Since his inauguration, we have seen a record flurry of Donald Trump Executive Orders (EO), which as of last count stand at 103. Trump has signed more executive orders in his first 10 days than any recent president has in their first 100 days, issuing directives on civil rights rollbacks, the expansion of oil and gas handouts, and elimination…
What are CAFOs? They are an example of industrial agriculture, which aims to produce as many calories as possible as cheaply as possible.
Written by: Terrance L. Bankston, Senior Ports and Freight Campaigner, and Tyler R. Johnson, Ports and Community Engagement Assistant, Friends of the Earth (FoE)
Contributors: Rise St James Photos are courtesy of: Friends of the Earth and Fast Action on Super Pollutants Today
In 2024, Friends of the Earth and Fast Action on Super Pollutants Today embarked on a groundbreaking advocacy campaign focused on the busiest Port communities in the Gulf Coast, Mid-Atlantic, Northwest, and…
by Tyler R. Johnson, Ports and Community Engagement Assistant and Terrance L. Bankston, Senior Ports and Freight Campaigner
Contributors: Erica Beverett, Community Engagement Organizer, Parents Engaging Parents New Jersey (PEPNJ) & Altorice Frazier, Port Campaigner - Northeast, Pacific Environment
Photos are courtesy of: Friends of the Earth and Parents Engaging Parents NJ
On February 6, 2023, Terrance L. Bankston, a native of Newark, New Jersey took on the new role of the Senior Ports and…
The production and use of manure biogas hurts communities in numerous ways. Hear from community members about how it’s affecting them:
Yesterday, the Biden-Harris administration released a 6-point policy framework for reducing US imports of products tied to deforestation. Friends of the Earth US commends the outgoing Administration's delivery of this framework and guidance on the direction of the US government’s commitment to halt and reverse global deforestation by 2030.
Imports of seven forest risk commodities have exposed the United States to tropical and…
The TREES Act — which passed the Legislature in May — would require New York state to prove it is not purchasing products driving deforestation. If signed, it would be the first anti-deforestation law in the U.S.
The Weather Modification Reporting Act of 1972 requires that all activities that attempt to produce “artificial changes in the composition, behavior, or dynamics of the atmosphere” must file public transparency reports.
When we consider the tragic increase in deforestation in the last year (16 million acres permanently lost – let alone 10 times that amount degraded from logging, road building and forest fires), or when we call to mind the tragic violence against those defending their land and territory (3,000 human rights defenders killed in the past decade), big agribusiness companies come to mind. And rightfully so: commodity…
Voluntary carbon markets are defined as carbon markets where companies aren’t required to lower emissions but choose to buy carbon offsets.