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New scorecard reveals that consumer goods companies fail to uphold human rights in their palm oil supply chains
Despite frequent talk of sustainability and membership in the RSPO, household brands working with AAL continue to use land grabbing, criminalization and environmental destruction as hidden ingredients…
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Friends of the Earth Applauds Passage of Respect for Marriage Act
Protecting the individual choice to marry whomever we choose is a fundamental civil right. We are grateful to our Congressional leaders who stood up for same-sex marriage and celebrate this historic m…
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Environmental and Civic Groups Warn U.S. Nuclear Agency: Don’t Give PG&E Special Treatment on Diablo Nuclear Plant
WASHINGTON – Today, Mothers for Peace, Friends of the Earth, Environmental Working Group, and Committee to Bridge the Gap sent a letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) objectin…
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Groups Protest Bureau of Land Management Proposed Public Lands Lease Sales in NM, WY and KS
Communities are knee-deep in climate catastrophe, with intensifying wildfires and hurricanes foreshadowing what’s to come if the fossil fuel industry keeps exploiting public lands.
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Environmental Policy Groups Submit Comments to Treasury Department on Meeting Commitments with IRA Tax Credits
WASHINGTON – Environmental policy groups including Friends of the Earth, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, and Partnership for Policy Integrity, submitted joint comments to the Depar…
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Will consumer goods companies ensure justice for communities that have been robbed of their lands and livelihoods?
If a destructive palm oil company is suspended by consumer goods giants for land grabbing and human right abuses, will we finally get our land back?
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Report: Despite 2021 funding cuts, international public finance for fossils could rebound if gas is excluded from US climate policy
New research released today by Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. reveals that in 2021, G20 countries and major multilateral development banks continued their preferential financin…
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Biden calls for crackdown on Big Oil’s windfall profits
When Congress returns from recess, we expect President Biden’s swift help in passing a windfall profits tax that refunds Big Oil’s ill-gotten gains to consumers.
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Nearly 150 Organizations Call on U.S. Government to Support a Loss and Damage Finance Facility at COP27
Today, 143 organizations sent a joint letter to Special Envoy for Climate, John Kerry calling on the U.S. government to meaningfully address climate-related Loss and Damage, including an agreement to…