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US Congress to introduce bill to curb global deforestation
Friends of the Earth welcomes today’s announcement of the Forest Act, a new bipartisan bill to be introduced in the U.S. Senate that seeks to put an end to U.S. agribusiness’s role in enabling ill…
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Massive oil spill in Orange County highlights need for phase out of all CA oil production
A massive spill has leaked as much as 126,000 gallons of oil from a broken pipeline connected to an offshore drilling platform about five miles off the coast of Orange County, CA
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Objections Target Biden’s Oil Leasing Plan Amid Climate “Code Red”
Conservation groups filed formal objections today to the Biden administration’s plans to offer 734,000 acres of public lands for oil and gas leasing amid what the president himself has called a clim…
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Release of Billions of Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes Proposed in California
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering a proposal by Oxitec, a UK-based corporation, to introduce billions of genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes across 12 undisclosed counties in…
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Friends of the Earth US responds to leaked Manchin memo on reconciliation
We can’t waste this opportunity to pass meaningful climate legislation because there might not be another.
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113 Groups Push TIAA to Divest from Fossil Fuels & Stop Land Grabs, Calling TIAA’s Net Zero by 2050 Plan “Wildly Inadequate” for the Climate Crisis
Today 113 climate justice, farm and food justice, human rights and environmental organizations joined to reject “false climate solutions” from TIAA.
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A Climate of disinformation: Haters gonna hate, but social media companies force us to listen
Americans should demand that Facebook take a few simple steps to show they are serious about combatting disinformation.
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Senator Heinrich Signals Supports for Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies
New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich released a letter yesterday to several environmental groups confirming that he supports ending federal subsidies to oil and gas companies
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The human cost of a perfect lawn
Every year, 80 million pounds of pesticides are used on U.S. lawns to maintain attractive, lush greenery. In many cities across the country, Latinx immigrant workers are the primary labor force respon…
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Friends of the Earth US Statement on China’s Announcement on No New Overseas Coal Plants
This reflects years of patient, persistent work of communities and activists to stop harmful coal projects around the world.