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New scorecard reveals that consumer goods companies fail to uphold human rights in their palm oil supply chains
Despite frequent talk of sustainability and membership in the RSPO, household brands working with AAL continue to use land grabbing, criminalization and environmental destruction as hidden ingredients…
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Friends of the Earth Applauds Passage of Respect for Marriage Act
Protecting the individual choice to marry whomever we choose is a fundamental civil right. We are grateful to our Congressional leaders who stood up for same-sex marriage and celebrate this historic m…
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Environmental and Civic Groups Warn U.S. Nuclear Agency: Don’t Give PG&E Special Treatment on Diablo Nuclear Plant
WASHINGTON – Today, Mothers for Peace, Friends of the Earth, Environmental Working Group, and Committee to Bridge the Gap sent a letter to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) objectin…
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Groups Protest Bureau of Land Management Proposed Public Lands Lease Sales in NM, WY and KS
Communities are knee-deep in climate catastrophe, with intensifying wildfires and hurricanes foreshadowing what’s to come if the fossil fuel industry keeps exploiting public lands.
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Environmental Policy Groups Submit Comments to Treasury Department on Meeting Commitments with IRA Tax Credits
WASHINGTON – Environmental policy groups including Friends of the Earth, the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives, and Partnership for Policy Integrity, submitted joint comments to the Depar…
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Report: Despite 2021 funding cuts, international public finance for fossils could rebound if gas is excluded from US climate policy
New research released today by Oil Change International and Friends of the Earth U.S. reveals that in 2021, G20 countries and major multilateral development banks continued their preferential financin…
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Biden calls for crackdown on Big Oil’s windfall profits
When Congress returns from recess, we expect President Biden’s swift help in passing a windfall profits tax that refunds Big Oil’s ill-gotten gains to consumers.
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Google, Major Ad Platforms Profit Off Climate Disinformation (And Fund It, Too)
Research released today from the Dewey Square Group exposes the extent to which ad networks profit from websites that spread climate disinfo.
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160 Organizations Pressure Biden on EPA Clean Water Act Compliance
Groups call on EPA to stop ship discharge of invasive species and human pathogens into U.S. waters.
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EPA proposes “endangerment finding” of leaded aviation gasoline
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed an endangerment finding on leaded aviation gasoline, a critical step to regulate lead pollution from piston-engine airc…