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1.4 million call on the Obama administration to end offshore drilling
Today, representatives from Friends of the Earth, Environment America, Environmental Action, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Sierra Club, Surfrider and the World Wildlife Fund delivered 1.4 million comments collected from frontline communities, concerned citizens and organizations all over the U.S. to call for no new offshore drilling. Yesterday marked the… Read More
100 groups call for Climate Investment Funds to sunset
Ahead of this week’s meeting of the trust funds of the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds, 100 groups have called for the CIFs to finally sunset, now that the Green Climate Fund is clearly operational. Two-thirds of the groups are from developing countries. Here’s the letter. June 14, 2016… Read More
Permanently changing a species: What could go wrong?
We must ensure that corporations and governments (particularly militaries) are not developing gene drives and cannot misuse this technology in ways that could have profound ecological, health or socio-economic impacts. Read More
Victory! Obama administration cancels oil and gas auction near Chaco Canyon
Those fighting to protect New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon from dangerous oil and gas development just won a major victory. Yesterday, the Obama administration announced the cancellation of an oil and gas lease auction scheduled for October. On the table were 2,122 acres near the Chaco Culture National Historic Park,… Read More
Dirt, Democracy and Organic Farming: A recipe for feeding the world
Feeding the world is not about increasing how many bushels of grain we can grow, it’s about dirt, democracy, and our diets. Read More
Revolving Door: Career path of former USTR Ron Kirk
The Obama White House and the Republican leadership in Congress are expected to seek congressional approval the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement in the so-called “lame duck” session of Congress after the November elections and before the inauguration of a new presidential administration. The environmentally-destructive TPP is hugely unpopular with… Read More
The Wall Street revolving door & the U.S. Trade Representative
The Obama White House and the Republican leadership in Congress are pushing hard for a massive and environmentally- destructive trade agreement, the Trans Pacific Partnership, and two similar deals. The TPP reflects the philosophy and culture of the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, which assume that many forms… Read More
Harmony of the Seas launch inconsistent with Royal Caribbean’s commitment to sustainability
At 226 thousand metric tons, accommodating 6,780 guests and 2,100 crew, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' new Harmony of the Seas is a gargantuan fuel-gobbling monster. Read More
Rally Tally: 1,200+ people march in D.C. to break free from fossil fuels
On Sunday, May 15, more than 1,200 people rallied in front of the White House and marched to the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool to call on the Obama administration to stop offshore drilling. The rally was part of Break Free 2016, a global wave of resistance to keep… Read More
Ex-Im Bank considers deals with corrupt governments
The U.S. Export-Import Bank loves to remind us that it is not a development agency, and, therefore, is not held to the same requirements as say a development finance institution. Even still, some of the governments that the head of Ex-Im, Fred Hochberg, has… Read More