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Trump considers propping up failing uranium industry, disregards harm to frontline and indigenous communities
Instead of working to support uranium profits, the Trump Administration should protect communities and safeguard our environment.
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Rep. Clarke calls for moratorium on new fossil fuel infrastructure, calls for end to Danskammer gas power plant
The proposed expansion of the Danskammer natural gas power plant would spew greenhouse gases and other toxic emissions into the air and would accelerate climate change, according to a flyer from Food…
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50,000 people tell insurance companies to drop Trans Mountain Pipeline
Representatives with Stand.earth today delivered a petition to Zurich’s Vancouver office signed by more than 50,000 pipeline opponents calling on Zurich and other insurance giants to drop the Trans…
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Trump Urged to Block Return of Super-polluting Supersonic Planes
We must hold the aviation industry accountable to the communities around the world that suffer from its outsized contribution to climate change
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Minor concessions won’t keep Memphis in the TVA
Friends of the Earth is urging the Tennessee Valley Authority to provide full details of a revised contract for its municipal utilities discussed at a meeting last week of their Board of Directors.
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Moderate Democrats climate proposal won’t stop climate catastrophe
The document calls for massive government investment in dangerous false solutions like nuclear and carbon capture and storage at a time when better, cheaper renewable options already exist.
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Insurance companies must drop Trans Mountain Pipeline, says global coalition
If the Trans Mountain Pipeline goes forward, there is no way for Canada to meet its climate commitments under the Paris Agreement. It’s clear Zurich needs to commit to not insure the pipeline expansio…
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Legal petition seeks ban on plastic pollution from petrochemical plants
More than 270 community and conservation organizations filed a legal petition today that demands the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency adopt strict new water-pollution limits for industrial plants…
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Activists Call on Retiring FERC Commissioner to Heed her Better Angels
If we want to stop climate change, FERC should commit to a policy of no more fossil fuel infrastructure and put an end to projects like the Atlantic Coast Pipeline.
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Climate Policy Campaign: Position Paper
Climate policy must combine environmental stewardship with economic, social and racial justice. In addition, federal climate policy will require not only aggressive mandates but massive public investm…