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Trump’s 14 New LNG Export Facilities Will Cause U.S. Energy Bills to Rise, Emissions to Skyrocket

President-elect Donald Trump may be on the verge of approving exports of liquified methane from 14 planned export facilities, which have been striking deals to sell their output to gas buyers worldwide. Read More

Friends of the Earth Voluntarily Dismisses Litigation over Billion Dollar Diablo Canyon Grant After PG&E and California Rapidly Moot the Case

Friends of the Earth maintains that DOE has violated federal law, including the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), through its $1.1 billion award to Diablo Canyon as part of the agency’s U.S. Civil Nuclear Credit (CNC) Program. Read More

Friends of the Earth, Stop Formosa Plastics Coalition Fail Major Banks for Financing Big Plastic in New Scorecard

FOE and the Stop Formosa Plastics Coalition released a scorecard that evaluates banks based on their investments in Formosa Plastics Group. Read More

Biden Administration Finalizes Rule for Clean Electricity, But Threats Remain

This rule is an important step towards the Biden Administration’s commitments to address power sector emissions. Read More

EXIM Sends Late Christmas Gift to Exxon, Approving Guyana Gas Deal

Today the US Export-Import Bank quietly voted on and presumably awarded a $526 million loan agreement to ExxonMobil and partners for a massive gas project in Guyana. Read More

Trade Dispute Ruling Undermines Mexico’s Food Sovereignty, and Authority to Protect Health, Environment from GMO Corn

A final ruling in the trade dispute between the U.S. and Mexico over GMO corn finds that Mexico failed to adhere to some steps required by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement. Read More

Statement in response to veto of NY TREES Act

Governor Hochul’s veto of the TREES Act is an unfortunate delay to the urgent need for state-level climate action. Read More

DOE’s Long-Awaited LNG Export Analysis Makes Clear Case for Biden to Reject Pending Permits

The Biden Administration’s DOE released its long-awaited, critical analysis of the impacts of liquified natural gas (LNG) exports, which shows clear evidence of LNG’s climate, economic, national security, and public health dangers. Read More

Genetically Engineered Salmon Production Ends as AquaBounty Shutters Last Facility

Following decades of controversy, widespread market rejection and legal and regulatory challenges, U.S.-based biotechnology and aquaculture company AquaBounty Technologies announced it will stop production of all genetically engineered salmon. Read More

New report: U.S. food retail sector faces $219 billion risk from pesticides

A new report finds that the U.S. food retail sector’s use of pesticides on just four crops could result in $219 billion in financial, climate, and biodiversity risks. Read More