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US Ex-Im Bank Finances Largest Carbon Emitting Project in its History
Washington D.C. — Today the Board of Directors of the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) voted to approve $805 million dollars in subsidized financing for one of the world’s larges…
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TV Ad Challenges Iowa’s Radioactive Rate Hike Bill
Des Moines, Iowa—The watchdog group Friends of the Earth today released a TV ad opposing legislation that would allow MidAmerican Energy to raise electric rates in order to pay for new nuclear…
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Report details World Bank’s fossil fuel binge
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The World Bank continues its fossil fuel financing binge, evading environmental standards and worsening poverty and pollution — that’s the conclusion of a new report released…
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New Reactor Model Faces Legal Challenge
DURHAM, NC – The Fukushima nuclear disaster has amplified a host of concerns about the reactor model chosen to lead a so-called U.S. nuclear renaissance, and industry pressure rushed the long-d…
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World Bank, Climate Change and Energy Financing
World Bank, Climate Change and Energy Financing Something Old. Something New?
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Friends of the Earth Opposes Iowas Proposed Radioactive Rate Hike
The watchdog group Friends of the Earth today announced that it is mobilizing its members to oppose bills being considered by the Iowa General Assembly that would allow MidAmerican Energy to rais…
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Friends of the Earth Remains Strongly Opposed to U.S.-Colombia Trade Deal
Washington, DC — Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica issued this statement in response to the Obama administration’s endorsement of the “Colombian Action Plan Related to Labor Rights…
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Breast cancer gene case has another day in court
A three-judge federal appeals court heard arguments on Monday in a case that could decide the future of human gene patents. The high-profile lawsuit was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union a…
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With Shutdown Looming, Obama Urged to Stand Firm
WASHINGTON, D.C.—As news reports indicate that a government shutdown is increasingly likely, Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, called on President Obama to stand firm and reject fu…