The Keystone XL pipeline influence scandal
President Obama made a campaign promise to tell lobbyists that "their days of setting the agenda are over." Yet his State Department's review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline has been corrupted by bias, lobbyist influence and conflicts of interest.
More about the scandal | More about the pipeline | The Cardno-Entrix conflict of interest | Bias and complicity in State Department emails | Take action
The Story of Broke illustrates why we aren't
Friends of the Earth is proud to team up with Annie Leonard on her latest project -- The Story of Broke. This new video describes the myriad ways in which our government subsidizes big polluters and other destructive industries, concluding, "There is money, it’s ours, and it’s time to invest it right."
Watch the video | Blog post: "Prioritizing people, not polluters" | Our Earth Budget campaign
Genetically engineered fish tour takes off
Our biotechnology campaigner Eric Hoffman is going on a week-long tour of Atlantic Canada to raise awareness about the risks of genetically engineered fish on our environment and our health, something we’ve been working on for the past year.
Read more | Take action | Tour schedule | Our issue brief on genetically engineered salmon
Earth Budget campaign: prioritizing people, not polluters
Our Earth Budget campaign works to ensure adequate funding for environmental protections while making corporations pay for the costs of their pollution, for example through a carbon tax and ending giveaways to oil and gas corporations and other polluters.
Take action | Read Green Scissors 2011 | Editorial memo | Download the action toolkit | Learn more
