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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

Federal Court Finds Massive Gulf of Mexico Offshore Oil Sale Illegal, Ruling in Favor of Gulf and Environmental Groups

Interior violated NEPA and failed to adequately consider the harms that drilling would have on climate change and on the critically endangered Gulf of Mexico Rice’s whale. Read More

As Republicans Prepare Tax Giveaway Package, Oil and Gas Companies Try to Avoid Corporate Minimum Tax

It is simply outrageous that the Republican party is using its trifecta to create yet another fossil fuel subsidy. Read More

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Critically Endangered Rice’s Whale From Trump Administration

Several conservation groups sent notice today of their intent to sue the Trump administration for stripping away measures aimed at protecting the critically endangered Rice’s whale from deadly ship and boat collisions. Read More

Friends of the Earth grieves the passing of Rep. Raul Grijalva

WASHINGTON – This week, the environmental and progressive community lost an historic leader in the struggle for a more healthy and just world with the passing of U.S. Representative Raúl Grijalva of Arizona. Rep. Grijalva was an inspiring leader as chairman and recently as ranking member of the House… Read More

Decision to Close EPA’s Environmental Justice Offices a Danger to Americans’ Health and Safety

This amounts to a racist attack on low-income and communities of color who suffer most from the consequences of pollution. Read More