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Climate & Energy Justice

Friends of the Earth’s Climate & Energy Justice Team is building toward energy systems that center ecological integrity, environmental justice, and human rights.

Climate & Energy Justice

Our strategies and tactics are rooted in addressing the historic and ongoing systems of capitalist, racial, class, and colonial inequities that harm people and the planet.

We seek to end the extraction, development, and utilization of fossil fuels and other forms of dirty energy driving the climate crisis. We similarly work to stop the proliferating number of false solutions diverting political will and resources away from the urgent need to equitably phase out fossil fuels in line with science, justice, and the United States’ fair share of the global mitigation and financial burden.

Resources

Methane: Dirty, Dangerous, and Driving Fossil Fuel Dependence

Fossil gas, especially its component methane, is a potent greenhouse gas responsible for a significant share of global warming and poses direct health risks to communities near extraction and LNG infr…

COP30 Global Letter

The Trump Administration pushes U.S. Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) on the rest of the world to increase the wealth of its fossil fuel donors, create dependence on U.S. fossil fuels, and prevent a just e…

Letter to EU Commission on Methane Regulation

The EU should not agree or comply with any demands to facilitate the import of methane gas from the Trump Administration.

Coalition Letter on AI Regulation Preemption

We respectfully urge you to oppose any policy that would erode or preempt federal or state regulation of the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, including data centers.

Clean Fuels Production Tax Credit Explainer

The 45Z Clean Fuels Production Credit was created by the Inflation Reduction Act in 2022 to incentivize the production of biofuels in the transportation sector.

A Gathering Storm: How Marine Geoengineering Threatens All Ocean Basins

These extreme technologies risk undermining the vital role the ocean plays in regulating the climate system. International law is clear: precaution is not optional.

For 40 years, Friends of the Earth has been a leading voice in the U.S. opposing nuclear reactors. We must move beyond this dangerous and dirty technology to the clean renewable energy and efficiency technologies of the 21st century. 

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