers that advances the proposed European regional Financial Transaction Tax, Friends of the Earth’s Senior I…
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A Paris deal: On whose terms?
The 21st Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change officially opened on November 30, 2015 with about the amount of pomp you might expect for the 150 world…
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UN promoting potentially genocidal policy at World Climate Summit
PARIS, FRANCE – At the foot of a miniature Eiffel Tower, civil society, environmentalists and Indigenous Peoples rejected REDD, a carbon market mechanism, land-grabbing false solution to climate cha…
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Report: Indonesian peat fires linked to global palm oil companies and their financiers
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This summer and fall, forest and peat fires burned on Indonesian palm oil plantations owned by global palm oil companies Bumitama and Wilmar International. A report released today…
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Bureau of Land Management postpones oil and gas lease sale amid activist pressure
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Land Management announced today the postponement of the December oil and gas lease sale for the Eastern States. The 160 acres in Arkansas and 427 acres in Michigan w…
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Special Climate Envoy Sterns boasts on climate finance ring hollow
PARIS, FRANCE – U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change Todd Stern spoke today about the U.S. role in climate negotiations, including climate finance. Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pic…
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Congress reauthorizes Ex-Im Bank without needed reforms
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress reauthorized the U.S. Export Import Bank as an attachment to an unrelated transportation bill. Ex-Im Bank’s authority lapsed July 1 after Congress failed to pass a reau…