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Enviro Groups Ask Moore Admin to Crack Down on Factory Farm Waste
Factory farm pollution has already taken a heavy toll on Maryland’s waterways and communities. Read More
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