Apr. 27, 2012 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology
Yesterday morning the White House released its National Bioeconomy Blueprint which “outlines steps that agencies will take to drive the bioeconomy—economic activity powered by research and innovation in the biosciences—and detail...
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Apr. 26, 2012 / Posted by: Kaitlin Froom / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy
Friends of the Earth International released a new report earlier this week revealing the environmental degradation and human rights violations that are the result of land grabbing occurring in Uganda. The report focuses on the impact land grabs ar...
Read More »Apr. 24, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests
SEATTLE, WASH. -- Today, the Port of Seattle Commission voted unanimously to set aside two proposed amendments to the 2012 memorandum of understanding (MOU), the agreement between the port, Department of Ecology and the Northwest and Canada Cruise...
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Apr. 24, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy
On Thursday, April 19th the House subcommittee on the environment and economy held a hearing on H.R. 4345, the Domestic Fuels Protection Act of 2012, which provides liability protection for oil companies, gas retailers, and car manufacturers for a...
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Apr. 23, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology
Have you ever used toothpaste? What about deodorant or makeup? Do you wear sunscreen when you go outside? If you’ve answered "yes" to any of these questions, then you may want to read on. A few weeks ago the House of Representatives Energy ...
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Apr. 20, 2012 / Posted by: Kim Huynh / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy
Enbridge, the Canadian oil giant responsible for a massive tar sands oil spill into the Kalamazoo River in Michigan not yet two years ago, now wants to pipe tar sands oil—the world’s dirtiest oil—through New England with its Trai...
Read More »Apr. 20, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases
San Francisco, Calif. — The Japanese firm responsible for fabricating the failing steam generators at Southern California Edison's San Onofre nuclear reactors announced today that it is undertaking analyses of the causes of the serious, unre...
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Apr. 20, 2012 / Posted by: Kim Huynh / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy
TransCanada yesterday unveiled its proposed alternative routes—including a preferred alternative route—through Nebraska for its Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline to the state’s Department of Environmental Quality. The Keystone ...
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Apr. 19, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth
As the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual Spring Meetings get underway, 117 organizations from around the world today urged government funders of the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds to pivot away from financing the CIFs and ...
Read More »Apr. 19, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Food and Technology, News Releases
Washington, D.C. — Today, consumer and environmental groups sent a letter to Florida Governor Rick Scott to encourage him to prevent the experimental release of British biotechnology company Oxitec’s genetically engineered mosquitoes i...
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