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...
Read More »Jun. 9, 2011 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests
Juneau, AK -- Alaskans concerned about the health and economic impacts of toxic cruise ship pollution are welcoming a ruling issued by the Alaska Superior Court this week. The court held the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s ...
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Jun. 9, 2011 / Posted by: Kate Horner / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, 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 Marjorie Williams, International Gender and Trade Network, Janet Redman, Inst...
Read More »Jun. 6, 2011 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Legal, News Releases, Oceans and Forests
SAN FRANCISCO – Conservation groups filed a legal petition today seeking a mandatory speed limit for large ships traveling through California’s marine sanctuaries. In recent years there has been a dramatic rise in whale deaths attribut...
Read More »Jan. 27, 2011 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests, Publications
San Francisco, CA—Friends of the Earth today released a report detailing the environmental challenges associated with short sea shipping—the regional transportation of goods by ship, rather than by truck or railcar.
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Jan. 20, 2011 / Posted by: John Kaltenstein / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests, Publications
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