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.
Dec. 28, 2012 / Posted by: Ben Schreiber / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Ben schreiber, Earth budget, Green scissors
Negotiations are coming down to the wire on the fiscal cliff. Friends of the Earth warned about the dangers of a bad deal and we are still concerned. That is why Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica wrote President Obama and urged him to pres...
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Dec. 21, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Climate change, Climate finance, Earth budget, Karen orenstein, Tax, Wall street
Robin Hood, a champion of ordinary people, made a stop in Washington, D.C. this week -- to put his hat in the ring to replace outgoing U.S. Treasury Sectary Tim Geithner, a champion of Wall Street. Mr. Hood is running on a platform of taxing Wall ...
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Dec. 17, 2012 / Posted by: Erich Pica / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Earth budget, Erich pica, Tax
Call it the fiscal cliff, the fiscal slope or an “austerity crisis,” but no matter the nomenclature, a battle is underway over the role of government in the U.S.: Should we take care of our own or should people be left to fend for them...
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Nov. 8, 2011 / Posted by: Michelle Chan / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Earth budget, Green scissors, Michelle chan
Friends of the Earth is proud to team up with Annie Leonard, creator of the hit video The Story of Stuff, on her latest project -- The Story of Broke. This new video describes the myriad ways in which our government subsidizes big polluters and ot...
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Aug. 18, 2011 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Becca connors, Earth budget, Subsidies
Each year, the federal government gives away more than $10 billion in tax breaks to oil and gas companies. These polluting industries are already raking in record profits -- it’s an outrageous waste of taxpayer dollars to pay them for damagi...
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