100+ Organizations Voice Deep Concern Over Violence to Advance Canada’s Atico Mining Project in Ecuador Quito/Ottawa. Today 108 human rights and environmental organizations sent a letter to Atico Mining Corporation and the president of Ecuador urging a stop to the militarization, criminalization, and intimidation of the campesino, Montubio, and Indigenous communities of Palo Quemado (Sigchos, Cotopaxi)
Civil Society Calls for Action on Conflict of Interest at the Global Plastic Pollution Treaty negotiations “Public participation is a human right, and meaningful and active participation is integral to the success of the negotiations of the plastics treaty.” Dear Executive Director Andersen and Secretary Mathur-Filipp, At least 143 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists registered for
UAE in the HAC letter To: High Ambition Coalition co-chairs Tuesday, 16 April 2024 Subject: No Ambition with UAE in the HAC Dear HAC co-chairs, Ahead of the upcoming fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to advance a plastic treaty (INC-4) in Ottawa, Canada, and following the publication of your Member States Ministerial Statement the undersigned
Friends of the Earth asks: Is clean fuel a climate solution or environmental disaster? In 2016, Environment and Climate Change Canada proposed a Clean Fuel Standard, intended to be a technology-neutral performance-based standard to incentivize the deployment of low-carbon fuels and technologies and aims to reduce Canada’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30 million tonnes
Friends of the Earth has long been aware of the leadership position earned by the Beer Store’s early action on recycling and waste management. “I was one of the panel members reviewing the application for the Beer Store’s use of Canada’s EcoLogo on its comprehensive waste management program – long before it was fashionable. So
Sign 4 Change – Bee Cause Fundraiser Date: April 22, 2014 6 – 9 pm Location: Atomic Rooster, 303 Bank Street, Ottawa, ON, Canada Tickets available here. Friends of the Earth believes in the power of song to inspire friends of the earth everywhere to act personally and collectively to insist on a safe and
