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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Nov. 22, 2011 / Posted by: Ben Schreiber / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Oceans and Forests / Tags: Ben schreiber, Green scissors, Tax
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...
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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...
Read More »Aug. 25, 2011 / Posted by: Ben Schreiber / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Ben schreiber, Green scissors
The recently released Green Scissors 2011 report identifies environmentally beneficial spending cuts that could save taxpayers more than $380 billion. Recommended cuts range from giveaways to big oil companies to road projects to environmentally d...
Read More »May. 10, 2011 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Budget, Green scissors, Kelly trout
Our elected officials set the tone for the upcoming budget debate early in the wake of the 2010 elections by trading expensive tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires in order to extend unemployment benefits for the millions of Americans who st...
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