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Our Recommendations to Obama’s Ocean Task Force
Friends of the Earth submitted comments to President Barack Obama’s Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by the White House Council on Environmental Quality. We commend President Obama for…
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Friends of the Earth Opposes Obama Nominee for Office of Surface Mining
Friends of the Earth opposes the nomination of Joseph G. Pizarchik to become Director of the federal Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement. This office, located in the Department of the…
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FOE-US Statement on the Coup in Honduras
UPDATE: Two months after the coup in Honduras, the coup regime has refused to accept diplomatic options to return the county to democracy. In light of these developments, the US State Departmen…
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Friends of the Earth at OECD meeting on potential benefits of nanotechnology
Our Health and Environment Campaigner, Ian Illuminato, traveled to Paris, France…
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Whale impaled by cruise ship
We received a big reminder of the threat to whales from large, ocean-going shi…
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Friends of the Earth Reacts to Exxon-Synthetic Genomics Deal to Develop Novel Algae Biofuel
The $600M investment by Exxon into
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Global Warming Pollution from Ships to be Discussed at IMO
New international regulations to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from ships will be considered in London next week at the United Nation’s International Maritime Organization m…
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Mongolian River Movements bring fight to protect rivers to country’s legislators
In Mongolia, increased mining in recent years has caused severe damage to the country’s envir…