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Despite Paris agreement, Congress aims to restrict climate policies of Ex-Im and OPIC
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 2013, the Obama administration implemented measures to restrict financing of fossil fuel plants abroad. These measures included restrictions on the Export-Import Bank’s finan…
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Anti-GMO labeling rider excluded from Omnibus
WASHINGTON D.C. – Friends of the Earth praised congressional leaders today for rejecting efforts of the food and chemical industries to attach a rider to the omnibus spending bill that would block l…
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Response to Green Climate Fund and appropriations package
Washington, D.C. – The appropriations package released late last night does not block funding for the Green Climate Fund. Karen Orenstein, senior analyst at Friends of the Earth U.S., had the fo…
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United States undermines ambitious and just climate deal
PARIS, FRANCE – Negotiators at the Conference of Parties in Le Bourget are nearing a climate agreement. In response, Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pica issued the following statement: Th…
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House passes Customs Bill: climate change deniers embarrass U.S. delegation in Paris
WASHINGTON, D.C – As world leaders seek to negotiate a global agreement on climate change in Paris, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed a Customs Bill that undermines effective U.S. acti…
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Draft Climate Deal – Reaction
Media advisory: Negotiations update for December 11, 2015 PARIS, FRANCE – Reacting to a draft Paris climate agreement released on Thursday night, Lucy Cadena, Friends of the Earth International…
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Customs bill would limit president’s actions on climate change
PARIS, FRANCE – Last night the conference committee for the Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015 (H.R. 644) announced that they had resolved differences between the U.S. House and Senate v…
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Friends of the Earth’s reaction to Sec. Kerrys climate speech
PARIS, FRANCE – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke today at the Paris climate negotiations, in time with the release of preliminary text. Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pica iss…
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FTT advances could lead to down payment on climate finance gap
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to today’s announcement by European Finance Ministers that advances the proposed European regional Financial Transaction Tax, Friends of the Earth’s Senior I…
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UN promoting potentially genocidal policy at World Climate Summit
PARIS, FRANCE – At the foot of a miniature Eiffel Tower, civil society, environmentalists and Indigenous Peoples rejected REDD, a carbon market mechanism, land-grabbing false solution to climate cha…