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Broad alliance critiques EPAs announcement on bee-harming pesticides, urges agency to go further to protect pollinators
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a moratorium on new bee- and bird- harming neonicotinoid pesticide products and uses. While supportive of the part…
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Interior opens Alaskan waters to Shell
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Department of the Interior issued a Record of Decision affirming Lease Sale 193 in the Chukchi Sea in Northwest Alaska. The federal government unlawfully sold the oil a…
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U.S. announces weak contribution to Paris Agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In preparation for the United Nations climate negotiations in Paris, the United States announced its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution. This formal announcement builds o…
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WikiLeaks exposes White House misinformation on TPP investment chapter
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, WikiLeaks released draft text of the all-important investment chapter of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement. A Friends of the Earth analysis of the leaked TP…
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Corporate Congress rejects progressive budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives rejected the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ People’s Budget by a vote of 96-330. The People’s Budget was offered as a substitute amendment to…
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Reps. Pompeo and Butterfield will introduce industry bill to deny states right to label GMOs
World Health Organization: Pesticide used with GMO crops ‘probable carcinogen’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) and G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) will introduce legislati…
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La EPA acepta regular los nuevos plaguicidas nanotecnológicos tras una impugnación legal.
Esta importante decisión forma parte de la transformación que nuestras agencias gubernamentales deben seguir impulsando para proteger al público de productos potencialmente peligrosos que contienen ingredientes a nanoescala…
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Environment and health groups support Dietary Guidelines sustainability focus at Public Meeting
More than 100 organizations and experts urge Obama administration to embrace Scientific Report’s recommendations for more plants, less meat WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture a…
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National organizations to deliver more than 150,000 petition signatures urging Congress to support the Peoples Budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A dozen national organizations representing tens of millions of Americans will deliver a petition with more than 150,000 signatures supporting the Congressional Progressive Cauc…
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Los ecologistas preguntan a Hillary Clinton cuál es su postura sobre los combustibles fósiles.
WASHINGTON, DC – Amigos de la Tierra y el Centro para la Diversidad Biológica asistieron a la ceremonia de entrega del Premio Toner a la Excelencia en Periodismo Político, donde el ex Secretario de Estado…