Media
Search
Categories
Issues
Projects
-
Court rules that federal agency failed to protect thousands of whales and dolphins from Navy sonar
EUREKA, Calif. — A federal court has ruled that National Marine Fisheries Service failed to protect thousands of whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, and sea lions from U.S. Navy warfare training exe…
-
Obama takes first step on climate change
Friends of the Earth applauds this long overdue first step to protect our climate WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Obama administration proposed the first ever standards to limit carbon pollution from…
-
Department of Energy misses target for second round of grants for small modular reactors
No announcement to be made on September 17 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Department of Energy missed its target for announcing the recipient of a $226 million grant to design and license a “small m…
-
Statement on Larry Summers’ withdrawal from Fed consideration
Below is a statement from Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica on the Larry Summers’ withdrawal from consideration for chair of the Federal Reserve. “Larry Summers’ withdrawal f…
-
Communities in Nigeria Take Wilmar to Court for Landgrabbing
Nigeria, in West Africa, is fertile territory for palm oil cultivation. Undertaken at a reasonable scale, and with proper attention to social, environmental and labor standards, palm oil could provide…
-
Groups call on Senator Pavley to withdraw flawed fracking bill
Dangerous new amendments undermine existing environmental law SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Following Friday’s adoption of anti-environmental amendments to Senate Bill 4, the only remaining bill in the Calif…
-
Keep GMO apples out of baby food!
GMO Apples: Coming soon to baby food, school lunches and Happy meals As the fall season rushes in, my kitchen fills up with canned apple sauces, baked apple crisps, and fresh apple slices. And as an a…
-
Extreme genetic engineering in your ice cream?
With the long Labor Day holiday weekend approaching, I look forward to barbeques with friends and family, and enjoying one of my favorite summertime treats: vanilla ice cream. I generally pick the ice…
-
Big win for Keystone opponents: State Dept. probe of consultant’s conflict of interest could delay decision until 2014
Friends of the Earth: Obama already has enough evidence to deny permit WASHINGTON, D.C. – News that the State Department won’t complete until January an investigation into conflicts of interes…
-
Key DOE environmental review of plan to use weapons plutonium as mixed oxide reactor fuel indefinitely delayed and under departmental review
Delay revealed on August 15 indicates growing problems with MOX program WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy has today made public that it has indefinitely postponed release of a key enviro…