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President Obama Promotes Damaging Bush-era Trade Deal
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Obama administration announced today that it has concluded negotiations on the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement, one of the NAFTA-style trade deals left over from the Bush administration. Read More
Nanotechnologys true climate and energy cost exposed
Washington, D.C.—Friends of the Earth groups around the world today released the report, Nanotechnology, climate and energy: over-heated promises and hot air, debunking the promises made by the nanotechnology industry about its ability to increase energy efficiency and alleviate climate change. Read More
Groups Urge Clinton to Recuse Herself from Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The heads of seven environmental, consumer, and legal organizations sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today, calling on her to recuse herself from the permitting decision for the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. Read More
Congress Urged to End Multi-Billion Tax Credit for Dirty Corn Ethanol in Lame Duck Session
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth launched an online ad campaign today to mobilize Americans to contact their members of Congress and demand that they end a tax credit that funnels billions of taxpayer dollars to corporate corn ethanol interests. Read More
Senators Rebuke Clinton Over Controversial Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Eleven influential senators sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today rebuking her for stating support for a controversial pipeline before her own agency has completed a legally mandated environmental impact analysis. Read More
New Report Says Biofuels Industry Spent $22 Million on Lobbying and Campaign Contributions to Influence Policies
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A report released today by Friends of the Earth demonstrates the ways in which the biofuels industry influences legislation through lobbying expenditures and campaign contributions. Read More
New Jersey Governor Blocks Crucial Transit Tunnel
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A decision by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today to block construction of a commuter rail tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan will harm the state’s residents, according to an analyst at Friends of the Earth. Read More
Bipartisan Senators Critique Clinton on Oil Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- A bipartisan group of U.S. senators pushed back this week against remarks Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made October 15 at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club indicating that she is “inclined” to approve the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. Read More
U.S. gov’t blasted for financing massive coal project in India
Green groups blasted the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) for its expected final approval today of hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidized federal financing for the massive 4,000 megawatt Sasan coal power plant and mine in India, one of the world’s largest coal power projects, and for falsely linking renegotiation of the coal financing to a renewable energy project. Read More
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Confronted at Press Conference by Billionaires
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth showed up at a press conference held by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this morning to protest his newly announced support for extending federal subsidies to ethanol. Several activists, dressed as “Billionaires for Biofuels,” mocked the corporate corn ethanol industry groups responsible for duping the Obama administration into falsely believing ethanol to be a form of clean energy worthy of billions of dollars in government handouts. Read More