Jun. 18, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, Legal, News Releases, Oceans and Forests
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The EPA announced that it would not take action to control global warming pollution from major mobile sources at this time. The agency’s decision not to regulate ships and other non-road engines, and its indefinite d...
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Jun. 18, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Food and Technology, Oceans and Forests
Politicians and industry folks have been arguing for years that the best way to transition away from petroleum-based fuels and save the world from climate doom is to use biomass for electricity and to run our cars. That is, burn our food and fores...
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Jun. 5, 2012 / Posted by: Ian Illuminato / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Food and Technology, Oceans and Forests
Friends of the Earth U.S. has today united with the many organizations that form our Friends of the Earth International Federation in order to send a strong message to the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. We ask that you join us ...
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Jun. 4, 2012 / Posted by: John Kaltenstein / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
Absent the success of an eleventh hour legal challenge by environmental groups, Shell will begin exploratory drilling off the coast of northern Alaska this summer. Up to five wells could be drilled in the area -- the first time the company has att...
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May. 16, 2012 / Posted by: Prashanth Kamalakanthan / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Oceans and Forests
Activists from a broad coalition of environmental groups including Friends of the Earth, Oceana, the Center for Biological Diversity, Ocean Conservancy and Alaska Wilderness League, converged yesterday in front of the White House to demand that Pr...
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May. 16, 2012 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
Fred Felleman, Friends of the Earth’s Northwest consultant, stood on the dock in Everett, WA, this past February capturing evidence of the U.S. Navy’s active sonar use with a hydrophone. But the sonar gradually became so loud it could ...
Read More »Apr. 24, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests
SEATTLE, WASH. -- Today, the Port of Seattle Commission voted unanimously to set aside two proposed amendments to the 2012 memorandum of understanding (MOU), the agreement between the port, Department of Ecology and the Northwest and Canada Cruise...
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Mar. 8, 2012 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Oceans and Forests
In an in depth piece in Crosscut, Friends of the Earth's Northwest consultant, Fred Felleman, wades into the need to fully investigate the safety and environmental record of BP after a fire broke out at BP's Washington state refinery at Cherry Poi...
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Mar. 1, 2012 / Posted by: John Kaltenstein / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
As shipping continues to expand in the Arctic, whales in the region are expected to experience increased impacts as a result of underwater noise and ship strikes. A recent study looking at stress levels of right whales in Canada’s Bay of Fun...
Read More »Feb. 27, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests
London, U.K. -- The polar waters of the Arctic and Antarctic are in jeopardy as a result of substantial delays to the development of environmental protection rules which will reduce the impact of shipping on these delicate regions. Last week the I...
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