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230+ Organizations Urge Senate Majority Leader Schumer to Reject Support for CAFOs in the Build Back Better Act
CAFOs are a driving factor of an unjust food system that pollutes the environment, threatens human health, and perpetuates systemic racism and inequity.
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Executive Order Could Tackle Climate Emissions from Federal Food Purchasing
If implemented effectively across all sectors, this Executive Order will be the most meaningful policy we’ve seen from the Biden Administration thus far to address the food system’s massive climat…
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Biden Admin rolls out weak government-wide standard on overseas fossil fuel finance
Today, President Biden put forward a government-wide performance standard to apply to U.S. financing of overseas energy projects.
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Law Requires Biden to Cancel February Oil Lease Sale to Prevent Climate Harm
Conservation groups submitted formal comments today urging cancelation of February’s federal oil and gas lease auctions.
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Friends of the Earth and Winyah Rivers Alliance Notify U.S. Army Corps of Lawsuit over Robeson LNG Pipeline
We intend to hold Duke Energy accountable for its actions that damage the environment and impacted peoples.
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In Amicus Brief, Congressmembers Lowenthal, Grijalva, Huffman Call on Federal Court to Strike Down Administration’s 80 Million Acre Oil And Gas Lease Sale In U.S. Gulf
The lawmakers filed the amicus brief in support of a lawsuit against the Biden administration’s Interior Department by a group of environmental organizations.
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Biden Continues to Fail as Climate Champion with More Broken Promises on Oil and Gas Leasing
Nearly a quarter of U.S. climate pollution comes from the extraction and burning of fossil fuels on public lands.
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Friends of the Earth Urges Senate Passage of Stronger Build Back Better Act
Today the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better (BBB) Act. This landmark legislation makes historic investments in environmental and social programs.
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New FERC Commissioner Urged to Prioritize Environmental, Energy Justice
Conservation, Indigenous and environmental justice groups urged Phillips to use his new position to help transform the country’s dangerous fossil fuel energy system into a renewable, resilient and j…
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Despite Environmental Commitments Made at COP, Biden Administration Offers Over 80 Million Acres of Gulf of Mexico for Oil, Gas Drilling
Today, as the Biden Administration offers more than 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing, Gulf and environmental groups vow to continue their legal challenge to stop this com…