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Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club Conference Call: Failed Economics of South Carolinas Nuclear Reactor Construction
Friends of the Earth and the Sierra Club on Tuesday, July 18 will release an in-depth analysis in advance of a hearing before the South Carolina Public Service Commission on the troubled nuclear react…
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Friends of the Earth Seeks Ethics Documents for Key Interior Trump Appointee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth today filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) for information on James Cason, Associate Deputy Secretary of…
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Senators carbon capture tax credits are a false solution to climate crisis
Today’s push for ineffective and expensive carbon capture and sequestration is another taxpayer subsidy for wealthy energy executives. Even worse, this legislation enables the ignorant and dangerous…
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Friends of the Earth welcomes IMO action on Arctic heavy fuel oil risk
As the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 71) concluded today, Friends of the Earth and the Clean Arctic Alliance welcomed the support fr…
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U.S. Sending $6 Billion to Subsidize Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad
G20 leaders’ handouts to fossil fuel companies destroys the health of people and the planet.
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Trump seeks rollback of internationally agreed upon coal restrictions
Trump continues his love affair with coal while ignoring climate science and the poor local communities hurt by U.S.-financed coal plants. Trump would violate an international agreement if he decid…
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Trumps nuclear revival makes no economic sense
The nuclear industry’s promises of revival have proven nothing less than an extremely expensive fool’s errand. We now live in a world where safe, clean and abundant renewable energy is cheaper…
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Senator Cantwell resuscitates dirty energy bill
Donald Trump has done everything in his power to put our government in the hands of the fossil fuel industry.
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36% of Kroger Shareholders Call for Company to Appoint Independent Board Chair
During the meeting, SumOfUs and Friends of the Earth delivered over 417,000 petition signatures from consumers to Kroger, urging the company immediately take immediate action to protect pollinators, p…
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Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth File Formal Request with S.C. Public Service Commission for Hearing on the Prudence of Troubled V.C. Summer Nuclear Reactor Construction Project, Call for Halt to Spending
Groups aim to inform the public about the stunning failure of the nuclear reactor construction in South Carolina.