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Rally Tally: Hundreds surround the Superdome to demand no Gulf drilling
Gulf Coast residents and activists from around the country came together yesterday to stand strong against the Fossil Fuel Empires who submitted bids to drill on 43 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico. The lease sale was part of the 2012-2017 offshore drilling program approved by the Obama… Read More
Rally Tally: Demanding justice for Honduran activist Berta Ceres
Berta Cáceres ¡presente! On Friday, March 4, Friends of the Earth joined other supporters in front of the U.S. State Department to remember Honduran civil and environmental rights activist Berta Cáceres. Berta was assassinated in her home Thursday, March 3, targeted for her decade-long fight against the building of the Agua… Read More
Rally Tally: Dozens of activists condemn the murder of Berta Ceres
Yesterday, Friends of the Earth co-sponsored a rally at the UN in New York City for Berta Cáceres and International Woman’s Day. Berta is a well-known indigenous environmental activist who was murdered in her home on March 2. Dozens of activists and human rights supporters denounced the criminal violence plaguing Honduran… Read More
Bangladesh coal projects put human health and pivotal ecosystem at risk
Communities in Bangladesh are fighting to stop multiple coal projects, which the U.S. Export-Import Bank may finance, from destroying the air they breathe and the natural resources they depend on. Two coal-fired power plants — Rampal and Orion Group’s … Read More
5 simple reasons to oppose HSBC and Credit Agricole at the Green Climate Fund
Either Wednesday or Thursday of this week, the Board of the Green Climate Fund will decide whether or not banking giants HSBC and Credit Agricole will become “accredited entities” of the GCF. Accredited entities are official partners of the GCF; they can receive and manage GCF funds. Here are five… Read More
Time to Turn Olive Garden’s Good Food Rhetoric into Reality
Darden is a major purchaser of meat and dairy — and should use that purchasing power to demand that its suppliers employ better animal welfare practices. Read More
Ugandan farmers call on UN to end disastrous palm oil project
For years, Friends of the Earth has been supporting farmers in Uganda’s Kalangala Islands to fight back against a palm oil land grab that has turned them from subsistence farmers and fishers, with a small but diverse income stream, into wage laborers on palm oil plantations that were once their own… Read More
Arctic shipping policy: What’s wrong with this picture
Often we hear much talk about balancing economic and environmental concerns, and this idea — which has widespread support — is referred to as sustainable development. One of the places on earth where there has been substantial discussion of sustainable development is the Arctic. This is because the region contains… Read More
Keep food industry influence out of the 2020 Dietary Guidelines
Earlier this year, the Obama administration released the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which are widely promoted to the public and help guide nutrition education programs and menu planning for government institutions, including schools, prisons, military facilities and federal cafeterias. Despite strong scientific evidence presented by its own Advisory… Read More
California plays fast and loose with climate science and environmental justice
Californians and global citizens are coming to soberly understand that California’s climate leadership may not be designed to protect people and the planet, but rather to protect polluters and their profits. Read More