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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
2w ago
Plastic pollution poses a major threat to the health of our oceans, waterways and communities. Unsurprisingly, the same fossil fuel companies driving our global climate crisis are also expanding harmful petrochemical production throughout the United States, turning their own toxic waste into products they can profit off of. These facilities ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
2M ago
Rather than pursuing a peaceful resolution following these recent business suspensions, Astra Agro Lestari is fomenting further violence and intimidation ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
2M ago
Agribusiness companies operating in the Brazilian Cerrado continue to drive violence, intimidation, and dispossession against Indigenous leaders, traditional communities and environmental human rights defenders ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
2M ago
Disinformation is a threat to the stability of democracy and undermines our ability to tackle nearly every problem we face — from addressing climate change to securing LGBTQ+ rights to ensuring public health ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
7M ago
If a destructive palm oil company is suspended by consumer goods giants for land grabbing and human right abuses, will we finally get our land back ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
7M ago
This piece is a set of reflections from Jeff Conant, International Forests Program Director, during a recent trip to Indonesia to meet with local village communities. Villager displaying petai bean pods in Air Pahlawan // Photo Courtesy of Jeff Conant The village of Air Pahlawan in Sumatra ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
8M ago
The popular herbicide is still being sold despite over 125,000 lawsuits. Explore how dangerous this product truly is ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
8M ago
Have you ever walked into your favorite grocery store only to see some of your favorite foods missing in the produce section? Unfortunately, this could become commonplace if we don’t end the use of toxic pesticides in our food system ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
10M ago
This month, Southeastern Grocers became the twelfth major U.S. grocery retailer to create a pollinator health policy in response to Friends of the Earth’s Bee-Friendly Retailer Scorecard. The new policy states that the company will work with suppliers of fresh produce ..read more
Friends of the Earth Blog
10M ago
Our goal in engaging IFC is to encourage the bank to shift its agricultural lending toward diversified and climate-resilient food systems ..read more