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Legal Agreements Block Drilling, Fracking Across 1 Million Acres in Central California
Groups and the Bureau of Land Management reached an agreement to suspend new oil and gas leasing across more than 1 million acres of public lands in California. Read More
Friends of the Earth Responds to Sen. Manchin Statement on Inflation Reduction Act
Political pressure has finally brought Senator Manchin back to the table on climate. Now political pressure needs to safeguard our bedrock environmental laws. Read More
House Committee Advances Child Nutrition Legislation
The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor advanced the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act with a vote of 27-19. Read More
Tenth Cruise Ship Report Card Reveals Industry Greenwashing
Friends of the Earth released its 2022 Cruise Ship Report Card today, the tenth such analysis assessing and ranking the environmental and human health impacts of major cruise lines. Read More
Friends of the Earth Applauds Child Nutrition Measures to Increase Plant-Based School Meal and Beverage Options
Today, the House introduced the “Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act” Child Nutrition Reauthorization legislation. Read More
Report: Hydrogen is Big Oil’s Latest Greenwashing Scheme
A new report sounds the alarm on the newly-established federal clean hydrogen standard as Big Oil’s next greenwashing scam. Read More
Environmental justice, climate groups call on EPA to rein in the harms of factory farms
A letter sent to EPA Administrator Michael Regan urges him to act on the EPA’s existing authority to provide federal oversight of factory farms. Read More
Congress Urged to Boost Appropriations for Biden’s Clean Energy Orders
Dozens of groups urged leaders to increase funding for executive orders to spur renewable energy production under the Defense Production Act. Read More
Leading climate, conservation and Indigenous groups respond to draft supplemental Environmental Impact Statement on ConocoPhillips’ Willow Project
No single oil and gas project poses a greater threat to the Biden Administration’s climate and public lands protection goals than the Willow Project. Read More
New EU law to hold social media companies accountable, US must increase transparency of Big Tech and reduce disinformation
The EU passed the Digital Services Act, the strongest legislation thus far to regulate Big Tech and stop disinformation on climate change. Read More