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Friends of the Earth Responds to Interior’s Announcements for Alaska’s National Petroleum Reserve and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

WASHINGTON – Today, the Biden Administration announced a set of new regulations regarding land use for the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (Western Arctic) and the cancellation of remaining oil and gas leases issued by the Trump Administration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Read More

EXIM under Biden risks repeating mistakes of Obama in supporting Papua LNG

Today, 27 environmental and civil society organizations from Papua New Guinea, the Asia Pacific region and the United States submitted a letter to the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) urging it to oppose support for the Category A Papua liquefied natural gas project. Read More

New Genetically Engineered Soil Microbes Could Threaten Soil Health

As companies push to commercialize genetically engineered (GE) soil microbes, a new report reveals risks and recommends policy action. Read More

Kellogg Suspends Palm Oil Sourcing from Astra Agro Lestari as Company Fails to Remediate Human Rights Abuses, Environmental Destruction

Kellogg informed Friends of the Earth U.S. that they suspended business with Astra Agro Lestari in Indonesia, making it the tenth consumer brand to suspend palm oil sourcing from AAL in some capacity due to land grabbing, human rights abuses and environmental destruction. Read More

Lawsuit Challenges Massive Offshore Lease Sale for Failing to Properly Consider Gulf Communities and Climate

Gulf community and environmental groups sued the Department of the Interior today to challenge a September offshore oil and gas lease sale that would offer up more than 67 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing. Read More

Lawsuit spurs agreement to better protect endangered Rice’s whale from offshore drilling

Under a settlement agreement approved today in the U.S. District Court in Maryland, federal agencies will seek better ways to protect the Rice’s whale – a critically endangered species in the Gulf of Mexico – and other imperiled marine species from harmful oil and gas drilling. Read More

Friends of the Earth considers appealing Diablo Canyon lawsuit decision

Today, a California court dismissed Friends of the Earth’s lawsuit against PG&E and others to prevent breach of a contract to retire Diablo Canyon, California’s last remaining nuclear power plant, when its current operating licenses expire in 2024 and 2025. Read More

Friends of the Earth concludes strong hearing over Diablo Canyon retirement

Friends of the Earth put forward a strong showing at its first court hearing in litigation against PG&E to prevent breach of a contract to retire Diablo Canyon, California’s last remaining nuclear power plant. Read More

Friends of the Earth Applauds National Monument Designation for Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon

WASHINGTON – Today, the Biden Administration designated Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni, or Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon, as a national monument. The monument is home to over 3,000 cultural and historic resources and provides water to at least 40 million people. Read More

Friends of the Earth Responds to Proposed Revamp of National Environmental Policy Act

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) proposed a set of regulations implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the country’s premier federal environmental protection law. Read More