Friends of the Earth
Depressing New Study Shows Christmas Chocolate Boxes Are More Wrapping Than Chocolate
Consumer charity Which? finds that in the UK’s best-selling boxes, packaging often makes up almost half of the product’s total weight.
How Much of a Disaster Is Scrapping the Department of Energy and Climate Change?
In doing so, Theresa May has signalled to the world that Britain doesn't care about the environment, and once again, young people will face the consequences.
Activists File Emergency Legal Action to Halt the Reactivation of a Nuclear Reactor in New York
Friends of the Earth filed a petition on Tuesday with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, saying an investigation is need to determine why 1 in 4 cooling system bolts in one of the facility's reactors was degraded or missing.
This Pesticide Might Be Killing off Bees
The US Environmental Protection Agency has released the first of four assessments into the insecticides that environmental groups say are linked to a dramatic decline in bee populations.
The Battle Over Keystone XL Is Far From Finished. Here's What Comes Next.
Following TransCanada's request for a delay in a US State Department decision over the fate of the Keystone XL pipeline, environmental groups are pushing the Obama administration to deny the request — and the pipeline altogether.
Tens of Thousands Take to the Streets of London Demanding Action on Climate Change
The march comes ahead of a UK general election in May and international climate talks in Paris at the end of the year.
In Defiance of Congress, Nutritional Panel Says Eating Meat Damages Environment
The group that advises the US Department of Agriculture and Department of Heath and Human Services on changes to federal nutrition standards says a plant-based diet is more environmentally sustainable.
Cruise Ships Legally Dump Massive Amounts of Shit Into the Oceans
Despite record profits, the industry is also releasing eight billion gallons of "grey water" from sinks and showers in the ocean each year, says the environmental group Friends of the Earth.
Large-Scale Sustainable Beef Is Still an Empty Promise
Earlier this month, an international coalition of beef-producing megacorporations put forth a document they say will guide their industry towards raising more sustainable beef. But though the language of the document is lofty, industry experts accuse...
Why Obama’s New International Climate Change Plan Is Probably Doomed
The president wants to name and shame the rest of the world into cutting carbon emissions, but that requires moral authority, which America sorely lacks these days.