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Resources

2013 Cruise Ship Report Card

Friends of the Earth’s Cruise Ship Report Card compares the environmental footprint of 15 major cruise lines and 148 cruise ships.

Commodity Crimes: Illicit Land Grabs, Illegal Palm Oil and Endangered Orangutans.

New report exposes palm oil producers in Indonesia destroying vital forest habitat in protected forest reserves, at the expense of local communities and wildlife.

Comments on Sept. 2013 Bechtel Phase 2

Final Technologies Assessment for Alternative Cooling Technologies at Diablo Canyon Power Plant

Letter to President Obama RE: Treasury Secretary

Letter to President Obama urging him to nominate a Treasury Secretary who will (1) champion a financial transaction tax and (2) dedicate the revenue raised to fund public services that keep people and the planet healthy and whole, at home and around the world.

Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton RE: Robin Hood Tax

Letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton regarding misinformation spread internationally by State Department representatives about the Robin Hood Tax.

Open Letter Opposing REDD (California)

While California can play an important role in protecting tropical forests, developing a REDD+ offsets program risks wasting finite resources on a policy mechanism that will be inefficient, ineffective and possibly harm the lives and livelihoods of indigenous peoples and local communities.

Submission by Friends of the Earth U.S. and ActionAid USA to the UNFCCC

Letter on (1) private finance and the $100 billion question, and (2) addressing tax avoidance and evasion in developed countries in the context of long term finance.

China Development Bank’s overseas investments: An assessment of environmental and social policies and practices

Over the past several years, Chinese lending has had a powerful global impact, particularly through policy banks such as China Development Bank and the China Export-Import (Exim) Bank.

Letter to GCF Secretariat

Letter to the GCF Secretariat from Indigenous Peoples and support organizations with comments and recommendations on the modalities for selection, activities and roles of observers and active observers.

Civil Society Recommendations

Observer participation in the proceedings of the Board of the Green Climate Fund, Preliminary responses for initial consultation,