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Friends of the Earth International on IPCC Report: Betting on carbon removal is dangerous
Today’s IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report confirms that human activity has caused a level of warming that is unprecedented in the last 2,000 years. The impacts of climate change are most keenly felt in vulnerable regions, where a storm, drought or flood is 15 times more likely to kill people. Read More
Lawsuit Launched Over U.S. Delay on Petition to Phase Out Oil Drilling on Public Lands
Conservation groups today filed a notice of their intent to sue the U.S. Interior Department for failing to respond to a petition to phase out oil and gas extraction on public lands. Read More
60+ Groups Form Alliance Against Faulty Offsets, Dirty Energy in Farm Bill
Today, leading food, farming, Indigenous, faith and climate advocacy groups announced the public launch of the Alliance Against Farm Bill Offsets. Read More
Conservation groups sue to stop the Willow Oil Project in Alaska’s Western Arctic
Earthjustice filed a lawsuit today on behalf of conservation groups, together with NRDC (the Natural Resources Defense Council), to stop the massive Willow oil drilling project in Alaska’s Western Arctic, which the Biden Administration approved on March 13. Read More
Biden breaks major international climate promise as other countries make good on commitment to end fossil fuel finance
The Biden Administration has broken a major promise to end its international public finance for fossil fuels, a new report by Oil Change International highlights. Read More
Conservation Groups Sue DOE Over Stalled Review of Methane Gas Export Policy
Conservation groups sued the Department of Energy (DOE) today for failing to timely respond to their petition for rulemaking calling on the agency to issue regulations defining whether proposed gas exports are consistent with the public interest. Read More
Friends of the Earth Slams Biden Approval of Climate Disaster Willow Project
Today, the Biden Administration’s Bureau of Land Management announced its approval of the ConocoPhillips Willow Project in the Western Arctic, the largest oil extraction project ever proposed on federal lands Read More
PepsiCo, FrieslandCampina suspend palm oil sourcing from rogue company over human rights violations
Last week, PepsiCo and FrieslandCampina confirmed they have suspended sourcing from Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) following investigations into environmental and human rights violations by the palm oil company in Central and West Sulawesi, Indonesia. Read More
Lawsuit Challenges Biden Decision to Open 73.3 Million Acres of Gulf of Mexico for Oil Leasing
Today, Gulf-area and national environmental groups sued the Department of the Interior over lease sale 259, which would open 73.3 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico to oil and gas leasing. Read More
Feds cave to PG&E over license exemption for aging Diablo Canyon nuclear plant
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – Ignoring longstanding precedents, statutes and regulations, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission today gave Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) the greenlight to operate California’s last remaining nuclear plant for up to 20 years without a safety review or a license renewal. In… Read More