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Fire at BP refinery — isolated incident or business as usual?
In an in depth piece in Crosscut, Friends of the Earth’s Northwest consultant, Fred Felleman, wades into the need to fully investigate the safety and environmental record of BP after a fire brok…
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Environmental group sues EPA to get the lead out of aviation gasoline
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth, a leading advocate for a healthy environment, filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency today after the agency did not reply to a May 201…
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Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club intervene in lawsuit to protect Klingle Valley
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Friends of the Earth and the Sierra Club filed papers in federal court in Washington, D.C. opposing a lawsuit seeking to compel the reconstruction of Klingle Road throu…
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Slow ships down to protect whales in the Arctic
As shipping continues to expand in the Arctic, whales in the region are expected to experience increased impacts as a result of underwater noise and ship strikes. A recent study looking at stress le…
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The “Rainforest Chernobyl”: Will U.S. Investment Treaty block justice for Amazonian People?
Who should pay to clean up what has been called the “Rainforest Chernobyl” in the Ecuadorian Amazon? Why are the people of the rainforest who suffered the most not represented directly before th…
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Meritocracy or plutocracy? Selection of new World Bank president
As expected, the current president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, recently announced that he’s stepping down. The outstanding question remains — what will the process be to replace…
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Cheater economics
Cheaters are lurking in the U.S. economy, corrupting what should be an honest game of production, commerce, and trade. “Cheater economics” refers to the corporate welfare system in which corporati…
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Polar protection on ice
London, U.K. — The polar waters of the Arctic and Antarctic are in jeopardy as a result of substantial delays to the development of environmental protection rules which will reduce the impact of…
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State Department sued for not disclosing Keystone XL pipeline lobbyists communications
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental group Friends of the Earth sued the State Department today to gain access to communications between the department and a broad web of lobbyists promoting the Ke…
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Take back our genes join the fight against gene patenting
Most people are shocked to learn that 20 percent of the human genome has been patented by corporations and scientists, granting companies ownership and sole access to these fundamental building blocks…