Friends of the Earth’s blog is a staff-run blog that provides policy analysis, insight and commentary about the environment and other progressive issues, advances our campaigns, and builds momentum for a healthy and just world.
Jan. 2, 2013 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests / Tags: Adam russell, Arctic shipping
Update: As of late in the evening of January 6th, the Kulluk has been attached to a tow line and pulled away from the shore of Sitkalidak Island, where it had previously been grounded. The salvage efforts were aided in part by a late high tide and...
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Dec. 13, 2012 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Adam russell, Climate change
At the height of Superstorm Sandy there was a five-foot surge of water rushing down Don's street. Then, in the middle of the storm, a fire sparked in a neighbor’s house and, by the next day, most of his block was in ashes. “The fire s...
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Oct. 16, 2012 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests / Tags: Adam russell, Redd
Protecting tropical forests is important in the fight against global climate change, but Indigenous Peoples are lining up against what they consider a false solution to the climate crisis. As part of California’s commitment to reduce global...
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Aug. 16, 2012 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Adam russell, Keystone xl
Today, Tar Sands Blockade kicked off a sustained, direct action campaign to stop the construction of the southern section of the Keystone XL pipeline through Oklahoma and Texas. The grassroots organization, comprised of concerned landowners, farme...
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