Aug. 30, 2012 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Oceans and Forests
This week the extent of Arctic sea ice is at an unprecedented historic low, the smallest amount of ice cover since satellite measurement began in 1979. According to scientists, dramatic summer sea ice losses in five of the past six years, continuo...
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Aug. 23, 2012 / Posted by: Eric Hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology
Here is the biggest problem I face every day: I want to eat an apple as a healthy snack to get me through the afternoon, but eating a whole apple is really too much for me given my busy schedule. I mean, who has time to eat a whole apple in today&...
Read More »Aug. 22, 2012 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Legal, News Releases, Oceans and Forests
On Monday, the Superior Court issued an “Order to Compel” to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation for failing to address challenges brought by Campaign to Safeguard America’s Waters and Friends of the Earth to the ...
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Aug. 21, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth, Publications
On the eve of the first board meeting of the UN’s Green Climate Fund, Friends of the Earth U.S. -- along with GAIA and the Institute for Policy Studies -- has released a report that begins to tackle the conundrum faced by just about every de...
Read More »Aug. 17, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today dismissed challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of a partial waiver for E15 -- a 15 percent ethanol fuel blend -- allowing it to be used in light-duty ve...
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Aug. 16, 2012 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy
Today, Tar Sands Blockade kicked off a sustained, direct action campaign to stop the construction of the southern section of the Keystone XL pipeline through Oklahoma and Texas. The grassroots organization, comprised of concerned landowners, farme...
Read More »Aug. 16, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The State Department recently announced on its website that it has chosen a new third-party contractor to conduct the next round of review for TransCanada’s controversial re-application to build the Keystone XL tar sands ...
Read More »Aug. 15, 2012 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases, San Onofre News
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. -- Last night, the Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously to urge the state to fully investigate the costs and reliability of the crippled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and to compare it to other available energy ...
Read More »Aug. 10, 2012 / Posted by: Lisa Matthes / Categories: Legal, News Releases
Klingle Road -- closed to motor vehicles since 1991 -- is one step closer to becoming the hiking and biking trail approved by the D.C. Council in 2008 and supported by Friends of the Earth WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday the U.S. District Cour...
Read More »Aug. 10, 2012 / Posted by: Lisa Matthes / Categories: Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the first estimates to take into account the extreme heat and droughts that have ravaged the country this summer, the Department of Agriculture predicted this morning that U.S. corn production will fall to 10.8 billion ...
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