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Behind industry cruise lines
Every year, thousands of cruise ships criss-cross the globe, burning highly toxic fuel, producing asthma-causing emissions and dumping sewage directly into the ocean. Most cruise lines only meet federal pollution standards that are decades out of date. Read More
Burning coal can help the planet, delusional U.N. board decides
Good news, America! The U.N. has just proved that the United States does not have the world’s monopoly on bad climate ideas. The board in charge of the U.N.’s Green Climate Fund — money that’s supposed to be used to help developing nations fight and prepare for climate change — decided last week that… Read More
Regulators plan to drop case at closed California nuke plant
Federal regulators intend to close a lingering case involving the installation of faulty equipment at the now-shuttered San Onofre nuclear power plant in San Diego County. Regulators plan to drop case at closed California nuke plant -Associated Press 3/30/2015… Read More
Interview: Green solidarity on the U.S.-Europe trade deal
Through the Friends of the Earth International network, we have been collaborating with Friends of the Earth Europe and all the Friends of the Earth national affiliates across the continent to influence public opinion on both sides of the Atlantic by exposing the corrupt influence Big Oil, Wall Street, global… Read More
UN green climate fund can be spent on coal-fired power generation
Rules agreed a meeting of fund’s board described by Friends of the Earth as ‘like a torture convention that does not forbid torture’ The UN fund to help developing countries fight climate change can be spent on coal-fired power plants – the most polluting form of electricity generation – under… Read More
Abbott government resists US moves against coal power
The Abbott government has again put itself on a collision course with US President Barack Obama, this time over government funding for coal-fired power plants. After adopting a contrary position to the US on the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, about which a final decision is expected within days, the Abbott… Read More
Fast Track attack: Chemical safety and food labels under fire in TPP and TTIP
Fast Track trade promotion legislation is expected to be introduced in Congress the second week of April. Global corporations are calling in all their chits from massive campaign contributions to both parties in the hope of rushing the bill through Congress in the next few weeks. Fast Track would… Read More
As Shell Looks To Drill In Arctic, Environmentalists Rally To Remember Historic Arctic Oil Spill
Activists and representatives from five environmental organizations held a rally outside of the White House Tuesday on the 26th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. In addition to commemorating the spill, those at the rally urged President Obama to keep… Read More
People’s Budget for the People’s Future
This week as the House and Senate vote on their respective federal budget proposals, it’s important to remind ourselves that how our collective wealth is spent is the purest reflection of what we value as a country. People’s Budget for the People’s Future -Huffington Post Politics 3/24/2015… Read More
The diet we need for a sustainable planet
Forty-four years ago my mother, Frances Moore Lappé, published “Diet for a Small Planet,” a book that dared to suggest human beings could survive, even thrive, on a plant-centered diet and that doing so would be good for our bodies and the planet. Part meatless cookbook, part treatise on the… Read More