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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

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

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

Cruise Ship Report Card Marks Massive Pollution, Constant Greenwashing from Cruise Industry

Cruise ship pollution remains largely unaddressed across the global industry, according to Friends of the Earth’s latest Cruise Ship Report Card. Read More

Advocacy Groups, Researchers and Businesses Call On Banks to Cut Ties With Formosa Plastics

Formosa Plastics has brought destruction and a lack of accountability at every turn, but financial institutions can break the cycle. Read More

Exiting Petrochemicals: Groups Call On Financial Institutions to Stop Financing Major Driver of Climate Change

Plastics and the 16,000 chemicals used to make them contaminate food, water, air, blood, and even breastmilk. Read More

Public Meeting Announced for Formosa Plastics Facility Expansion

Next month the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality will host a public meeting for a proposed off-channel reservoir at the Formosa Plastics petrochemical facility. Read More

Court orders government to protect rare Gulf whales, sea turtles, and imperiled marine species from damaging effects of offshore drilling

The court’s ruling affirms that the government cannot continue to turn a blind eye to the widespread, persistent harms that offshore oil and gas development inflicts on wildlife. Read More

Biden Announces Final Conservation Rule to Protect Millions of Acres of Ecologically Important Lands in America’s Arctic

Today, the Biden administration released a final conservation rule to protect vital landscapes in America’s Arctic. This announcement will provide stronger protections for Special Areas within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska – a welcome and critical step toward recognizing the importance of Alaska’s public lands and waters for protecting communities, biodiversity, and the future of our global climate. Read More

EPA Announces Clean Ports Program

Today the Environmental Protection Agency announced a new program to prioritize the acceleration of zero emission ports and freight infrastructure. Read More