The amount fossil fuel-reliant communities require to decouple from the federal leasing program pales in comparison to the bailouts the failing fossil fuel industry receives. As we build back better, we should build back with new protections for communities tied to fossil fuel extraction that foster a safer, healthier, and more economically secure future.
As community leaders, environmental and land defenders, and civil society activists from around the world, we write to you today about your continued failure to recognize and respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples, Afro-descendant peoples, women, and local communities through your investments.
The CLEAN Future Act (H.R. 1512) is a prime example of the type of half-measure we must avoid. The CES in the newly proposed bill is defined broadly enough to allow “natural” gas (fossil gas), biomass, and nuclear power to qualify.
The need to make school food healthier, climate-friendly and accessible to all families is more urgent than ever.
As organizations representing millions of members working on the intersections of economic, social, environmental and climate justice, we are writing to urge you to reject Mathias Cormann’s bid for OECD Secretary-General.
We can significantly reduce agriculture’s impact on climate — but only if we shift production away from industrial animal agriculture and energy intensive monoculture.
We write to urge you to reject any applications to the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) seeking financing for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) or associated infrastructure and services in Uganda and Tanzania.
We write to urge you to reject any applications to the U.S. Export-Import Bank (EXIM) seeking financing for the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) or associated infrastructure and services in Uganda and Tanzania.
As an organization, Friends of the Earth United States (FoE US) submits the following comments in response to United Kingdom government announcement last year to end its financing for oil and gas projects overseas.
This report outlines six key strategies and shares seven brief case studies from diverse school districts that show how school districts with various food service models can successfully source organic food.