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.
Jun. 18, 2009 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
The American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (ACELA) fails to heed President Obama’s call for clean energy jobs and a green economy. Instead it takes the same past false steps and increases our reliance on failed dirty energy sources.
Read More »Jun. 9, 2009 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
Polluting special interests have weakened bill; it now falls far short of vision for clean energy future Obama articulated during campaign A bill intended to spur the United States’ transition to a clean energy economy and reduce global warm...
Read More »Jun. 9, 2009 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy
Friends of the Earth staff share their take on international climate negotiations International climate change negotiations are underway in Bonn, Germany. These negotiations, formally known as an "intercessional," are running from June 1 to 12 and...
Read More »Jun. 9, 2009 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
On June 8, a settlement was reached shortly before Shell was due to stand trial in U.S. federal court for complicity in the executions of Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other nonviolent Nigerian activists.
Read More »Jun. 5, 2009 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
This Monday, June 8 is World Oceans Day! After many years and much effort on the part of oceans advocates, the United Nations declared June 8, 2009 as the first official World Oceans Day.
Read More »Jun. 2, 2009 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy
Just when you thought that the Waxman-Markey Climate Bill couldn't get any worse, it does. According to Friends of the Earth's analysis of the bill, the bill would allocated tens of billions of dollars in permits to the industries that contribute...
Read More »Jun. 1, 2009 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth
Read More »May. 22, 2009 / Posted by: KMcmahon / Categories: Blog
The last week’s deliberations on climate legislation in the House Energy and Commerce Committee did not leave environmental safeguards from biofuels unscathed.
Read More »May. 21, 2009 / Posted by: EBast / Categories: Blog
The nations of the world expect U.S. leadership this year in international climate negotiations, which will culminate in the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark in December. These negot...
Read More »May. 15, 2009 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
On Wednesday, we released a joint statement with Greenpeace and Public Citizen to express our concern about disturbing changes to the new climate bill currently being discussed in Congress:
Read More »Tell Home Depot and Lowe’s to stop selling bee-killing pesticides.
