Jun. 9, 2011 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests
Juneau, AK -- Alaskans concerned about the health and economic impacts of toxic cruise ship pollution are welcoming a ruling issued by the Alaska Superior Court this week. The court held the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation’s ...
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Jun. 9, 2011 / Posted by: Kate Horner / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Oceans and Forests
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. By Marjorie Williams, International Gender and Trade Network, Janet Redman, Inst...
Read More »Jun. 6, 2011 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Legal, News Releases, Oceans and Forests
SAN FRANCISCO – Conservation groups filed a legal petition today seeking a mandatory speed limit for large ships traveling through California’s marine sanctuaries. In recent years there has been a dramatic rise in whale deaths attribut...
Read More »Jan. 27, 2011 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests, Publications
San Francisco, CA—Friends of the Earth today released a report detailing the environmental challenges associated with short sea shipping—the regional transportation of goods by ship, rather than by truck or railcar.
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