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Advocates Call on Biden to Stop Utility Disconnections Under TVA During Pandemic
We call on Biden to issue an Executive Order instructing the TVA to stop shutoffs, and to not abandon Tennesseeans and other Southeast residents during a public health crisis.
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New report: California school meals fall short on health and climate goals with meat-heavy menus
A first-of-its-kind analysis, the Friends of the Earth report offers substantial data to track progress towards healthy, climate-friendly school meals, recommending a shift to more plant-based entrees…
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Environmental groups demand Congress protect the right to organize unions
In a letter sent today to Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives, more than 61 environmental groups called on the chamber to pass the Protect the Right to Organize Act or PRO Act…
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Friends of the Earth applauds House passage of HR 1, urges Senate to follow suit
The House of Representatives today passed HR1, the For the People Act, a landmark democracy reform bill that would expand and protect voting rights for all, end partisan and racial gerrymandering, ge…
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FOE Statement on Announcement of Federal Deforestation Bill
Senator Brian Schatz of Hawai’i announced today the pending introduction of a federal bill to ban US imports of products linked to illegal deforestation and land conversion.
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Climate, Justice Groups Demand Schumer Act Against Filibuster
Friends of the Earth and over 70 groups sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Schumer urging him to protect communities and the climate by abolishing the filibuster.
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Pallone’s CLEAN Future still a fracking mess
A clean energy standard that qualifies fracked gas is a joke. We need real solutions like solar and storage, not a dirty lifeline for gas, nukes and biomass.
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Friends of the Earth Statement on the Confirmation of Tom Vilsack as Agriculture Secretary
Secretary Vilsack’s second tour at US Department of Agriculture must look dramatically different than his first.
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Investigation reveals palm oil giant destroyed forests in Upper Guinean Rainforest
Earlier this month an independent investigation in Liberia found that over a thousand hectares of a sensitive and already-threatened forest ecosystem in the Upper Guinean Rainforest had been clea…
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As the US re-enters Paris Agreement, Friends of the Earth Federation urges Biden Administration to do fair share of climate action
President Biden must follow through on his commitment to do more by centering environmental justice in his approach to the climate crisis globally.