News Releases
Search
Issues
Projects
-
Climate of Misinformation: Social Media Companies Lag on Policies to Address Climate Denial and Greenwashing
A toxic and fossil-fueled minority is drowning out the voices of science and reason and social media platforms are complicit.
-
New Analysis: Plant-Based Meals on the Rise in California Schools
“We applaud the strong commitment from school nutrition staff to meet growing student demand for climate-friendly, culturally diverse plant-based school meals,” said Nora Stewart, report co-author…
-
New Report: Land Acquisition by Harvard University, Pension Fund TIAA and Soy Production by Agribusiness Giant Bunge Drive Deforestation and Land Grabs in the Brazilian Cerrado
A new report explains how Harvard University, pension fund TIAA and multinational agribusiness corporation Bunge are enabling illegal land grabs and increasing deforestation for soy production.
-
Activists Call for Justice for Victims of Formosa Plastics Disaster as President Biden Visits Vietnam
WASHINGTON – Ahead of President Biden’s visit to Hanoi, Vietnam, members of the International Monitor Formosa Alliance sent a letter to the administration regarding a lack of restitution for victi…
-
Friends of the Earth Responds to Interior’s Announcements for Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
WASHINGTON – Today, the Biden Administration announced a set of new regulations regarding land use for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Western Arctic) and the cancellation of remaining oil an…
-
EXIM under Biden risks repeating mistakes of Obama in supporting Papua LNG
Today, 27 environmental and civil society organizations from Papua New Guinea, the Asia Pacific region and the United States submitted a letter to the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) urging it to oppos…
-
New Genetically Engineered Soil Microbes Could Threaten Soil Health
As companies push to commercialize genetically engineered (GE) soil microbes, a new report reveals risks and recommends policy action.
-
Kellogg Suspends Palm Oil Sourcing from Astra Agro Lestari as Company Fails to Remediate Human Rights Abuses, Environmental Destruction
Kellogg informed Friends of the Earth U.S. that they suspended business with Astra Agro Lestari in Indonesia, making it the tenth consumer brand to suspend palm oil sourcing from AAL in some capacity…
-
Lawsuit Challenges Massive Offshore Lease Sale for Failing to Properly Consider Gulf Communities and Climate
Gulf community and environmental groups sued the Department of the Interior today to challenge a September offshore oil and gas lease sale that would offer up more than 67 million acres in the Gulf o…
-
Lawsuit spurs agreement to better protect endangered Rice’s whale from offshore drilling
Under a settlement agreement approved today in the U.S. District Court in Maryland, federal agencies will seek better ways to protect the Rice’s whale – a critically endangered species in the Gulf…