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Obama Justice Department Makes Right Decision to Sue BP
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Obama’s Justice Department today sued BP and eight other companies responsible for the oil tragedy that unfolded this year in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More
Friends of the Earth Blasts Senate Passage of Tax Package
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Friends of the Earth’s climate and energy tax analyst, Ben Schreiber, had the following statement in response to the $860 billion tax package that passed the Senate today. Read More
Groups Question Influence of Clinton Ties to Oil Lobbyist on State Department Pipeline Decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Friends of the Earth, the Center for International Environmental Law, and Corporate Ethics International submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the State Department today asking for all communications between the agency and a former presidential campaign manager of Hillary Clinton’s, who in his new role as oil industry lobbyist is seeking State Department approval for the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. Read More
Reaction to the Climate Talks in Cancun
CANCUN, MEXICO -- Friends of the Earth U.S. had the following response to the close of UN climate negotiations in Cancun: Climate change is the greatest threat the human community has faced. The texts considered tonight are a wholly inadequate response, though they make progress in some areas. Read More
World Bank criticized for establishing carbon market fund
December 7, 2010, Cancun -- News reports indicate World Bank President Robert Zoellick is coming to Cancun tomorrow to announce the establishment of a multi-million dollar fund to promote the creation of carbon markets in developing countries. Read More
WikiLeaks Reveals State Department Discord Over U.S. Support for Canadian Tar Sands Oil Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks has revealed that a U.S. diplomat warned the Obama administration about significant environmental impacts stemming from Canada's controversial tar sands oil production program. Read More
Rich Countries Must Reject Any Secret Text That Puts In Place Process That Could Kill Kyoto
CANCUN, MEXICO, 3 December 2010 – A new, secret text from the Mexican presidency, which would effectively begin replacing the Kyoto Protocol with the Copenhagen Accord, might be on the table this weekend at the climate talks in Cancun. Ministerial level officials are said to arrive early, before the start of the High-Level Segment next week, and may be presented with it this weekend. Friends of the Earth International is concerned by this rumor and urges countries not to accept any such proposals should they be put forward. Read More
Statement in Response to Senator Grassleys Ethanol Fear Mongering
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, in a floor speech, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) invoked fear and prejudice to justify his support for the extension of an expensive and wasteful subsidy for corn ethanol, called “the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit” or “VEETC.” Read More
Alarming rumors in Cancun of secret Mexican text that could end Kyoto Protocol, lead to five degrees [C] of warming
CANCUN, MEXICO, 3 December 2010 -- Rumors of a secret Mexican text that would essentially replace the Kyoto Protocol with the Copenhagen Accord, leading to a dangerous and unacceptable climate change of up to 5°C (9°F) have begun circulating here. Read More
Major U.S. Environmental Groups Call for Full Environmental Review of Genetically Engineered Salmon
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today 12 executive officers of some of the nation’s largest environmental organizations requested that the Food and Drug Administration conduct a thorough Environmental Impact Statement before deciding whether to approve the first ever genetically engineered animal for food. Read More