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.
Feb. 26, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
According to a study released by Friends of the Earth, a high percentage of California furniture contains toxic chemicals that have been linked to cancer, birth defects, hormone disruption, and reproductive and neurological dysfunction. These toxi...
Read More »Feb. 10, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
Plug-In Hybrid Electric vehicles represent one of the most immediate, dramatic, and affordable solutions for reducing petroleum use and global warming pollution from vehicles. Plug-ins are capable of achieving more than 100 miles per gallon gasoli...
Read More »Jan. 16, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
FDA lifts ban on selling meat and dairy products from cloned animals The FDA has buckled to big biotech and agro-business despite more than 150,000 public comments opposing the lifting of the ban, and amendments to the federal Farm Bill and Omnibu...
Read More »Dec. 15, 2007 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
Agreement was reached and the conference ended this afternoon around 5:30 pm -- a full day late.
Read More »Dec. 14, 2007 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
The Ugly
Read More »Dec. 13, 2007 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
Negotiations continued today, largely behind closed doors, with technology transfer for developing countries at the top of the agenda. Rumors are that some agreement has been reached, at least on technology transfer, but it?s unclear whether the f...
Read More »Dec. 12, 2007 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
The intensity level kicked up a notch today. More people, more security, two separate entry lines for "heads of state" and "participants." The high level segment has started with a series of speeches from country representatives today and tomorrow...
Read More »Dec. 11, 2007 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
The Bush administration is once again holding things up in the international climate negotiations. In fact, the United States won the Fossil of the Day award today - a daily award given by the NGO community for doing really stupid things during th...
Read More »Dec. 10, 2007 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
Senator Kerry arrived in Bali today, trumpeting the Lieberman-Warner climate bill as an indication that the United States is ready to take a lead on climate change internationally. Although the bill is an indication that the United States is chang...
Read More »Dec. 9, 2007 / Posted by: RConnors / Categories: Blog
One of the big items being discussed in Bali is an Adaptation Fund that would help developing countries deal with problems arising from climate change - severe weather events, droughts, flooding, impacts on food and water, and other development ch...
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