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FAQ on the Nuclear Reactor Crisis in Japan
Friends of the Earth received many questions and comments regarding the unfolding nuclear disaster in Japan. We have compiled several of those questions and will be adding more to this page as more qu…
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FOE and Peruvian allies call on Zijin mining company to come clean
Zijin Mining Group, a leading Chinese gold and copper producer, is in the hot seat yet again for the way it handles environmental and social risks related to its mining business.
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World Bank Day of Action
At a World Bank Day of Action protest in Paris, Friends of the Earth France demands, “Free us from fossil fuels!” More pictures here. The climate crisis, driven overwhelmingly by fossil fu…
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Time to reject a dirty electricity standard
Friends of the Earth joined more than 240 state, local, regional and national groups across the country urging Senate Majority Leader Reid to reject the idea of a so-called “clean electricity sta…
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Robin Hood Meets Wall Street
Just imagine. Nearly $1.5 trillion changes hands on international currency exchange markets each day, almost all of it through untaxed transactions made by wealthy speculators. What if…
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Groups Question Role of Oil Lobbyist in State Department’s Review of Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
Friends of the Earth is fighting to secure the Obama administration’s veto on a massive proposed pipeline called the Keystone XL, which would carry extremely polluting tar sands oil from Canada…