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FOE Statement on Keystone XL pipeline cancellation
This victory belongs to the indigenous communities, Nebraskan farmers and Texan ranchers, and the organizations and activists who fight in the courts and the streets for a safe, climate justice-fueled…
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Friends of the Earth Federation on President Biden’s announcement to rejoin Paris Agreement
This is a first step on a long journey to rebuilding international trust – trust that President Biden can only earn by acting equitably on the climate crisis as if the fate of our common home and bill…
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Trump’s parting gift to Big Oil
The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has finalized its“fair access” rule today, designed to protect oil companies from lenders making informed decisions based on climate risk and the dwi…
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FOE Statement on the appointment of Deb Haaland as U.S. Secretary of the Interior
Haaland will be a champion of our public lands and waters, and the communities that rely on them.
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FOE Statement on the appointment of Michael Regan to head the EPA
While we are disappointed that Secretary Regan will likely be nominated as EPA Director by President-elect Biden, we are prepared to work with the Agency and the Biden Administration on policies that…
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FOE Statement on the appointment of Gina McCarthy to White House Climate Czar
We need transformational leadership. Friends of the Earth will be pushing McCarthy, Kerry and the Biden administration to meet this challenge.
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Five years out, the Paris Agreement is a reminder that the root causes of the climate crisis remain unaddressed
Five years later, we find our world mired in higher inequality, deeper crises of increasing unemployment, fossil fuel projects and bailouts for the most polluting companies
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Over 300 Groups Urge Dems to Block Dirty Energy Subsidies in Lame Duck Spending Deal
Congress cannot continue subsidizing this failing industry and worsening our dependence on fossil fuels.
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70+ Organizations Oppose CARB Chair Mary Nichols for EPA
Over 70 organizations, led by California-based environmental justice groups, sent a letter to President-Elect Biden on Tuesday urging him to reject Mary Nichols as a prospective nominee to head the En…
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100+ groups oppose latest nuclear bailout scheme
Over 100 groups sent a letter today to Senators opposing the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act, a pro-nuclear bill scheduled for markup today in the Environment and Public Works Committee.