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Reacciones a las conversaciones sobre el clima en Cancún
CANCUN, MEXICO — Friends of the Earth U.S. had the following response to the close of UN climate negotiations in Cancun: Climate change is the greatest threat the human community has face…
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World Bank criticized for establishing carbon market fund
December 7, 2010, Cancun — News reports indicate World Bank President Robert Zoellick is coming to Cancun tomorrow to announce the establishment of a multi-million dollar fund to promote the cr…
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WikiLeaks Reveals State Department Discord Over U.S. Support for Canadian Tar Sands Oil Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks has revealed that a U.S. diplomat warned the Obama administration about significant environmental impacts stemming from Canada’s cont…
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Rich Countries Must Reject Any Secret Text That Puts In Place Process That Could Kill Kyoto
CANCUN, MEXICO, 3 December 2010 – A new, secret text from the Mexican presidency, which would effectively begin replacing the Kyoto Protocol with the Copenhagen Accord, might be on the table…
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Statement in Response to Senator Grassleys Ethanol Fear Mongering
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, in a floor speech, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) invoked fear and prejudice to justify his support for the extension of an expensive and wasteful subsidy for corn et…
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Alarming rumors in Cancun of secret Mexican text that could end Kyoto Protocol, lead to five degrees [C] of warming
CANCUN, MEXICO, 3 December 2010 — Rumors of a secret Mexican text that would essentially replace the Kyoto Protocol with the Copenhagen Accord, leading to a dangerous and unacceptable climate ch…
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Major U.S. Environmental Groups Call for Full Environmental Review of Genetically Engineered Salmon
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today 12 executive officers of some of the nation’s largest environmental organizations requested that the Food and Drug Administration conduct a thorough Environmental…
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El presidente Obama promueve un acuerdo comercial perjudicial de la era Bush
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration announced today that it has concluded negotiations on the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement, one of the NAFTA-style trade deals left over from the…
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Se revelan los verdaderos costos climáticos y energéticos de las nanotecnologías
Washington, D.C.—Organizaciones de Amigos de la Tierra de todo el mundo publicaron hoy el informe «Nanotecnología, clima y energía: promesas exageradas y humo», que desmiente las promesas hechas por…
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Groups Urge Clinton to Recuse Herself from Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The heads of seven environmental, consumer, and legal organizations sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today, calling on her to recuse herself from the…