Mar. 31, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth
With the first board meeting of the Green Climate Fund scheduled for the end of April, now is a good time to provide a bit of a primer and update on the GCF. The lead-up to the Green Climate Fund Since 2008, Friends of the Earth and many others h...
Read More »Mar. 30, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Legislation introduced yesterday in both the U.S. House and Senate would provide liability protection for oil companies, gas retailers and engine manufacturers against any engine damage resulting from consumers' use of E15, a g...
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Mar. 29, 2012 / Posted by: Bill Waren / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Economics for the Earth
Two days ago, President Barack Obama returned from a state visit to South Korea. The trip coincided with the entry into force this month of the U.S.-Korea free trade agreement, which Obama touted as a “win for both counties” at a Seoul...
Read More »Mar. 27, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases, Publications
New report reveals reactor operator SoCal Edison misled federal regulators A new analysis released today by one of the nation's leading independent nuclear engineers has revealed that serious unresolved safety problems at Southern California Ediso...
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Mar. 27, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Publications
Friends of the Earth released today a new analysis by one of the nation’s leading independent nuclear engineers, Arnie Gunderson. The report has revealed serious unresolved safety problems at Southern California Edison’s San Onofre nuc...
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Mar. 27, 2012 / Posted by: Ben Schreiber / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth
Last night the Senate voted 92-4 to have 30 hours of debate on S.2204, the Repeal Big Oil Tax Subsidies Act. The bill would eliminate billions of dollars of tax subsidies for the five biggest oil companies, who have cumulatively booked more than $...
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Mar. 26, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy
Friends of the Earth and our activists have been fighting a bill in the Iowa state legislature that would raise customers' electric rates to pay in advance for the construction of new nuclear reactors. This nuclear rate hike bill just passed the S...
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Mar. 23, 2012 / Posted by: Kim Huynh / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy
Yesterday, President Obama shamelessly stood in front of piles of Keystone XL pipe near Cushing, Oklahoma, touting his ‘all of the above’ strategy to solving our energy woes and the climate crisis. Scratch that last one—he didn&r...
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Mar. 22, 2012 / Posted by: Erich Pica / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy
I wish every test and every decision we made had the answer “all of the above” as an option. It would definitely make life easier. It would make Friday evening conversations with my wife a breeze: Hi, honey, should we go see a movie, ...
Read More »Mar. 22, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Friends of the Earth's president, Erich Pica, had the following statement in response to President Obama's speeches today on his "all of the above" energy plan, including expediting review of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipel...
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