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Active Energy sells proposed woody biomass facility
The decision to sell is a win for the climate and a loss for false climate "solutions" that would negatively impact local communities. Read More
Report: Big Oil’s Public Leasing Shell Game
Friends of the Earth released a policy paper today outlining how President Biden and Congress can counteract the oil and gas sector’s disingenuous efforts to open up more public lands and waters to drilling. Read More
Friends of the Earth Statement on EPA’s Final Strategic Plan
The EPA's 2022-2026 strategic plan unfortunately omits a plan to address the environmental impacts of animal agriculture and factory farming. Read More
Biden Sides with Big Oil Barons and Wall Street in EU Gas Deal
President Biden's decision to supply the EU with LNG exports won't alleviate the crisis in Ukraine and will spell danger for the climate. Read More
Report: Major Indonesian palm oil supplier linked to illegal deforestation, land rights violations
Indonesia’s second largest palm oil company, Astra Agro Lestari (AAL), is responsible for longstanding land rights abuses and environmental destruction in operations undertaken without proper legal permits. Read More
Legislative Champions, Advocates Reintroduce NY Deforestation-Free Procurement Act
Lawmakers renew the push for a bill that will ensure New York state government practices don't drive deforestation or forest degradation. Read More
Taxpayer, Environmental Groups Sound Alarm on $6 Billion Nuclear Bailout
Groups call for cleaner, cheaper energy alternatives as the DOE moves to spend $6 billion in taxpayer funds to prop up the nuclear industry. Read More
Amid Fossil Fuel Industry’s False Rhetoric, Sarah Bloom Raskin Withdraws Nomination to Federal Reserve
By knifing her confirmation, Senate Republicans and Joe Manchin have shown once again that they care more about their fossil fuel benefactors than the climate. Read More
REPORT: American Oil Company CEOs caught profiting from war in Ukraine
Big Oil CEOs have sold millions of dollars worth of shares, profiting a combined total of almost $99 million, in the weeks since President Biden said that he was “convinced” Russia would invade Ukraine. Read More
Genetically Engineered Mosquito Imminent Mass Release Ignores Science, Public Health and Environmental Risks
In defiance of science and public health concerns, today EPA approved the mass release of billions of experimental genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes into the United States’ most populous and agriculturally significant states. Read More