Jan. 31, 2012 / Posted by: Ben Schreiber / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth
If there ever were a story that illustrated how the top 1% have captured both the economic and political power in our country, we need look no further than today’s earning announcement from Exxon Mobil. The oil and gas giant made $41 billion...
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Jan. 31, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth
The World Bank last week decided to take a significant step backwards on social and environmental protection and transparency. The Bank’s board voted to approve Program-for-Results, also known as PforR, which, according to Bank hype, is &ldq...
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Jan. 30, 2012 / Posted by: Bill Waren / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Economics for the Earth
Protest at the Trans Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement negotiations this week in Beverly Hills and La Jolla, California. Trade negotiators from around the Pacific Rim are gathering in southern California this week, January 31 - February 3, to h...
Read More »Jan. 27, 2012 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases
Florida utility seeks to cancel nuclear construction plans while leaving customers on the hook for hundreds of millions as Iowa legislators consider allowing a similar swindle IOWA -- News that Florida utility Progress Energy plans to cancel the c...
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Jan. 26, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy
On January 27, the EPA announced it’s determination that diesel produced from palm oil releases too many greenhouse gas emissions to qualify as a renewable fuel. Friends of the Earth applauds the EPA for recognizing the massive amounts of ca...
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Jan. 26, 2012 / Posted by: Kate Horner / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
As tens of thousands of people gathered last week for the opening of the National Association of Music Merchants’ annual trade show, I traveled to Anaheim, California to join musicians and other environmental groups to call on the industry t...
Read More »Jan. 26, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Legal, News Releases, Oceans and Forests
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — A coalition of conservation and American Indian groups today sued the National Marine Fisheries Service for failing to protect thousands of whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals and sea lions from U.S. Navy warfare train...
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Jan. 25, 2012 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
The tragic capsizing of the Costa Concordia in Italian waters on January 13, which left at least 16 dead and many more unaccounted for, cast a spotlight on the safety and environmental practices of cruise ships around the world. As search and resc...
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Jan. 23, 2012 / Posted by: Michelle Chan / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth
As someone who lives in California but works for a Washington-based advocacy organization, I often think about how decisions in DC impact life here in the Golden State. So late last year, when Congress froze funding for the Commodity Futures Tradi...
Read More »Jan. 23, 2012 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases
Friends of the Earth Calls on Senate to heed the warning and reject misguided legislation A newly released memo from the staff of the Iowa Utilities Board has provided a stinging economic critique of legislation passed by the Iowa House in 2011 wh...
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