Friends of the Earth Launches Spooky Anti-Nuclear Ad Campaign
Prominent environmental organization Friends of the Earth has already made clear its opposition to the Obama Administration’s support for the nuclear industry, which it is calling a <a href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/02/loan-guarantees-a-nuclear-bailout.ph…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Video Q&A: Optimistic, Thom Yorke Comes to Copenhagen to Ask World Leaders to “Get Their Shit Together”
Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke is no tourist in the climate activism world — he’s defended fair trade, campaigned for Friends of the Earth, edited a climate change edition of the Observer, and sought to make Radiohead’s tours low carbon affairs. And now he’s come to Copenhagen, just hours before a possible agreement, determined to find reason for optimism — and perhaps set world leaders straight.
When I spoke to the head Radiohead this afternoon, he had recent…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Friends of The Earth Banned From COP15
Civil Society groups are being targeted at COP15 with none being more punished than Friends of the Earth International, which has been banned from the Bella Centre, site of the UN Climate talks. About 50 Friends of the Earth representatives, all with accreditation and secondary badges, have been refused admission to the conference. The group has set <a href=”http://www.foe.co…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Europe Could Double Its Emission Reductions For €2 a Day Per Person Cost
Here’s another report showing how comparatively little it could cost to take meaningful action on climate change: The Stockholm Environment Institute, in partnership with Friends of the Earth have released a new report showing that the European Union could double its current emission reduction pledge of 20% below 1990 levels by 2020 at a daily cost of about €2 ($3) per person:…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Could Micro-Renewables Provide 6% of UK Energy? Or Maybe More…
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Matthew reported last year that UK microgeneration from wind and small solar could prove equal to 5 nuclear power stations. But a new report from Friends of the Earth seems to be aiming a little lower—according to The Guardian, the report claims that small-scale renewables could offer 6% of the country’s energy needs by 2020. But sho…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Eat Meat, Ditch Factory Farming, Save the Planet, says Friends of the Earth Report
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You don’t have to be a vegetarian to eat green. Not only that, we can feed the fast-growing population of the planet, and slow down (and eventually stop) climate change, and stop destruction of the world’s forests, all without the deleterious effects of factory farming.
So says a new report from Friends of the Earth, which lays out a model for food production and consumption that includes fair,…Read the full story on TreeHugger
Erich Pica Takes Over Friends of the Earth
Erich Pica is the new Director of Friends of the Earth, the international environmental NGO at the front lines of some of the most serious and controversial problems affecting the natural world. Pica, 34, has been with Friends of the Earth for more than a decade, the last six years as the director of the organization’s domestic programs. …Read the full story on TreeHugger
Singing Cows and Politicians: Fix the Food Chain (Video)
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The carbon footprint of soy beans has long been a point of discussion, with cattle pastures and soy (for animal feed) creating deforestation on an enormous scale. Friends of the Earth UK are the latest in the long line of activist organizations speaking out for change. Or rather – singing out. And they have the help of both bovine and political vocalists……Read the full story on TreeHugger