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Lawsuit Challenges Federal Approvals for New Oil, Gas Drilling on California Public Lands

Today’s filing is part of a long series of lawsuits against the BLM for greenlighting more oil and gas activity in California's Kern County. Read More

North Dakota Federal Judge Upends Key Biden-era NEPA Regulations

Today's federal court decision is a setback for our country's magna carta of environmental laws, the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and upends important reforms made to environmental ("phase II") regulations under the Biden Administration. Read More

Miles de personas condenan el intento de EE.UU. y Canadá de obligar a los mexicanos a comer tortillas transgénicas

Mientras México responde hoy al fallo del panel de disputas comerciales de que sus restricciones al maíz transgénico violan el acuerdo comercial entre Estados Unidos, México y Canadá. Read More

Thousands Condemn U.S. and Canada Attempt to Force Mexicans to Eat GMO Tortillas

Mexico has ample cause for concern about the safety of GMO corn given the population’s large daily consumption of minimally processed corn products such as tortillas. Read More

Environmentalists Denounce Proposed Geoengineering Project in Gulf of Maine

Friends of the Earth US and the Hands Off Mother Earth (HOME) Alliance publicly oppose the re-proposed LOC-NESS experiment. Read More

Biden Administration’s Move to Expand Data Centers for AI Will Exacerbate the Climate Crisis and Hurt Consumers

It was unwise for President Biden to fast-track data centers on federal lands as one of his final acts as president. Read More

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