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Harvard: Stop destroying the IberWetlands!
Friends of the Earth Argentina is engaged in a campaign to protect some of that country’s most important wetlands, and their campaign will soon arrive at the doorstep of an unlikely accomplice in th…
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Friends of the Earth statement on the McCutcheon v. FEC decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth, along with 34 labor, faith, democracy and other organizations, released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court decision in the matter of McCutche…
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Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club urge CARB to get clearcutting out of cap and trade
Groups give billionaire timber baron Red Emmerson mock “climate champion” award SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Today, a coalition of environmental groups including Sierra Club California and Friends of th…
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European and U.S. financial institutions continue to finance illegal palm oil
This release is cross-posted from Friends of the Earth Europe BRUSSELS — European and U.S. banks and pension funds must stop financing illegal palm oil and deforestation, according to Friends of…
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Bumitamas diary of destruction
When Friends of the Earth detailed the abuses and illegal actions of the Indonesian palm oil company Bumitama Agri in our report, Commodity Crimes last November, it set in motion a discussion in which…
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Friends of the Earth statement on EU-U.S. summit
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON, D.C. – As U.S. President Obama makes his first visit to Brussels and the EU institutions today, Friends of the Earth is demanding that environmental and health protection is put…
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25 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, lessons remain lost on Congress
Fossil fuel exports on the rise as Obama administration considers lifting U.S. crude export ban Washington, D.C. – A quarter century has passed since the worst marine oil spill of that time occurred…
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Exxon Valdez anniversary it is unlikely that we will see another 25 years go by before we have another catastrophic oil spill
This month there are two significant anniversaries to acknowledge – the birth of the internet and the death of thousands of animals in Prince William Sound, Alaska due to the Exxon Valdez oil spill…
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Lifting the crude oil export ban would magnify already substantial ship traffic risks off Alaskas coastline
The Aleutian Islands—an archipelago stretching for over a thousand miles from the coast of southeast Alaska towards the far east of Russia—is remote and ruggedly beautiful terrain. Its shores and…
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March 21: The International Day of Mourning for Destroyed and Stolen Forests
The United Nations has declared March 21 the International Day of Forests: a day, in the words of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, “dedicated to raising awareness about the importance of all…