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Friends of the Earth Celebrates CLEAN Energy and NOW Acts
WASHINGTON – Today, Representatives Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14), Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37), and Deborah Ross (D-NC-2) introduced the CLEAN Energy Act and NOW Acts. These bills repeal har…
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Friends of the Earth Slams Climate Omission in New Oil and Gas Leasing Rule
The Biden Administration’s Bureau of Land Management announced a new rulemaking today to overhaul public lands leasing that neglects to address the significant climate impacts of oil and gas drillin…
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Gulf and Environmental Groups Call on Interior Department to End Routine Fast-Tracking of Offshore Oil Drilling Projects
Six Gulf and national environmental groups submitted a petition today to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) calling on the agency to end a routine practice of fast-tracking approval for offs…
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New Records Request Targets DOE’s LNG greenwashing scheme
Friends of the Earth has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request targeting the Department of Energy after reports that the agency is colluding with industry behind closed doors to develop an…
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Biden Administration Spearheads Massive Public Lands Giveaway
The Biden Administration continued its string of oil and gas lease sales on federal lands with a massive sale of more than 100,000 acres in Wyoming this week, an area more than twice the size of Wash…
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Biden Administration Rejects Calls to Phase Out Oil, Gas on Public Lands by 2035
Responding to a lawsuit by conservation groups, the Biden administration has officially rejected a rulemaking petition from more than 360 U.S. climate, Indigenous and conservation groups to phase out…
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Lawsuit Challenges Oil and Gas Drilling on California Public Lands
Conservation organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Biden Administration’s Bureau of Land Management seeking to halt the unlawful drilling of multiple oil and gas wells in California’s San…
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The New York Tropical Deforestation-Free Procurement Act Passes Assembly and Heads to Governor
The New York Tropical Deforestation-Free Procurement Act passed by a bipartisan majority today in the New York State Assembly and will now head to the Governor’s desk.
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Friends of the Earth Celebrates EPA’s Decision to Pull Dangerous EV Proposal
WASHINGTON – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency announced its final rule under the Renewable Fuel Standard, which includes the removal of a proposal to expand the program by allowing electri…
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Friends of the Earth Condemns Legal Attack on New Jersey Environmental Justice Legislation
WASHINGTON – Business and labor groups have reportedly challenged New Jersey’s landmark Environmental Justice Law, which allows for the state to better protect vulnerable communities from environm…