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Fire safety & health groups defend improved furniture flammability standard against chemical company challenge
New standard better protects firefighters and consumers SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – A coalition of fire safety and health groups has intervened to support the recently updated California furniture flammability regulations, which have been challenged by the major chemical manufacturer Chemtura. Effective January 2014, the revised regulations provide stronger protections against the… Read More
Friends of the Earth statement on the IPCC Mitigation Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published the third installment of its Fifth Assessment Report relating to mitigation strategies for addressing climate change. Friends of the Earth’s Climate and energy program director Ben Schreiber has issued the following statement in response to the report: The… Read More
Arnold Schwarzenegger public face of TV campaign to save forests and climate invests in companies causing deforestation and climate change
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the eve of the premiere of James Cameron’s Years of Living Dangerously, a Showtime documentary on the human impacts of climate change and forest loss, investigations by Global Witness and Friends of the Earth reveal that executive producer and co-star of the show – Arnold Schwarzenegger –… Read More
Friends of the Earth statement on the McCutcheon v. FEC decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth, along with 34 labor, faith, democracy and other organizations, released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court decision in the matter of McCutcheon v. Federal Election Committee: The Supreme Court has once again sided with the wealthy and powerful and against the… Read More
Friends of the Earth Joins San Onofre Settlement
Berkeley, CA – Friends of the Earth has announced, today, that it is joining a settlement negotiated by The Utility Reform Network and the Office of Ratepayer Advocates with the utilities Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas and Electric Company, which would bring to a close the California Public… Read More
Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club urge CARB to get clearcutting out of cap and trade
Groups give billionaire timber baron Red Emmerson mock “climate champion” award SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Today, a coalition of environmental groups including Sierra Club California and Friends of the Earth delivered a letter to California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols and Climate Action Reserve Chair Linda Adams urging them… Read More
Friends of the Earth deals polluters a tough hand for April 1st, Fossil Fools Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For years, corporations and elected officials have stacked the deck and given bad deals to the environment. The worst jokers seem to hold all the cards and act like kings and queens of industry. This year, Friends of the Earth sheds light on these wildcards of pollution… Read More
European and U.S. financial institutions continue to finance illegal palm oil
This release is cross-posted from Friends of the Earth Europe BRUSSELS — European and U.S. banks and pension funds must stop financing illegal palm oil and deforestation, according to Friends of the Earth Europe. New findings show that Bumitama Agri, an Indonesian palm oil company and recipient of financial support… Read More
Friends of the Earth statement on EU-U.S. summit
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON, D.C. – As U.S. President Obama makes his first visit to Brussels and the EU institutions today, Friends of the Earth is demanding that environmental and health protection is put top of the agenda on both continents. President Obama will meet European Commission President Barroso to discuss the ongoing… Read More
25 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, lessons remain lost on Congress
Fossil fuel exports on the rise as Obama administration considers lifting U.S. crude export ban Washington, D.C. – A quarter century has passed since the worst marine oil spill of that time occurred, marring 1,300 miles of Alaskan coastline with at least 11.7 million gallons of crude oil. Despite the… Read More