Jun. 17, 2013 / Posted by: Cynthia Wang / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
On Thursday morning, a 68-foot long fin whale was found dead in the sand at a beach located in Ocean Shores, Washington on the outer coast near Grays Harbor. Biologists from Cascadia Research and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife conc...
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Jun. 17, 2013 / Posted by: Jeff Conant / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Oceans and Forests
In Sofala province, Mozambique, a group of initiatives collectively known as the N’hambita Pilot Project have been promoted as a flagship program for the protection of forests and the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. The United Nations...
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Jun. 12, 2013 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
On June 13 in Southampton, England, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, will christen the new Royal Princess, marking the beginning of a week-long inaugural celebration for Princess Cruises. This 4,950-passenger and crew cruise ship spans 330 meters ...
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Jun. 11, 2013 / Posted by: Jeff Conant / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
Industrial agriculture has long been a major cause of forest destruction, but the ceaseless expansion of palm oil plantations for food, fuel and cosmetics is wreaking havoc on an unprecedented scale, and has become the biggest single cause of fore...
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May. 22, 2013 / Posted by: Jeff Conant / Categories: Climate and Energy, Oceans and Forests
European banks and pension funds continue to finance one of the largest and most destructive palm oil giants, Wilmar International, according to new research released today by Friends of the Earth Europe. Well known European banks including HSBC, ...
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May. 20, 2013 / Posted by: Jeff Conant / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Oceans and Forests
Friends of the Earth is deeply devoted to curbing both deforestation and averting catastrophic climate change. Yet FoE’s international forests campaign has been actively engaged in opposing California’s pending adoption of a program kn...
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May. 17, 2013 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
BP's careful control of image hides a record that should be alarming With spring fully sprung and another Earth Day past, it is critical the public stay alert to corporations that wrap themselves in a green patina while acting to the contrary. Kin...
Read More »May. 6, 2013 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Under California’s new cap-and-trade program, the state is considering allowing a controversial form of carbon credits that have been rejected by the European Union as ineffective and potentially harmful to rainfor...
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May. 2, 2013 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Oceans and Forests
With the reliance on coal declining in places like the U.S. and Australia, Big Coal has found another way to offload its dirty goods — by shipping it overseas. The global coal trade expanded by over 13 percent in 2010 and last year the U.S. ...
Read More »Mar. 27, 2013 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests
WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, a coalition of organizations announced that more than 500,000 Americans in the past three months have joined the call to demand the Obama administration put a stop to risky and dangerous drilling in the Arctic Ocean in lig...
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