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Oil Spill Continues to Leak 1,000 Barrels Per Day into Gulf of Mexico
Washington, D.C.—Last Thursday, the Deepwater Horizon, an offshore drilling rig leased to oil giant BP, sank off the coast of Louisiana after an explosion. Eleven oil rig workers a…
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EPA Proposes Rule to Phase out Lead from Aviation Fuel
Washington, D.C.–The Environmental Protection Agency responded to a petition from Friends of the Earth yesterday by announcing an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding harmful le…
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Poetry Contest Calls Out Discovery for Sponsoring Sarah Palins New Nature Series
Washington, D.C.—More than 3,600 people across the country have voted in a poetry contest hosted by Friends of the Earth that berates Discovery Communications for teaming up with Sarah Pal…
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World Bank’s $3.75 Billion Coal Loan to Eskom: Neither Green nor Just
By Bobby Peek Director, groundWork, Friends of the Earth South Africa On April 8, the World Bank took us
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Bob Dinneen and the Ethanol Industry Ready to Rumble
It seems like we’ve panicked the dirty ethanol lobby — and that’s a good thing. Bob Dinneen, the president of the Renewable Fuels Association, mentioned us in
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Congressman Doggett Takes on Liquid Coal
On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means committee held its “Hearing on Energy Tax Incentives Driving the Green Job Economy.” At the hearing, Congressman Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) took a bold stan…
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New: From Genetically Engineered Corn to Cows
The spread of genetic engineering (GE) technology exacerbates the corporate consolidation occurring in the seed industry. This trend will continue, if not worsen, in livestock once the genetically…
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State Department ignores global warming in draft assessment of Keystone XL pipeline’s environmental impacts
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of State released on Friday a draft analysis of environmental impacts that could be caused by a proposed pipeline to transfer dirty tar sands oil from Canada to r…