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New report provides first-ever analysis of G20 public financing for energy projects http://priceofoil.org/2017/07/05/g20-financing-climate-disaster WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Donald Trump prepares for his trip to Germany for an expected showdown with G20 leaders on climate change just weeks after his pullout from the Paris Agreement, a report released today shows that the U.S. …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a speech today, Trump announced his intention to remove restrictions on public financing of coal projects overseas. If successful, this could violate an Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) agreement that went into effect January 1, 2017. The OECD Export Credit Group, which the United States is a party …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a highly dramatized Rose Garden event, Donald Trump today announced that the U.S. will begin the process of leaving the Paris climate agreement. Erich Pica, President of Friends of the Earth, U.S., issued the following statement: Today, Donald Trump turned the fate of the planet into a reality T.V. show hosted …
Pipeline Would Place Whooping Cranes, Other Wildlife at Risk GREAT FALLS, Mont.— Landowner and environmental protection groups added a new claim today to their ongoing lawsuit challenging the Keystone XL pipeline project. The claim highlights the project’s threats to critically endangered whooping cranes and other threatened species. The additional claim is against the U.S. Fish …
Polluters celebrate latest attack reversing protections for public lands WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump is expected to sign an Executive Order this morning, initiating a review of public lands recently deemed as National Monuments under protection through the Antiquities Act. The order could allow fossil fuel companies access to millions of acres for new drilling. …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump’s advisors and cabinet officials will today convene a meeting to consider the United States’ commitment to the Paris Agreement, according to reports. The two choices under consideration are weakening the U.S’s already inadequate commitment under the Agreement or pulling out of the pact altogether. Friends of the Earth Senior …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Trump administration ordered a review of the Clean Water Rule, which could roll back critical protections for streams and wetlands and put the drinking water sources for millions of Americans at risk from pollution. Finalized in 2015, the Clean Water Rule clearly defined the waterways subject to protection under the …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the Obama administration’s announcement of a $500 million contribution to the Green Climate Fund, Friends of the Earth U.S. Deputy Director of Economic Policy Karen Orenstein issued the following statement: Friends of the Earth applauds President Obama for providing this urgently needed money to the Green Climate Fund as …
NEW YORK, N.Y. – As part of a global day of action and in solidarity with the Save the Sundarbans movement, New York-based Bangladeshi environmental groups, Friends of the Earth U.S. and allies will hold a protest on Saturday, January 7 at Union Square Park calling for all development of coal plants near the …
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, President Obama withdrew 115 million acres of the Arctic Ocean and 21 underwater canyons in the Atlantic Ocean from future oil and gas development. The Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act vests the president with the authority to withdraw unleased offshore areas from future oil and gas drilling. President Obama has already used this law to protect …