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New records request targets delayed FOIA of Biden “energy whisperer”
Friends of the Earth filed a follow-up Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request today targeting the State Department’s handling of records related to Amos Hochstein, a former LNG executive and Pres…
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Over 115 Local Officials Ask Congress to Reject Federal Preemption of Local Authority on Pesticides in the Farm Bill
Today more than 115 local officials sent a letter to Congress urging the rejection of any language in the 2023 Farm Bill that would limit local government authority to regulate toxic pesticides.
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Groundbreaking New York Climate Bill Passes Senate
A groundbreaking climate bill, The New York Tropical Deforestation-Free Procurement Act (S.4859/A.5682), passed in the New York State Senate today as part of a package of environmental bills and will…
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Lawsuit Targets U.S. Delay on Petition to Phase Out Public Lands Oil Drilling
Conservation groups sued the U.S. Interior Department today for failing to respond to a rulemaking petition to phase out oil and gas extraction on federal public lands.
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Analysis: Vacationers Generate 8 Times More Carbon on a Cruise Ship than on Land
Today Friends of the Earth released new data that shows cruise goers emit eight times the amount of carbon dioxide emissions per day than a land-based vacationer.
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Alaska public records request seeks role of Hochstein protege in $38.7 billion LNG boondoggle
Friends of the Earth has filed an open records request of the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC), the state entity developing the Alaska LNG Project — a proposed $38.7 billion LNG project…
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Groups Demand World Bank Shift Lending away from Industrial Animal Agriculture
WASHINGTON DC – Friends of the Earth and the global Stop Financing Factory Farming Campaign (S3F) announce a week of action targeting the World Bank Group (WBG) and its private sector arm the Intern…
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100+ Organizations Urge Biden Administration to Stop G7 Push for LNG Expansion
Over 100 climate and environmental justice groups sent a letter to the Biden Administration ahead of this week’s G7 climate ministers meeting demanding that U.S. officials reject attempts by fossil…
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Honoring the Legacy of Verner Wilson III
We have lost a bright light in our movement, and we will endeavor to continue Verner’s work to elevate Indigenous voices.
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Friends of the Earth Sues PG&E Over Effort to Extend Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant
Today, Friends of the Earth filed a lawsuit against Pacific Gas & Energy (PG&E) to prevent the breach of a contract to retire the Diablo Canyon nuclear power facility when its current operating licens…