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Aviation industrys offset plans distracts from urgent need to reduce emissions, say environmental NGOs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As member countries of the International Civil Aviation Organisation — ICAO, the United Nations’ specialised aviation agency — gather in Utrecht to discuss ways…
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Travel ban for Gustavo Castro Soto lifted
WASHINGTON D.C.- Today, the First Courthouse of Letters of Intibucá, Honduras, acting on instructions from the judge Victorina Flores Orellana, decided to lift the measure prohibiting Gustavo Castro…
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Activists protest Japans controversial coal financing during Prime Minister Abe’s visit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Japanese Prime Minister Shinz? Abe visits the U.S. this week, activists rallied outside the Japanese Embassy earlier this afternoon to highlight the growing concern and interna…
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Lawsuit challenges FDAs approval of genetically engineered salmon
Coalition of fishing, consumer, and environmental groups say first-ever approval of laboratory-created food animal violated laws and ignored risks to wild salmon and fishing communities SAN FRANCISCO…
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THURSDAY: Environmental groups to protest Japanese and JBIC coal financing and controversial Batang coal-fired power plant
Japanese Prime Minister Abe set to visit Washington, D.C. later this week WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the eve of the April 6 deadline to secure financing for the controversial Batang coal-fired power pla…
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100,000+ urge President to end fossil fuel leasing from public lands and waters
“Keep it in the Ground” petition meets goal, response from White House required WASHINGTON, D.C. – A petition calling for an end to fossil fuel leasing on public lands and waters has ga…
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Historic petition urges Obama to halt all new offshore fossil fuel leases
More than 45 organizations back historic legal petition that takes aim at ocean-drilling damage to climate, wildlife, communities WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 45 climate, conservation, indigenous a…
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Venter Institute designs new synthetic biology bacterial cell: Synthia 3.0
Biology is not a predictable engineering discipline; living organisms like bacteria are not machines to be rewired.
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U.S. Coast Guard sued for failing to release public records of shipping incidents in the Salish Sea
Friends of the Earth files lawsuit on the eve of the 27th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth sued the Coast Guard in federal court on Tuesday for failin…
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Largest U.S. restaurant company targeted over treatment of workers, animals, environment
50 Organizations urge Olive Garden and Darden Restaurants to improve practices WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of environmental, social justice, and animal welfare groups announced a campaign today…