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Learn more about environmental protection and climate action by reading our featured blog posts. Friends of the Earth, as an outspoken leader in the environmental and progressive communities, seeks to change the perception of the public, media, and policymakers. We are committed to growing and strengthening our activist base to fight for change.
Friends of the Earth Blog
3w ago
Yesterday, the Biden-Harris administration released a 6-point policy framework for reducing US imports of products tied to deforestation. Friends of the Earth US commends the outgoing Administration’s delivery of this framework and guidance on the direction of the US government’s commitment to halt ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
1M ago
The Weather Modification Reporting Act of 1972 requires that all activities that attempt to produce “artificial changes in the composition, behavior, or dynamics of the atmosphere” must file public transparency reports ..read more
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1M ago
The TREES Act — which passed the Legislature in May — would require New York state to prove it is not purchasing products driving deforestation. If signed, it would be the first anti-deforestation law in the U.S ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
1M ago
When we consider the tragic increase in deforestation in the last year (16 million acres permanently lost – let alone 10 times that amount degraded from logging, road building and forest fires), or when we call to mind the tragic violence against those defending their land ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
3M ago
Voluntary carbon markets are defined as carbon markets where companies aren’t required to lower emissions but choose to buy carbon offsets ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
4M ago
What is solar geoengineering? Technologies that would reflect a portion of the sun’s rays back into space ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
4M ago
What is marine geoengineering? Attempts to manipulate the Earth’s oceans to counteract the effects of climate change ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
4M ago
The World Bank Group (WBG) plays a massive role in directing global economic development, and has the potential to support climate mitigation and adaptation by strategically using public funds. Unfortunately, it continues to invest in profitable, polluting companies under the guise of green development. Over the past year, the ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
5M ago
Is nuclear power bad for the environment? Is it dangerous, expensive, and a threat to public health? Also yes ..read more
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6M ago
How are plastics produced? Petrochemicals are the building blocks of plastics, as well as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides ..read more