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Court Rules 2022 Wyoming Oil and Gas Lease Sale Was Illegal

This ruling underscores that federal agencies simply cannot ignore climate, wildlife, and water impacts when analyzing the myriad risks of oil and gas leasing, whether in Wyoming or across the country. Read More

High Levels of Genetically Engineered Toxins and Glyphosate in GMO Corn Pose Serious Health Risks in Mexico

Friends of the Earth U.S. submitted a brief describing significant new science on health risks of genetically engineered corn, which the U.S. failed to consider as part of its trade dispute with Mexico. Read More

Los altos niveles de toxinas transgénicas y glifosato en el maíz transgénico plantean graves riesgos para la salud en México

Amigos de la Tierra EE.UU. (FOE, por sus siglas en inglés) presentó un escrito describiendo nuevos datos científicos significativos sobre los riesgos para la salud del maíz transgénico que EE.UU. Read More

Hydrogen Hustle: Report Exposes Dirty Energy Wish-List to Co-opt Hydrogen Funding

WASHINGTON – Today, Friends of the Earth released a report that details how dirty energy industries are seeking to manipulate the 45V hydrogen production tax credit for their own financial gain. Hydrogen Hustle provides a roadmap of key polluter demands to undermine hydrogen emissions requirements. Read More

Court orders Fish and Wildlife Service to fix regulation allowing oil companies to harm polar bears

Fish and Wildlife Service is rightly being sent back to the drawing board to recalculate important factors that could make-or-break the struggling polar bear population on Alaska's North Slope. Read More

New ad buy calls on Democrats to oppose Manchin FERC pick

Friends of the Earth launched a new digital ad campaign calling on Senators to oppose FERC nominee David Rosner ahead of a pivotal Energy & Natural Resources Committee hearing this Thursday. Read More

Krueger, Zebrowski To Introduce Amended Tropical Deforestation Legislation

Global forests are the planet’s best defense against further climate catastrophe, and that makes the TREES Act reintroduction all the more critical. Read More

Export-Import Bank Fuels Financing for Bahrain Fossil Fuel Expansion

By financing overseas fossil fuels in Bahrain and elsewhere, the U.S. Export-Import Bank is gambling with the planet and with people’s lives. Read More

Gulf, Alaska, and Environmental Groups File Motion to Intervene in Oil Industry Lawsuit Against Interior Department’s Five-Year Offshore Leasing Plan

Gulf, Alaska, and environmental groups filed a motion to intervene in an oil industry lawsuit challenging the DOI's Five-Year Program for offshore oil and gas leasing. Read More

Bears Ears National Monument Receives Unprecedented Resource Management Plan

This is an encouraging sign by the federal government on their commitment to protecting public lands and prioritizing Indigenous knowledge in those protections. Read More