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House prepares frontal assault against EPA, Interior
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee proposed steep cuts to key environmental programs within the Environmental Protection Agency and…
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Aboriginal Australians to Ex-Im Bank: don’t fund our destruction
Representatives ask Ex-Im Bank to refrain from funding controversial coal mine on ancestral land WASHINGTON, D.C. – It’s not every day that the U.S. Export-Import Bank is the site of striking…
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Environmental groups file lawsuit challenging Shell Oils risky and reckless Arctic drilling plan
Agency gave Shell the stamp of approval to drill in fragile Arctic Ocean, despite threats ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — An alliance of environmental and Alaska-based community groups are challenging the Burea…
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New report highlights strategies to move garden industry in bee-safe direction
Growing number of companies taking steps to protect bees WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth and the Pesticide Research Institute released a new report today, Growing Bee-Friendly Garden Plant…
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Interior contradicts climate objectives with carbon bomb in Wyoming
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Interior released its Proposed Resource Management Plan and Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Buffalo planning area in north-central Wyoming. The Bure…
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Canadian risk assessment finds GMO salmon susceptible to disease
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A never-before-seen draft environmental review of AquaBounty Technologies’ (ABTX) genetically engineered — or GE — salmon reveals that Canadian government scientists…
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With controversy over secret trade deal rising, 10 public interest groups call for release of emails between top trade negotiator and Wall Street
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 10 organizations representing more than 10 million Americans called on U.S. Trade Representative — USTR — Michael Froman to publicly release all records of comm…
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EPAs Clean Water Rule protects our drinking water
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency finalized the Clean Water Rule, which would restore the Clean Water Act’s protections to many of our nation’s streams, rivers and wetla…
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Ace Hardware commits to action on bee-killing pesticides
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ace Hardware, the largest retailer-owned hardware cooperative in the world, announced it is willing to move away from products containing neonicotinoids — a leading driver…
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Environmental justice, human rights groups, and investors demand reform of Chevron practices at companys annual General Meeting
Oil giant targeted over environmental and human rights abuses worldwide, as stockholder concern grows SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. – An ever growing coalition of local, national and international environm…