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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

Friends of the Earth groups welcome Norges Bank’s exclusion of Jardine Matheson, Astra International over environmental and biodiversity impacts

Banks and investors should follow suit and suspend financing to AAL, Astra International, and Jardine Matheson until land that was taken without consent is returned to communities. Read More

Report: Artificial Intelligence A Threat to Climate Change, Energy Usage and Disinformation

AI companies spread hype that they might save the planet, but currently they are doing just the opposite. Read More

Caving to Republicans and Big Ag, SEC Finalizes Dramatically Weakened Climate Disclosure Rule

The SEC today voted to finalize a dramatically weakened rule on climate-related financial risks, caving to Republicans and the Big Ag lobby and allowing corporations to conceal their emissions. Read More

Environmental Organizations Move to Intervene in Diablo Canyon Relicensing Process

Environmental groups today intervened and requested a hearing on PG&E’s applications to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), which seek to relicense Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant to operate for 20 more years. Read More