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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…
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New graphic novel from Oakland Institute draws back the curtain on African land grabs
Our work to defend tropical forests against the expansion of the palm oil industry is rooted in a broader effort to fight land grabbing — the large scale acquisition of land by industries and go…
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Dirty energy financed by the Green Climate Fund? Should we worry?
Many governments and financial institutions support the deployment of “less dirty” fossil fuels to fight climate change both domestically and internationally, and claim this is a sane, sensible ap…
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Great expectations: United States to lead Arctic Council
On April 24, at the Ministerial meeting in Iqaluit, Nunavut, the United States will chair the Arctic Council, taking over from Canada. The last time the U.S. held the gavel at the Council — a hi…
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Five years later, five lessons from the BP Deepwater Horizon oil disaster
Monday, April 20, 2015, marks five years after the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, which spilled 210 million gallons of oil across the Gulf Coast. On the Friends of the Earth Medium page, climate chang…
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Congratulations Berta Ceres and COPINH, 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize winner
We are excited to announce that the 2015 Goldman Environmental Prize for Central and South America has been awarded to Berta Cáceres, the indigenous co-founder of the Council of Popular and Indigenou…
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Friends of the Earth U.S. remembers Oronto Douglas
The board and staff of Friends of the Earth U.S. are deeply saddened by the passing of Oronto Douglas. Oronto was a co-founder of Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria. Oronto was a…
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Court finds that Maryland failed to protect rivers from pollution
Last Thursday, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, the second highest court in the state, ruled that the state’s environm…