With the UN's high-level group on climate finance (AGF) set to finalize its report on mechanisms for delivering climate funds to developing countries at a meeting in Addis Ababa that begins October 10, a coalition of civil society groups delivered a letter to AGF members calling for a report that is consistent with the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, that directs public funds to climate solutions, and that contains fair and effective mechanisms…
The United States government has continually supported false solutions for our nation’s energy needs, including new nuclear reactors and “clean coal,” mostly in the guise of transitioning away from our dependence on foreign oil. Instead, what we desperately need is a transition to a clean energy economy. Now, the coal industry is proposing the United States switch from a dirty to an even dirtier energy source, and the industry wants it subsidized by your…
Climate negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are taking place October 4-9, 2010, in Tianjin, China. Friends of the Earth U.S.'s Karen Orenstein and Nick Berning are participating in this week's negotiations as part of the Friends of the Earth International delegation. (For more information about climate negotiations as a whole, and not just what's happening this week in Tianjin, visit /international-work/international-climate-negotiations.)
Check here to see daily updates about the meeting…
In 2005, Friends of the Earth helped pass the California Clean Coast Act. This act stems the tide of ship pollution by prohibiting the discharge of numerous waste streams from large ships in California’s waters. Sewage and other harmful pollution have posed a major threat to California’s coastline.
Update -- January 13, 2011 -- In a historic decision, the EPA has vetoed the permit for the Spruce No. 1 mine in West Virginia. This mountaintop removal project was one of the largest ever proposed in Appalachia. The veto will save 2,278 acres of forest from destruction, prevent the burying of 7.5 miles of streams, and protect the health of…
Friends of the Earth has been working hard to prevent the approval by the FDA of AquaBounty's genetically engineered salmon. If approved, it would be the first genetically engineered animal to be approved for human consumption. More than 7800 Friends of the Earth activists have sent comments to the FDA. Public comments are now closed. We'll update you soon on any news we get about this issue.
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The U.S. Senate's Committee on Appropriations is expected to consider rolling back the Clean Air Act on Thursday, September 16, and the vote could be extremely close.
The Clean Air Act is the most powerful existing federal tool to limit global warming pollution, and winning the fight against potential Clean Air Act rollbacks is the most important legislative task we can achieve on behalf of the climate for the remainder of this year.
Coal ash is a toxic solid waste generated by coal-burning power plants. It's shockingly unregulated, and it's piling up at more than 600 dump sites across the country spanning nearly every state. Enough toxic coal waste is generated each year to fill train cars stretching from the North Pole to the South Pole.