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Fact sheets
Friends of the Earth produces factsheets to educate the public about policies being advanced in Congress and by the administration. Below you will find the most recent fact sheets. Click the project name (in parenthesis) to filter publications by project area.
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Fukushima: Impact on agriculture and fisheries (Climate and Energy)
Impact on agriculture and fisheries from the Fukushima-daiichi nuclear disaster
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Fukushima: The future of nuclear power (Climate and Energy)
The future of nuclear power, one year after the Fukushima-daiichi nuclear disaster.
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Issue Brief: Threats posed by the San Onofre nuclear reactors (Climate and Energy)
Friends of the Earth aired a TV ad in southern California in cooperation with organizations in Orange County concerned about the dangers of the nuclear reactors at San Onofre. This issue brief provides a deeper explanation of the problems cited in the ad.
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Stop corporate tax abuse - fund climate solutions and other public needs: The Cut Unjustified Tax Loopholes Act, S. 2075 (Economics for the Earth)
Cracking down on corporate tax dodgers is key to coming up with the funds to pay for essential domestic and international public needs, including assistance for developing countries to address climate change.
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The trouble with corn ethanol (Climate and Energy)
An explanation of the negative environmental, social, and economic effects of using corn ethanol
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Combating and coping with climate change: a social justice perspective (Economics for the Earth)
Position paper on addressing climate change from a social justice perspective, including fossil fuel subsidies
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Durban Assessment: A Climate Deal for the 1% or the 99%? (Climate and Energy)
A civil society analysis of mitigation issues in the Durban talks
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GCF COP 17: Key considerations (Economics for the Earth)
Key considerations for Green Climate Fund at COP 17 (2011)
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Ethanol Infrastructure Factsheet (Climate and Energy)
Corn ethanol infrastructure, which includes pipelines, storage tanks, and special pumps at gas stations, is a bad investment for taxpayers and for the environment
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Genetically engineered mosquitoes in the U.S. (Food and Technology)
A private firm is planning to release potentially harmful genetically engineered mosquitoes in the Florida Keys as early as January, endangering human health and the environment in what would become the first-ever U.S. release of these engineered bugs.