Nature
From the Frontlines…
 Guatemalan
Leader Challenges Trade Agreement
Challenging
Piracy on the High Seas
Breakthroughs in 2005…
 Stopped
Snowmobiles in Rocky Mountain National Park –
Bluewater convinced the National Park Service to implement
an
immediate ban on recreational snowmobile use at Rocky Mountain
National Park in Colorado.
Private Banks Adopt Environmental Standards
– As a result of Friends of the Earth's efforts with
JPMorganChase, the bank created an Office of Environmental
Affairs and developed its first set of environmental lending
policies.
Launched Protest of Thrillcraft on Public Lands
– Bluewater Network generated tens of thousands of comments
and letters to state and federal agencies protesting thrillcraft
impacts on habitat, water quality and wildlife, as well as
on visitor enjoyment of public lands.
Manatees in the Florida Keys Protected –
Bluewater Network convinced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
to maintain jetski bans at two national wildlife refuges in
the Florida Keys that provide critical habitat for the endangered
manatee and other marine life.
Sprawl Stopped – Friends of the Earth
won a court challenge stopping work on the Circumferential
Highway in Vermont, saving prime forest land from being cut
down to build a road through Chittenden County, and opening
the way for rail options and public transportation.
Lake Roosevelt Preserved – Bluewater
Network helped
defeat a House bill that would have reopened Lake Roosevelt
National Recreation Area to personal watercraft operation.
Green Mountain National Forest Protected
– Friends of the Earth won
a court decision that prevented the U.S. Forest Service from
logging 300 acres of the Green Mountain National Forest.
Study of Global Warming Impacts Underway
– Bluewater Network convinced Senators McCain and Hollings
to request a study by the U.S. General Accountability Office
and the National Academy of Sciences that will analyze the
full impacts and costs of global warming on public lands and
waters.
Anti-Environment Trade Negotiations Dropped –
Friends of the Earth’s advocacy helped convince the
World Trade Organization to drop negotiations for an agreement
on special rules that would have granted multinational corporations
unprecedented rights and permitted harmful anti-environmental
behavior.
New Global Rules on Shipping Pollution – Bluewater
's advocacy helped pressure the International Maritime Organization
(IMO) to push forward on strengthening its weak regulations
on ship emissions and marine fuel quality. The IMO has also
agreed to consider regulating particulate matter produced
by ship engines. |
