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The carbon elephant in the room
Unwilling to debate opponents like Senator Elizabeth Warren on the substance of trade deals, President Obama has reduced his push to get trade promotion authority to morally righteous declarations and…
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Its not only sewage you have to worry about
Pro Publica’s “Cruise Control” reveals crimes, deaths and emerging infectious diseases Friends of the Earth issues an annual report card, grading the environmental aspects of cruise ships incl…
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World Environment Day: Celebrating community management
The below blog post, by Friends of the Earth International Forests and Biodiversity program coordinator Isaac Rojas, was originally posted on foei.org. Friends of the Earth International has celebrate…
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The fight continues against Keystone XL and the tar sands invasion
A dirty fuel is quietly creeping over the Canadian border and invading the Midwest. In the more than six years that we have stopped the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline from being built, numerous other…
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Alaska beware: Shell Oil is on its way, and it’s larger, louder and dirtier than ever
Shell Oil has spent many years and billions of dollars in the reckless pursuit of oil in the American Arctic Ocean. All that is standing in their way from starting exploratory drilling this summer is…
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Department of the Interior unlawfully sells Arctic Ocean lease to oil companies … again
In February 2008, the Department of the Interior offered nearly 30 million acres of pristine, sensitive Arctic ecosystem in the Chukchi Sea for oil and gas leasing, known as Lease Sale 193. The agency…
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The tides haven’t turned: the cruise ship industry at it again
It’s not enough that the cruise ship industry happens to be one of the largest ocean polluters, but Carnival Cruise Lines avoids most taxes due to a loophole in the tax code, reports David Leonhardt…
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We can stop Fossil Fuel Empires from destroying our public lands and waters
Humanity is at a climate tipping point and faces an urgent challenge: the phase-out of fossil fuels. Despite some progress with improving energy efficiency and advancing renewable energy, we’re runn…
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Friends of the Earth sends condolences for slain Indonesia palm oil activist
This weekend, Indonesian activist Jopi Peranginangin, a tireless campaigner against unbridled oil palm expansion, was killed outside a nightclub in Jakarta.
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Should the Green Climate Fund finance “less dirty” energy?
Originally posted on Reuters Many governments and financial institutions support the deployment of “less dirty” fossil fuels to fight climate change both domestically and internationally, and clai…