Nov. 8, 2011 / Posted by: Michelle Chan / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Economics for the Earth
Friends of the Earth is proud to team up with Annie Leonard, creator of the hit video The Story of Stuff, on her latest project -- The Story of Broke. This new video describes the myriad ways in which our government subsidizes big polluters and ot...
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Nov. 7, 2011 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy
12,000 strong. That's how many people showed up Sunday, November 6 -- exactly one year before Election Day 2012 -- to link arms around the White House in a circle of hope (three rings deep!) and urge President Obama to stop the proposed Keystone X...
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Aug. 18, 2011 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Economics for the Earth
Each year, the federal government gives away more than $10 billion in tax breaks to oil and gas companies. These polluting industries are already raking in record profits -- it’s an outrageous waste of taxpayer dollars to pay them for damagi...
Read More »May. 10, 2011 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Economics for the Earth
Our elected officials set the tone for the upcoming budget debate early in the wake of the 2010 elections by trading expensive tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires in order to extend unemployment benefits for the millions of Americans who st...
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Mar. 25, 2011 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy
Another Biofools Day is swiftly approaching and we need your help to pick out the biggest Fool of the lot! It has been a good year for Biofools of all shapes and sizes: ethanol subsidies were slipped into the December tax cut deal, EPA approved a ...
Read More »Sep. 17, 2009 / Posted by: NBerning / Categories: Advocacy, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Food and Technology, News Releases, Oceans and Forests
Nationally recognized policy expert now leads progressive environmental group known for speaking truth to power Brent Blackwelder, longest-serving environmental advocate in Washington, retires Washington, D.C.—Erich Pica, a nationally recogn...
Read More »Jul. 31, 2009 / Posted by: NBerning / Categories: Advocacy, Climate and Energy, News Releases
CONTACT: Avaaz.org: Ben Wikler (ben@avaaz.org) at 646-283-9132 Friends of the Earth: Nick Berning (nberning@foe.org) at 703-587-4454. In Response to Forged ‘Grassroots’ Anti-Climate Letters, Naked Activists at Lobbyists’ Office ...
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