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Responses to Climate Change 2 Hour Special
In the Second Hour – We focus on national, sub-national, state, local communities, individual responses to climate change Jeff Conant – directs Friends of the Earth’s international forests program, which seeks to protect forests and the rights of forest-dependent peoples by addressing the root causes of forest destruction, and knowledgeable… Read More
Groups urge administration to steer clear of gas exports bill
Some 114 groups are pressing Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to reject proposals to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. Groups urge administration to steer clear of gas exports bill -The Hill 12/22/2014… Read More
Middle East Peace, Iran Deal on Kerry’s Wish List
This holiday season, Secretary of State John Kerry is probably looking for some things that can’t fit down a chimney or under a tree. Here’s a look at a few items that are likely on his wish list – plus what he’s more likely to get in the New Year. Read More
Force Big Government to Kill Big Carbon
The climate movement tends to talk about “theories of change” rather than “theories of power.” But if you think about power — who has it, what are its mechanisms, how can it be used — then government looms large. Government is more than one-third of the economy; its judicial and… Read More
Why Supporting ‘Black Lives Matter’ Could Mean A New Chapter For Environmentalism
The Sierra Club has had its share of environmental successes over the years. It preventedthe damming of the Grand Canyon in the 1960s. It ran successful efforts to expand Sequoia National Park in 1926 and create the Redwoods National Park in 1968. And it hashelped persuade multiple college campuses to… Read More
REDD and the green economy continue to undermine rights
Note: This post was previously published by InterPress Service. Dercy Teles de Carvalho Cunha is a rubber-tapper and union organiser from the state of Acre in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, with a lifelong love of the forest from which she earns her livelihood — and she is… Read More
Aviation fuel settlement may help phase out lingering source of U.S. lead pollution
The United States phased out the use of leaded gasoline for automobiles in 1996, but many small aircraft continue to run on it. That’s worrying to some public health experts, because lead is a potent neurotoxicant, and leaded aviation gas is now the nation’s leading contributor to airborne lead pollution. Read More
Friends of the Earth alleges PG&E and NRC coordinated to spin positive messages about Diablo Canyon
An environmental group has alleged that members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) collaborated with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to spin positive information about the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant. Friends of the Earth—a group that’s also petitioned to have Diablo Canyon shut down over seismic issues—said in a… Read More
EPA report confirms bee-killing pesticides dont help many farmers
This fall, the EPA released a report confirming what scientists have long been saying: soybean seeds coated in neonicotinoid pesticides, which contribute to mass bee deaths, “provide negligible overall benefits” to soybean growers. The report provides yet another reason that we need to suspend these bee-toxic pesticides take large-scale… Read More
Thom talks climate, GMOs & constitutionality of torture
Thom talks with Karen Orenstein of the Friends of the Earth and Oscar Reyes from the Institute for Policy Studies about the climate change agreement reached in Peru. Shahid Buttar of the Bill of Rights Defense Committee on the UN’s call for prosecutions for US torture. Patty Lovera of Food… Read More