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Biden breaks major international climate promise as other countries make good on commitment to end fossil fuel finance
The Biden Administration has broken a major promise to end its international public finance for fossil fuels, a new report by Oil Change International highlights.
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Conservation Groups Sue DOE Over Stalled Review of Methane Gas Export Policy
Conservation groups sued the Department of Energy (DOE) today for failing to timely respond to their petition for rulemaking calling on the agency to issue regulations defining whether proposed gas ex…
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Friends of the Earth Slams Biden Approval of Climate Disaster Willow Project
Today, the Biden Administration’s Bureau of Land Management announced its approval of the ConocoPhillips Willow Project in the Western Arctic, the largest oil extraction project ever proposed on fed…
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PepsiCo, FrieslandCampina suspend palm oil sourcing from rogue company over human rights violations
Last week, PepsiCo and FrieslandCampina confirmed they have suspended sourcing from Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) following investigations into environmental and human rights violations by the palm oil com…
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Lawsuit Challenges Biden Decision to Open 73.3 Million Acres of Gulf of Mexico for Oil Leasing
Today, Gulf-area and national environmental groups sued the Department of the Interior over lease sale 259, which would open 73.3 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas leasing.
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Friends of the Earth Condemns Proposed Greenwashing Legislation from Senators Whitehouse and Cassidy
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) introduced the Captured Carbon Utilization Parity Act, which would boost the 45Q tax credit for “carbon utili…
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Report: Big Ag Plans to Use Carbon Markets, Farmer Data to Tighten Stranglehold on Food System
On the heels of new federal climate and agriculture policies geared toward supporting agricultural carbon markets, a new report reveals how this approach will fail to address the climate crisis while…
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Analysis Outlines How Export Credit Agencies Can Stop Bankrolling Fossil Fuels, Pursue U.S. Climate Pledges
The U.S. is failing to pursue an end for overseas oil and gas financing through the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits, according…
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Friends of the Earth Denounces Biden’s Pick to Lead World Bank
Today President Biden announced that he will nominate Ajay Banga to be President of the World Bank, on the heels of current World Bank President David Malpass’s announcement of resignation one week…
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Major palm oil company withdraws from anti-deforestation initiative
Amsterdam, Duazon, Washington – Golden Agri-Resources (GAR), one of the world’s largest palm oil producers, has withdrawn from the High Carbon Stock Approach Group, (HCSA Group). HCSA Group is…