You can count on Friends of the Earth to defend the environment and champion a healthy and just world.

Recent Successes:

Cancer Prevention – Friends of the Earth and our partners in the Safe Cosmetics Campaign have signed more than 400 companies onto our Compact for Safe Cosmetics.  These companies, representing an estimated $4 billion in sales, have pledged not to use chemicals in their products that are known or strongly suspected of causing cancer, mutation or birth defects.

Improved Automobile Fuel Efficiency – Our Bluewater Network ran a series of advertisements in the New York Times and other publications pressuring Ford Motor Company to improve their fleet’s fuel economy.  Since launching this campaign, Ford has announced a global plan to produce 250,000 hybrid vehicles annually by 2010.  Bluewater has since launched an ad campaign challenging Volvo and Toyota to improve fuel economy.

Funding for Renewable Energy in Developing Countries - Following intensive advocacy by Friends of the Earth, the World Bank, the world's largest development institution, announced it will increase its financing for renewable energy projects by 20 percent each year over the next five years.

Protecting America’s Rail System – Friends of the Earth’s nationwide organizing efforts helped build significant momentum in Congress to fully fund Amtrak, while blocking the Bush administration’s plan to bankrupt the system.

Cruise Ship Pollution Banned – Our Bluewater Network crafted and helped pass three bills that will ban dumping and pollution from cruise ships within three miles of the California coast.  With this rigorous standard in place, Bluewater plans to help other coastal states adopt similar regulations.