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. 25, 2013 / Posted by: Damon Moglen / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Damon moglen, Keystone xl, Tar sands
As Senator John Kerry’s confirmation hearing opened yesterday, President Obama set high expectations for his nominee to lead the State Department with a rigorous commitment to combating catastrophic climate change. But for Kerry to live up t...
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Oct. 18, 2011 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Kelly trout, Keystone xl, Tar sands
Evidence is mounting that the State Department's review of a proposed tar sands oil pipeline has been corrupted by bias, lobbyist influence and conflicts of interest. The growing scandal is making front-page headlines and putting new pressure on P...
Read More »Oct. 14, 2011 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Kelly trout, Keystone xl, Tar sands
October 14, 2011: Our communications director has compiled a must-read list of coverage of the Keystone XL pipeline controversy. There’s been a lot of coverage. He's compiled some of the last week’s key stories here.
Read More »Oct. 3, 2011 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Keystone xl, Nick berning, Tar sands
With the release of the second batch of documents, the filing of a lawsuit to stop illegal pipeline construction work in Nebraska and the expansion of our Freedom of Information Act request, there has been extensive media coverage of the pro-pipel...
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Oct. 2, 2011 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Keystone xl, Nick berning, Tar sands
Friends of the Earth and allies have obtained internal emails from the State Department that provide definitive evidence of bias and complicity in the department's review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. The emails are a key pa...
Read More »Sep. 13, 2011 / Posted by: Rebecca Connors / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Becca connors, Keystone xl, Tar sands
We have obtained documents from the State Department in response to our Freedom of Information Act request that provide evidence of agency bias and indicate the State Department was doing favors for TransCanada during the Keystone XL review.
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Sep. 2, 2011 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Kelly trout, Keystone xl, Tar sands
With joy and resolve, I was arrested for the first time on August 29. I joined more than 1,200 people who stubbornly planted their bodies on President Obama’s doorstep across two weeks of rolling sit-ins because I am fed up, but I have not g...
Read More »Apr. 22, 2011 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Keystone xl, Tar sands
A new report, Dirty Business: How TransCanada Pipelines bullies farmers, manipulates oil markets, threatens fresh water and skimps on safety in the United States, examines the tactics and motivations of TransCanada Pipelines, one of the continent&...
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Jan. 28, 2011 / Posted by: Kim Huynh / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Keystone xl, Kim huynh, Tar sands
Friends of the Earth is fighting to secure the Obama administration's veto on a massive proposed pipeline called the Keystone XL, which would carry extremely polluting tar sands oil from Canada through six U.S. states to refineries in Texas. The ...
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