May. 27, 2010 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Economics for the Earth, News Releases
Washington, D.C. -- Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to an Associated Press report that President Obama has fired Elizabeth Birnbaum, the head of the U.S. Minerals Management Service.
Read More »May. 26, 2010 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Economics for the Earth, News Releases
Washington, D.C. — Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) announced Monday that he is introducing legislation to end a variety of loopholes that let big oil corporations skirt paying billions in taxes each year. His bill, called the Close Big Oil ...
Read More »May. 18, 2010 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: Economics for the Earth, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A new “guide” for would-be carbon crooks and schemers released today by Friends of the Earth serves as a warning about the fraud, corruption and gaming abuses that are inherent to carbon trading systems contamina...
Read More »Apr. 9, 2010 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, News Releases
Washington, D.C.— An Obama administration official told the Washington Post in an article written today that it will withhold climate assistance funds from countries not supporting the Copenhagen Accord, including denying $3 million to Boliv...
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