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Friends of the Earth reacts to the release of DOI report Conserving and Restoring America the Beautiful
The Department of Interior just released a report on achieving the U.S. goal to conserve 30 percent of our lands, waters, and ocean by the year 2030
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Friends of the Earth calls for Trump to be permanently deplatformed
Social media, and the world itself, have been better off with Trump gone. Facebook should make the deplatforming of Trump permanent.
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Biden backs $195 billion nuke bailout
A nuclear bailout is wrong for taxpayers, wrong for ratepayers, and wrong for the climate.
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Army Corps Sued for Failure to Protect Waterways, Endangered Wildlife From Pipeline Construction
Green groups filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over a permit that allows oil and gas development through waterways.
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175 Organizations Call on Banks Not to Finance Formosa Plastics’ Louisiana Plant
175 organizations today called on 30 leading banks and financiers not to fund the construction of Formosa Plastics’ $12 billion “Sunshine Project” petrochemical plant in St. James, Louisiana.
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Newsom must prioritize frontline communities in oil and gas actions
California Governor Gavin Newsom announced today a directive to end new fracking permits by 2024 and phase out oil and gas extraction by 2045, making California the first state in the nation to commit…
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Biden’s Climate Commitment Falls Far Short of U.S. “Fair Share”
The U.S. climate target unveiled today is magnitudes below the United States’ fair share of climate action, both in terms of actual greenhouse gas reductions and providing finance and other assistan…
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Friends of the Earth reacts to the reintroduction of the Growing Climate Solutions Act
The ‘Growing Climate Solutions Act’ represents the opposite of a solution to the climate crisis. It would allow the fossil fuel industry to pollute as usual, line the pockets of Big Ag, and perpet…
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Environmental, environmental justice, development, faith, and youth groups urge Biden administration to commit to a “fair share” climate target at Earth Day Climate Leaders’ Summit
Nearly 100 civil society organizations sent a letter to the Biden administration urging climate action that prioritizes the world’s most vulnerable communities.
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Fair Shares NDC Sign-On Letter
This is the yardstick by which we will measure the U.S. NDC, gauging its ability to move us toward a healthy and just future where global temperature rise is limited to 1.5 degrees Celsius.