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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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The risks of REDD in California’s cap and trade (Oceans and Forests)
California's approach towards REDD credits -- offsets generated from avoiding deforestation or degradation in tropical countries -- will undermine both environmental and financial market integrity of the state's climate policy.
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Environmental taxes: A primer (Economics for the Earth)
Tax laws influence where we live, what we eat, how we treat wildlife, what crops we plant and how rapidly we cut down forests. By weaving a set of tax laws that match our society’s values, we can address environmental problems.
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President Obama’s call to end corporate handouts for the fossil fuels industry (Economics for the Earth)
This fact sheet gives an overview of the fossil fuel industry giveaways proposed for elimination in President Obama's Fiscal Year 2012 budget.
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U.S. reactors are vulnerable (Climate and Energy)
This fact sheet provides an overview of the dangers posed by nuclear reactors in the U.S.
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Loan guarantee program risks billions of taxpayer dollars on dirty energy (Economics for the Earth)
This issue brief details how the Department of Energy’s Title XVII loan guarantee program has largely functioned as a massive subsidy for nuclear power plants.
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REDD in California’s cap and trade: undermining environmental and financial market integrity (Oceans and Forests)
The State of California is poised to become the first cap and trade market to accept forest carbon offset credits for compliance purposes. This briefing paper details the related problems and risks.
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Keystone XL: A dirty & dangerous pipeline for tar sands oil (Climate and Energy)
This fact sheet describes the dangers of a pipeline that would carry tar sands oil from Canada to the U.S. Gulf Coast.
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Oil exploitation in Canada’s tar sands (Climate and Energy)
Tar sands oil is a high carbon fuel strip-mined from beneath Canada’s Boreal forest. This highly polulting fuel represents an increasingly significant portion of the fuel used in cars in the United States.
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2010 Cruise ship environmental report card (Oceans and Forests)
The 2010 Cruise Ship Report Card lets vacationers decide which cruise to take based on a cruise ship or cruise line’s environmental and human health impacts.
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The Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit: Why it wastes money (Climate and Energy)
Over the last several years, subsidies and mandates have led to a massive expansion of corn ethanol production in the U.S. The largest of the tax credits is VEETC.