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Pressure from environmental groups drives POSCO International to adopt “No Deforestation” policy in Indonesia
Following years of pressure from environmental and human rights groups, POSCO International, South Korea’s largest trading company, has adopted a zero-deforestation policy for its global palm oil op…
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Conservation, Environmental and Landowners’ Groups Argue in Federal Court Keystone XL Pipeline Approval by Trump Administration Was Illegal
Conservation, environmental and landowners groups argued in federal court in Montana today that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ issuance of a permit authorizing the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline…
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Senate energy package supports dirty energy and dangerous extraction
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Ranking Member Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) today released the American Energy Innovation Act.
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Senate energy package must avoid dirty energy and dangerous extraction
Environmental and conservation groups are urging the leaders of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources to exclude expected portions of a major energy package anticipated this week.
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Environmental groups call for JPMorgan Chase to drop climate denier Lee Raymond from board
Friends of the Earth U.S., Rainforest Action Network, Sierra Club, 350BK and Sunrise NYC delivered a letter signed by 47,000 supporters calling on JPMorgan Chase to remove former ExxonMobil CEO Lee Ra…
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Groups rally over public’s ability to protect environment
Environmental advocates from across the country today protested the Trump Administration’s proposed rollbacks of the National Environmental Policy Act.
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Environmental, rights and justice groups urge Gov. Cooper to stop Atlantic Coast Pipeline
A coalition of more than 65 environmental, justice and human rights groups from throughout the U.S. and North Carolina are calling on NC Governor Roy Cooper to stop the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
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Expansion of Deforestation Free Funds enables investors to see rainforest destruction hidden in mutual funds
Everyone with an IRA or a 401(k) has the power to pressure investment firms to change their practices and stop funding the destruction of our planet and our communities. Deforestation Free Funds unlea…
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Friends of the Earth U.S. Statement of Solidarity with Unist’ot’en Camp and Wet’suwet’en Leadership
Friends of the Earth U.S. stands in solidarity with the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs and their peaceful efforts to protect their territories against a violent and regressive energy agenda and th…
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GOP climate solution doubles as oil subsidy
Republicans today unveiled four bills aimed at outlining their vision to act on climate change.