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Changing the climate at the COP
This year’s annual UN climate summit, known as the Conference of Parties or COP, has drawn to a close in Lima, Peru. In a disgraceful outcome predictable enough to be called a pattern, the COP once…
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Responses to Climate Change 2 Hour Special
In the Second Hour – We focus on national, sub-national, state, local communities, individual responses to climate change Jeff Conant – directs Friends of the Earth’s international fores…
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Groups urge administration to steer clear of gas exports bill
Some 114 groups are pressing Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to reject proposals to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. Groups urge administration to steer clear of gas exports bill -The Hill…
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Middle East Peace, Iran Deal on Kerry’s Wish List
This holiday season, Secretary of State John Kerry is probably looking for some things that can’t fit down a chimney or under a tree. Here’s a look at a few items that are likely on his wish lis…
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Force Big Government to Kill Big Carbon
The climate movement tends to talk about “theories of change” rather than “theories of power.” But if you think about power — who has it, what are its mechanisms, how can…
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Palm Oil supplier Bumitama cuts ties with illegal plantation following Friends of the Earth pressure
International finance regulator accepts Friends of the Earth complaint against Dutch financier Rabobank WASHINGTON, D.C – The ongoing campaign for responsible finance in the palm oil sector won anot…
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114 groups warn Sec. Moniz of LNGs dire climate impacts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Obama administration moves into another year promoting the false climate solution of natural gas, 114 public interest, environmental and faith groups submitted a letter to…
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Why Supporting ‘Black Lives Matter’ Could Mean A New Chapter For Environmentalism
The Sierra Club has had its share of environmental successes over the years. It preventedthe damming of the Grand Canyon in the 1960s. It ran successful efforts to expand Sequoia National Park in 192…
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REDD and the green economy continue to undermine rights
Note: This post was previously published by InterPress Service. Dercy Teles de Carvalho Cunha is a rubber-tapper and union organiser from the state of Acre in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, with…
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Aviation fuel settlement may help phase out lingering source of U.S. lead pollution
The United States phased out the use of leaded gasoline for automobiles in 1996, but many small aircraft continue to run on it. That’s worrying to some public health experts, because lead is a poten…