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Electrifying Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal
Friends of the Earth released an analysis by Eastern Research Group (ERG) today on electrical shore power at the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal. The analysis shows that if container ships a…
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FDA Lifts Import Ban on Genetically Engineered Salmon
The FDA’s decision to allow GMO salmon onto the U. S. market runs counter to sound science and market demand. More than 80 retailers have said they won’t sell this risky, unlabeled GMO fish and polls…
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Budget Slashes Environmental Protections
The American people should not have to pay the price for Trump’s 2017 giant tax giveaway to billionaires and Big Oil.
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NRC will ignore impact of climate change in license extension hearing for Turkey Point
The outdated reactors at Turkey Point are at the epicenter of the climate crisis. Rising seas and major hurricanes will wreak havoc on Turkey Point and endanger millions of lives in south Florida.
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For the People: In a Victory for Democracy, U.S. House Passes HR 1
This visionary bill can change the course of discussion of equal representation. Establishing independent redistricting commissions, mandating the disclosure of all campaign donors and making it harde…
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GOP stacks climate committee with fossil-funded deniers
The GOP is doubling down on climate denial while momentum builds for a Green New Deal. This group of fossil-funded partisans is out of step with the demands of the American people and has no interest…
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Schumer-Carper resolution fails the laugh test
This resolution sets a low bar at a time when the fundamental transformation of our economy that delivers on the promise of a Green New Deal is the only real climate solution worth discussing.
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Fossil fuel lobbyist Wheeler is unfit to serve as EPA Administrator
As Acting Administrator of the EPA, Andrew Wheeler has served the interests of corporate polluters at the expense of our public health and environment.
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Concerned customers swarm Kroger stores nationwide
This week, more than 5,000 people across the country are swarming Kroger-owned (NYSE: KR) stores and delivering letters demanding that the retailer eliminate use of toxic pesticides on the food it sel…
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Canada NEB recommends tar sands pipeline, threatening Salish Sea, First Nations people, and orca survival
The Canadian National Energy Board announced its recommendation today that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project move forward today, despite widespread opposition.