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Nebraska Supreme Court denies landowners standing to defend their land from dirty pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, the Nebraska Supreme Court struck down a lower court ruling that deemed a law granting the governor’s authority to approve the Keystone XL pipeline in violation of th…
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Growing Bee-Friendly Garden Plants: Profiles in Innovation
This report provides examples of wholesale nurseries, retailers and institutions that are responding to consumer demand to protect bees.
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Spinning Food
The industrial food and agricultural sector spent hundreds of millions of dollars from 2009 to 2013 on communications efforts to spin the media, drive consumer behavior and advance its policy agenda.
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Chain Reaction: How Top Restaurants Rate on Reducing Use of Antibiotics in Their Meat Supply
A report by Friends of the Earth and other public interest groups shows that America’s top chain restaurants that serve up a huge portion of the nation’s meat are doing little to help fix the grow…
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Extreme Genetic Engineering and the Human Future
Recent research in genetic engineering and “synthetic biology” and how has enabled scientists to artificially redesign life — everything from microbes to people.
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Environmental Finance, COP Blog: Don’t turn the GCF into the Greedy Corporate Fund
Posted 10 December, 2014 on Environmental Finance Last week, the UN Climate Summit in Lima, Peru, kicked off amid controversy with news that Japan had counted loans for coal projects in Indonesia as i…
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Groups urge administration to steer clear of gas exports bill
Some 114 groups are pressing Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz to reject proposals to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. Groups urge administration to steer clear of gas exports bill -The Hill…
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Force Big Government to Kill Big Carbon
The climate movement tends to talk about “theories of change” rather than “theories of power.” But if you think about power — who has it, what are its mechanisms, how can…
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114 groups warn Sec. Moniz of LNGs dire climate impacts
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the Obama administration moves into another year promoting the false climate solution of natural gas, 114 public interest, environmental and faith groups submitted a letter to…
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Friends of the Earth alleges PG&E and NRC coordinated to spin positive messages about Diablo Canyon
An environmental group has alleged that members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) collaborated with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to spin positive information about the Diablo Canyon…