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Fossil Fuel industry pays for Trump to party
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Filings released today by the Federal Election Commission show that fossil fuel companies poured nearly $7 million into parties and festivities for Trump’s inaugural committee…
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Fossil fuel corporations are the only winners at White House meeting on Paris Agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump’s advisors and cabinet officials will today convene a meeting to consider the United States’ commitment to the Paris Agreement, according to reports. The two choi…
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Statement on Trumps Energy Executive Order
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump administration issued a sweeping Executive Order rolling back climate action by the federal government. Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pica issued the followi…
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Trumps proposed budget an all-out assault on our planet
Trump’s proposed budget guts funding for environmental protection and climate research.
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Roadmap for Federal Coal Reform Must Be Followed
Nearly one year after Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell called for a comprehensive review of the federal coal program, the Obama administration released a roadmap for reform of the federal coal p…
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Friends of the Earth statement on announced plan to close Indian Point
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Governor Cuomo announced that the State of New York has reached an agreement to close the Indian Point nuclear reactors in 2020/21. Along with other state and national envir…
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Your help needed! Stand with Acci Ecolica and the rights of the Shuar Peoples in Ecuador
Acción Ecológica under immediate threat On Tuesday, Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment announced plans to shut down one of the country’s leading environmental groups, Acción Ecológica, for thei…
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Friends of the Earth International statement on Standing Rock
LAMPUNG, INDONESIA – Friends of the Earth International stands in solidarity with the water protectors at Standing Rock: Water is Life, and we stand for life. We, Friends of the Earth Internatio…
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Friends of the Earth mourns the passing of Clarence Ditlow III, a consumer champion and board member
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On November 10, 2016, Clarence Ditlow passed away at age 72. Before losing his fight with colon cancer, Clarence led the fight to hold auto companies accountable at the Center for…
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UNESCO recommends halt to Bangladesh coal plant
The Export-Import Bank of the United States has absolutely no business supporting such a pollution-spewing monstrosity, and must pull out of the project immediately.