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Public Development Bank Investigation slams Giant Meat Company for decades of pollution and rights violations in Indigenous communities in Ecuador

We hope that this scathing report is the beginning of the end of public financing of industrial animal agriculture projects that pollute, fuel the climate crisis, and trample on community rights. Read More

US Ports Get Graded on Protecting Public Health

A coalition of national and community-based organizations launched the Clean Ports Report Card Project — a first-of-its-kind accountability tool, grading major U.S. ports on their progress to cut emissions, increase transparency, and collaborate with communities. Read More

Port of New York and New Jersey Has A Solid Foundation, Can Improve to Protect Health and Stay Globally Competitive

NEW YORK — The Port of New York and New Jersey was recognized as a “Healthier Harbor” in a new national Clean Ports Report Card released today. earning a high score for its efforts to modernize and clean up its operations through emissions… Read More

Port of NOLA Needs to Catch Up to Meet Clean Ports Standards

Advocates call for more community collaboration; fragmented efforts and a lack of an emissions inventory leave communities at risk Read More

Port of San Diego Recognized for Clean Air Innovation

Standout achievements include first-in-the-nation all-electric tugboat and cranes that produce zero pollution as models for other ports to follow. Read More

International alliance drives a 78% drop in international fossil fuel finance

International public finance for fossil fuels from 40 signatories of the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETP) has fallen by up to 78%. Read More

Lawsuit to stop Trump’s illegal LNG giveaway

The U.S. Export-Import Bank ignored its own charter and applicable laws to push through this risky nearly $5 billion project financing approval before Congress or the public could weigh in. Read More

MAHA Commission Report Puts Agrochemical Industry Profits Over Children’s Health

The report released by Trump’s MAHA Commission today is a slap in the face to the millions of Americans, from health-conscious moms to environmental advocates to farmers, who have been calling for meaningful action on pesticides. Read More

EPA’s Retreat from Slaughterhouse Pollution Rule Exposes “Make America Healthy Again” Hypocrisy

EPA’s decision to walk away from updating slaughterhouse pollution standards is a direct contradiction to Make America Healthy Again. Read More

Friends of the Earth Slams MAHA Commission Report for Putting AgroChemical Profits Over Children’s Health

Trump's MAHA Commission draft strategy is a gift to the agrochemical industry and a slap in the face to the health of the American people and the MAHA voters that helped elect him. Read More