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Study supports Keep It in the Ground call to President Obama
Our public lands and water are “over-leased” according a new study from EcoShift Consulting, for the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth. The study – Over-Leased: How Produc…
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Getting the GCF We Fought For
I’ve just returned from attending the 13th meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Many of us GCF old-timers[1] can’t help but feel a sense of sincere disappointment. How can anyone…
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Can Organic Farming Feed the World?
Compared with industrial agriculture, organic farming is less energy intensive, helps pollinators and other beneficial insects flourish and promotes biodiversity.
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500,000 petitions to Congress demand rejection of TPP
Today, June 29, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, Food and Water Watch and other environmental advocates delivered more than 500,000 petitions to Congress demanding the rejection of a Trans Pacific P…
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Despite protests, Japan gives lifeline to dangerous fossil fuel projects
As other countries move away from coal and increase their renewable energy capacity, Japan is doubling down on fossil fuels, and continues to heavily finance coal and gas projects both domestically an…
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TransCanada sues U.S. taxpayers for $15 billion over KXL
Late last week, the tar sands pipeline company TransCanada officially filed suit against the United States under the North American Free Trade Agreement investment chapter, claiming $15 billion in dam…
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1.4 million call on the Obama administration to end offshore drilling
Today, representatives from Friends of the Earth, Environment America, Environmental Action, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Sierra Club, Surfrider and the World Wildlife Fund delivered 1.4…
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100 groups call for Climate Investment Funds to sunset
Ahead of this week’s meeting of the trust funds of the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds, 100 groups have called for the CIFs to finally sunset, now that the Green Climate Fund is clearly…
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Permanently changing a species: What could go wrong?
We must ensure that corporations and governments (particularly militaries) are not developing gene drives and cannot misuse this technology in ways that could have profound ecological, health or socio…
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Victory! Obama administration cancels oil and gas auction near Chaco Canyon
Those fighting to protect New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon from dangerous oil and gas development just won a major victory. Yesterday, the Obama administration announced the cancellation of an oil and gas…