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US Court of Appeals asked to block restart of damaged Indian Point nuclear reactor
Emergency petition alleges failure of nuclear regulator to protect the public WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth and other environmental organizations today filed an emergency petition wi…
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100 groups call for Climate Investment Funds to sunset
Ahead of this week’s meeting of the trust funds of the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds, 100 groups have called for the CIFs to finally sunset, now that the Green Climate Fund is clearly…
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Activists submit over a quarter million public comments against largest coal export terminal in North America
Friends of the Earth activists generate more than 38,000 of the comments expressing strong concerns over fossil fuel transport given recent oil train derailment on Columbia River WASHINGTON, D.C. –…
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Environmental and community groups call on U.S. Senate to avoid biomass riders in Interior Appropriations
As the US Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies prepares to mark up the fiscal year 2017 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, envi…
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Can organic feed the world?
Join us to hear from top scientists and thought leaders on the science of sustainable food production and a comprehensive approach to creating a healthy, resilient food system to feed all people, now…
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Permanently changing a species: What could go wrong?
We must ensure that corporations and governments (particularly militaries) are not developing gene drives and cannot misuse this technology in ways that could have profound ecological, health or socio…
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Victory! Obama administration cancels oil and gas auction near Chaco Canyon
Those fighting to protect New Mexico’s Chaco Canyon from dangerous oil and gas development just won a major victory. Yesterday, the Obama administration announced the cancellation of an oil and gas…
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139-square-mile fracking plan in Wyoming prompts legal protest
Groups call on BLM to cancel massive fossil fuel development that threatens climate, water, Greater Sage Grouse JACKSON, Wyo.— Conservation groups filed a formal administrative protest on Thursday c…
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Dirt, Democracy and Organic Farming: A recipe for feeding the world
Feeding the world is not about increasing how many bushels of grain we can grow, it’s about dirt, democracy, and our diets.
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More than 450 environmental, landowner, Indigenous rights and allied organizations to Congress: pending trade deals threaten efforts to keep fossil fuels in the ground, oppose Trans Pacific Partnership
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, in the largest display of opposition to the environmental impacts of two pending trade deals, more than 450 groups called on members of Congress to commit to vote against…