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Why we got behind failure
Now that the Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the super committee, has officially announced that they are not going to reach a deal we can let out a sigh of relief. That’s beca…
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Civil Society to World Bank: Clean Up Dirty Energy Financing
New report shows institution lacking clean energy lending strategy and instead considering a new loan for coal power in Kosovo Durban, South Africa — Civil society organizations from around the worl…
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New Briefing Paper: The failed promises of forest carbon finance
Despite repeated promises that carbon markets would deliver significant sums of money to help reduce emissions from deforestation, the carbon market has largely faltered. The growth of the carbon ma…
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Durban climate talks begin with tragic deaths
The night before international climate negotiations began here in Durban on the coast of South Africa, a violent storm whipped through the city, collapsing houses and flooding buildings. In a tragic…
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Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary bans cruise ship wastewater discharges
SEATTLE, Wash. — On December 1, Washington’s Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary will enact regulations banning cruise ships from discharging sewage, graywater, oily bilge and other…
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Friends of the Earth testifies against corporate giveaways
On Friday November 18, 2011, Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica testified
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Occupy Wall Street: A new avenue for hope and change
Lately we’ve all been hearing a lot about Occupy Wall Street (or Occupy Oakland, DC, San Francisco, and many places in between). Many are calling it the Tea Party of the Left, with its focus on unem…
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No turkey for Thanksgiving this year?
As you sit down for Thanksgiving dinner with friends and family this year, imagine looking across the table and not seeing a turkey. It may be hard to fathom, but it is a reality too many Americans…
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As State Department begins additional Keystone XL review, new documents raise fresh concerns
Washington, D.C. — A new tranche of internal State Department documents released today by public interest groups is raising fresh concerns about pro-pipeline bias — just as the department begi…
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New Keystone XL documents raise fresh concerns about State Department
Despite conclusive evidence that the State Department has overseen a corrupt Keystone XL tar sands pipeline review process, the Obama administration indicated last Thursday (November 10) that the d…