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New online ads highlight inappropriately cozy relationship between TransCanada and State Dept
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A series of online ads are educating Nebraskans about the cozy relationship between a TransCanada lobbyist and State Department officials. The ads relate to recent documents released by Friends of the Earth under the Freedom of Information Act, which reveal that the State Department has coached and advised TransCanada on how to respond to the Agency’s own Environmental Impact Statement. Read More
Complaint filed re illegal Keystone XL lobbying by TransCanada’s Paul Elliott
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department's review of a proposed tar sands oil pipeline faced a new setback today as an environmental group called on the Justice Department to investigate a top pipeline lobbyist's illegal failure to register as a foreign agent. Read More
Internal State Department emails provide evidence of bias in Keystone XL pipeline review
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Email correspondence between State Department employees and a TransCanada pipeline lobbyist who served as a top aide on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign provides evidence of bias in the review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. Read More
WTO rules that Dolphin Safe Tuna labels are illegal
Washington D.C.—A World Trade Organization tribunal in Geneva, Switzerland ruled yesterday, September 15, that the U.S. labeling system intended to prevent dolphins from being killed by commercial fishing nets violates international law protecting “free trade.” Read More
New ‘super bug’ threat: Nano-silver
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public health and environmental experts are warning that the increasing use of nano-silver as an antimicrobial agent in consumer products may be hastening the spread of resistant microorganisms, according to a report released today by Friends of the Earth. Read More
Super committee can avoid harmful cuts by protecting the environment
As a result of this summer’s debt ceiling agreement discretionary spending will be slashed by $900 billion over the next ten years. A congressional super committee has been charged with reducing the deficit by an additional $1.5 trillion over ten years; if the committee fails to reach agreement, a trigger will cause an additional $1.2 trillion in cuts to set in. Read More
Friends of the Earth opposes NAFTA-style investment chapter in Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement
CHICAGO, ILL. -- As representatives from the United States and eight other Pacific countries gathered behind closed doors in a Chicago hotel to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, environmental, public health, family farm, labor and consumer organizations gathered today to demand a fair deal or no deal through a week of protests, teach-ins and advocacy. Read More
Obama trashes smog protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama today announced he is blocking standards that would have protected Americans from excessive ground-level ozone pollution, which is the primary constituent of smog and which worsens bronchitis, emphysema and asthma. Read More
State Department Keystone XL pipeline impacts analysis slammed as inadequate
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Environmental Impact Statement for the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline was slammed by experts today shortly after its release by the U.S. State Department. Read More
Nations largest environmental organizations stand together to oppose oil pipeline
Washington, D.C. — The heads of the nation’s largest environmental organizations — often at odds on the best strategy for combating climate change — released a letter today calling on President Obama to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which would span from the tar sands of Alberta to the Gulf of Mexico. Read More