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.
Jan. 13, 2017 / Posted by: Marissa Knodel / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Coal
Nearly one year after Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell called for a comprehensive review of the federal coal program, the Obama administration released a roadmap for reform of the federal coal program. The 190-page roadmap is a critical and ...
Read More »Jan. 13, 2017 / Posted by: Judith Browne Dianis, executive director of national office of Advancement Project and Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth U.S. / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Legal / Tags: Democracy, Senate, Trump
At few points in our generation does Congress seem poised to vote on something so colossally consequential for the wellbeing of people of color. The nomination of Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) as United States attorney general presents U.S. senators...
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Dec. 30, 2016 / Posted by: Rey Edward / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: #chinadevelopmentbank, #chinaeximbank, #langlang, #mirador, #sosacción ecológica, #sosaccionecologica, #sospuebloshuar
Acción Ecológica is still under threat of closure! Today, Acción Ecológica (AE) is asking YOU to stand with them. Tag a picture of yourself on their Facebook page here with a sign that says #SOSAccionEcologica to show...
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Dec. 23, 2016 / Posted by: Rey Edwards / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: China, Economic policy, International finance, Rey edward
Acción Ecológica under immediate threat On Tuesday, Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment announced plans to shut down one of the country’s leading environmental groups, Acción Ecológica, for their work to prot...
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Dec. 14, 2016 / Posted by: Andrew Fandino / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Andrew fandino, Forests, Palm oil
Guatemalan land rights activist Rigoberto Lima Choc was shot and killed outside a courthouse in Peten, Guatemala on September 18, 2015. The murder occurred one day after a ruling by Judge Karla Hernandez, in a new USAID-supported environmental cou...
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Nov. 23, 2016 / Posted by: Erich Pica / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Democracy / Tags: Climate colonialism, Democracy, Trump
Donald Trump poses a serious threat to our society and our environment. He made his way to the White House by tapping into the deepest and darkest fears in our country and exploiting them. It’s on all of us to fight back. We are outraged by...
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Oct. 21, 2016 / Posted by: Bill Waren / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Bill waren, Tpp, Trade
On October 14, 2016, an Australian–Canadian mining company OceanaGold/Pacific Rim (Pac Rim) lost a $301 million dollar suit against the people of El Salvador before a tribunal associated with the World Bank. Pac Rim alleged that El Salvador ...
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Oct. 11, 2016 / Posted by: Kate Colwell / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Climate, Tpp, Trade, Ttip
Today, October 7, 2016 the United States and the European Union conclude week-long negotiations on the foundering Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership in New York City. At this latest negotiating round, held behind closed doors, civil so...
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Oct. 4, 2016 / Posted by: Peter Stocker / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy / Tags: Climate change, Parenting, Peter stocker
Raising children in the age of global warming OK, I admit it; I am one of those parents who wants to shelter his kids from the worst of what’s out there. Don’t get me wrong; I know it I’ve got to keep my papa bear protective inst...
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Sep. 22, 2016 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth / Tags: Climate, Climate change, Climate finance, Economic policy, Green climate fund, Human rights, Karen orenstein
As the Board of the Green Climate Fund prepares to consider its first high risk projects at the upcoming GCF meeting in South Korea October 12-14, more than 100 groups have issued the following statement to express deep concern about the inadequac...
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