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Ninth Circuit Deals Setback to Willow Oil Project in Alaska

A federal court ruled that the Department of the Interior unlawfully approved ConocoPhillips’s massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska’s Western Arctic. Read More

New Report Exposes Formosa Plastics

A groundbreaking new report offers an analysis of Formosa Plastics Group, one of the world’s largest petrochemical conglomerates. Read More

U.S. Senate Takes Action to Expand Nondairy Milk Access in Schools

The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Friends of the Earth, and other members of the Plant Powered School Meals Coalition applaud the Senate Agriculture Committee for advancing provisions today that will make it easier for students to access non-dairy milk options in schools. Read More

Alaska LNG is a Corrupt, Costly, Catastrophic Carbon-Bomb

The Trump Administration’s so-called summit for Alaska LNG ended without binding commitments from potential investors in Asia. Read More

Connecticut Passes Historic Pesticide Legislation

This week, the Connecticut legislature passed Senate Bill 9, a bill that restricts the use of neonicotinoids, in a win for pollinators and public health. Read More

Groups Sue to Protect Critically Endangered Gulf Rice’s Whale from Oil and Gas Impacts

Four conservation groups filed suit today in U.S. District Court to challenge a government plan that fails to properly protect rare species, including Rice’s whales and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles, from being harmed or killed by fossil fuel drilling and exploration in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More

Thousands Demand Conagra Eliminate Bee-Killing Pesticides from Popcorn

The petition specifically demands that Conagra ensure there is no use of seeds coated with neonicotinoids in its popcorn supply chain. Read More

Export-Import Bank Seemingly Loses Logic on Coal

The US Export-Import Bank aligned with the Trump administration’s executive order on coal in a unanimous board of directors vote this week. Read More

New Report Reveals No-Till’s Massive Pesticide Problem

A new report from Friends of the Earth refutes the widely-held assumption that conventional no-till agriculture is “regenerative.” Read More

Trump’s executive order on coal will make Americans sicker

The latest energy directives from the Trump administration seek to subsidize coal in an effort to bring back an obsolete, centuries-old fossil fuel. Read More