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Court sides with feds and coal firms in lawsuit over federal coal leasing program
Plaintiffs Will Appeal Bureau of Land Management has not comprehensively reviewed the program in over 30 years WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal court in Washington, D.C. dismissed litigation brought ag…
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U.S. undermines Indias solar program at WTO
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The World Trade Organization has upheld the United States’ challenge against India’s solar power program. The WTO ruled that the program violates global trade rules by imposin…
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Beekeepers, environmentalists question EPAs commitment to saving bees
FOIA request probes pesticide industry influence WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth submitted a Freedom of Information Act to the Environmental Protection Agency today requesting meeting minute…
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Climate study: ending new federal fossil fuel leases would keep 450 billion tons of carbon pollution in the ground
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Ending new fossil fuel leasing on lands and offshore areas controlled by the U.S. government would keep up to 450 billion tons of greenhouse gases from polluting the atmosphere…
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EPA takes important step on methane, but greater action needed
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule to reduce methane from the oil and gas industry. This proposed rule is the latest part of the Obama administration’s st…
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Shells Arctic Ocean drilling reaches new depths
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement approved Shell’s revised drilling permit to allow the company to drill thousands of feet below the Chukchi Sea to where oil an…
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Petition urges Obama administration to ban natural gas exports
Exports climb 1,000 percent during fracking boom that puts climate, environment at risk WASHINGTON. D.C. — Environmental groups filed a groundbreaking legal petition with the U.S. Department of Comm…
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Friends of the Earth decries sinister manipulation of government trafficking report
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth and other organizations held a demonstration before Thursday’s Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on the State Department’s recent Trafficking…
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Groups demand President Obama put human rights before trade
Trade watchdogs will protest downplaying of human trafficking during TPP negotiations WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth and other concerned groups will demand answers as to whether Malaysia�…
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As EPA finalizes Clean Power Plan, Senate committee aims to destroy it
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s (R-W.Va.) bill S. 1324, which allows states to opt out of the Clean Power Plan if they find…