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Groups Pressure Japan to Stop G7 Push to Finance Fossil Fuels and False Solutions; Urge Biden to Oppose Global LNG Expansion
Ahead of the G7 summit, climate and environmental organizations gathered at the Japanese embassy to pressure officials to stop the G7 push to finance Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) expansion.
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Genetically Engineered Mosquito experiment in California’s Central Valley halted
Biotech corporation withdraws permit request in a win for agricultural communities threatened by risky insect mass release
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EXIM approves support for oil refinery in Indonesia despite Biden climate pledges
Today the U.S. Export-Import Bank approved almost $100 million in support for the expansion of the PT Kilang Pertamina Balikpapan Petroleum Refinery in Indonesia
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Friends of the Earth Condemns Senate Attack on Endangered Species Act
WASHINGTON – Today, the Senate passed a resolution under the Congressional Review Act that removes essential protections for the lesser-prairie chicken, a key species that serves as an important ind…
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Environmental Groups Petition Federal Appeals Court to Stop Extension of Diablo Canyon
Groups including Friends of the Earth filed a petition with the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals challenging the NRC’s unprecedented decision to grant PG&E an exemption from submitting a license…
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Report Reveals YouTube Sows Division, Violates Google’s Climate Disinformation Ad Policy
WASHINGTON, LONDON – A report released today from the Climate Action Against Disinformation coalition found that Google has failed to systematically enforce its policy to demonetize YouTube vide…
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New records request targets delayed FOIA of Biden “energy whisperer”
Friends of the Earth filed a follow-up Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request today targeting the State Department’s handling of records related to Amos Hochstein, a former LNG executive and Pres…
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Over 115 Local Officials Ask Congress to Reject Federal Preemption of Local Authority on Pesticides in the Farm Bill
Today more than 115 local officials sent a letter to Congress urging the rejection of any language in the 2023 Farm Bill that would limit local government authority to regulate toxic pesticides.
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Groundbreaking New York Climate Bill Passes Senate
A groundbreaking climate bill, The New York Tropical Deforestation-Free Procurement Act (S.4859/A.5682), passed in the New York State Senate today as part of a package of environmental bills and will…
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Lawsuit Targets U.S. Delay on Petition to Phase Out Public Lands Oil Drilling
Conservation groups sued the U.S. Interior Department today for failing to respond to a rulemaking petition to phase out oil and gas extraction on federal public lands.