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New report details risks of China Development Bank’s global footprint
SAN FRANCISCO — A new report, China Development Bank’s overseas investments: An assessment of environmental and social policies and practices, released today by Friends of the Earth U.S. and B…
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Un nuevo informe sobre el Banco de Desarrollo de China muestra que el banco se está quedando atrás con respecto a sus competidores.
En los últimos años, las inversiones chinas en el extranjero han tenido un poderoso impacto global, desde la presa Gibe 3 en Etiopía, hasta las arenas bituminosas de Alberta en Canadá, pasando por el proyecto de petróleo y gas Shwe en Myanmar…
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Salvemos a los delfines: se reaviva la batalla de 40 años.
¿Quién se unirá a la lucha para salvar a los delfines? Los boicots de los consumidores y las manifestaciones para "salvar a los delfines" durante muchos años dieron como resultado un programa estadounidense para el etiquetado de atún con certificación de "respeto a los delfines"...
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My thoughts on Rio
Rio+20 and the People’s Summit (attended by more than 50,000 people) both came to a close over the weekend. Much effort from many individuals was poured into relatively few days of meetings. Both ev…
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Green Scissors 2012 finds ending environmentally destructive federal programs would save almost $700 billion
Congress could move a long way toward solving the nation’s twin problems of spiraling budget costs and environmental degradation simply by cutting hundreds of billions in environmentally harmful…
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Robin Hood hits home — Let’s give him a warm welcome!
Why is the Incredible Hulk smoothly whistling on YouTube as he takes a dollar and draws a Robin Hood mask on George Washington’s mug? Because Mark Ruffalo — who plays the green superhero in th…
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EPA refuses to control pollution from ships, aircraft and non-road engines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The EPA announced that it would not take action to control global warming pollution from major mobile sources at this time. The agency’s decision not to regulate ships and ot…
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Burning trees to save the planet?
Politicians and industry folks have been arguing for years that the best way to transition away from petroleum-based fuels and save the world from climate doom is to use biomass for electricity and to…
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Statement from Californians for Toxic-Free Fire Safety
San Francisco, Calif. — California Governor Jerry Brown announced in a statement today that he has directed state agencies to revise the decades-old flammability standards and to recommend chang…