Fighting Polluting Fossil Fuels

Fossil Fuels

In order to stand a chance of surviving climate change, we need to keep 80 percent of known fossil fuel reserves in the ground. Friends of the Earth stands side by side with communities on the front lines of resisting fossil fuel projects – from extraction, to transportation, to combustion.

In the Pacific Northwest, we work with the Stand Up to Oil and Power Past Coal campaign to put a stop to the oil and coal export boom that threatens our climate and puts our oceans at risk. We support indigenous peoples in resisting fossil fuel projects, such as the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, which endanger the health of their lands and waters. And together with our international network, we support communities around the world in the fight for clean air, healthy ecosystems and a safe climate.


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Court Rules 2022 Wyoming Oil and Gas Lease Sale Was Illegal

This ruling underscores that federal agencies simply cannot ignore climate, wildlife, and water impacts when analyzing the myriad risks of oil and gas leasing, whether in Wyoming or across the country.

Court orders Fish and Wildlife Service to fix regulation allowing oil companies to harm polar bears

Fish and Wildlife Service is rightly being sent back to the drawing board to recalculate important factors that could make-or-break the struggling polar bear population on Alaska's North Slope.

Environmental, Gulf Groups React to API Lawsuit Targeting Five-Year Drilling Plan; Seek Stronger Protections for Gulf of Mexico

Environmental and Gulf-based groups filed a legal challenge today to hold the Interior Department accountable for failing to adequately consider the public health impacts on frontline communities in its final Five-Year Program.

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Protecting Endangered Species
Protecting Endangered Species

This win for the lesser-prairie chicken & the northern long-eared bat shows our commitment to protecting species and standing up to Big Oil.

Preserving Our Public Lands
Preserving Our Public Lands

Preserving public lands and waters protects precious history and the livelihoods of so many, especially Indigenous communities.

Blocking Joe Manchin’s Dirty Deal
Blocking Joe Manchin’s Dirty Deal

We are sure Manchin will continue to try and sneak this bill into legislation — but we’re not backing down from this fight. We will not rest until this bill gets a separate vote in Congress and dies for good. 

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The Climate & Agriculture provisions of the IRA
The Climate & Agriculture provisions of the IRA

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is many things at once. The good and the bad all need to be considered together.

Big Oil’s Public Lands and Water Leases Shell Game
Big Oil’s Public Lands and Water Leases Shell Game

President Biden is about to break his promise to end new lease sales in a big way, opening 80 million acres of the Gulf of Mexico to drilling

A climate justice user’s guide to the Manchin energy infrastructure bill
A climate justice user’s guide to the Manchin energy infrastructure bill

Look no further than Senator Joe Manchin’s Energy Infrastructure Act of 2021. This bill has Exxon’s fingerprints all over it.

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