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...
Read More »Jan. 19, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests
ANAHEIM, January 19—As tens of thousands of people gather for the opening of the NAMM Show, the National Association of Music Merchants’ biggest annual event, musicians and environmental groups called on the industry to change the tune...
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Jan. 17, 2012 / Posted by: John Kaltenstein / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
The recent saga of a Russian fishing vessel that struck a submerged iceberg in the Antarctic Ocean illustrates the perils of polar shipping. Three ships originally tried to rescue the 32 crew members of the stranded vessel but were unsuccessful be...
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Nov. 29, 2011 / Posted by: Kate Horner / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Oceans and Forests
Despite repeated promises that carbon markets would deliver significant sums of money to help reduce emissions from deforestation, the carbon market has largely faltered. The growth of the carbon market has stalled and declined in the past 12...
Read More »Nov. 22, 2011 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests
SEATTLE, Wash. -- On December 1, Washington’s Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary will enact regulations banning cruise ships from discharging sewage, graywater, oily bilge and other harmful waste in waters bounded by the Sanctuary, a mo...
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Nov. 22, 2011 / Posted by: Ben Schreiber / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Oceans and Forests
On Friday November 18, 2011, Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica testified in the House Committee on Natural Resources hearing titled ANWR: Jobs, Energy and Deficit Reduction. The hearing was called by the Republican majority to promote dril...
Read More »Jul. 7, 2011 / Posted by: Lisa Matthes / Categories: Legal, News Releases, Oceans and Forests
Washington, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must formally determine whether greenhouse gas pollution from aircraft endangers human health and welfare, ruled a U.S. District Court today.
Read More »Jun. 20, 2011 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth, Oceans and Forests
Read more about the international climate negotiations: Read informational briefs about pressing issues at Bonn Huffington Post: Will Bonn Climate Talks Reflect a Dramatically Changed World? Deutsche Welle: Kyoto successor looks bleak at Bonn c...
Read More »Jun. 14, 2011 / Posted by: Kate Horner / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. By Kate Horner, Friends of the Earth U.S. June 13, 2011 In the first UN negoti...
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