Contact: [email protected] This week, Senators Joe Manchin and John Barrasso proposed the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024, the latest resurrection of the dirty deal that sacrifices our communities and planet in the interest of the fossil fuel industry.  This dirty deal “accelerates leasing and permitting decisions for all types of energy projects on federal The post Climate Justice Alliance Strongly Opposes Manchin’s dirty deal, re-resurrected as the “Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024” appeared first on Climate Justice Alliance.

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July 19, 2024 Dear Members of the U.S. House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, Earlier this month, the House Appropriations Committee marked up a spending bill to be voted on by the full House of Representatives. If passed it would mandate a slew of harmful policies, reversals, cuts and backward motion that the environmental and The post 240 Organizations Send Letter to Congress Opposing FY 2025 Interior Appropriations Bill appeared first on Climate Justice Alliance.

CONTACT: Anya Silverman-Stoloff | [email protected]  NATIONAL – This morning, Climate Justice Alliance sent a letter signed by 240 climate, environmental and social justice groups around the country to members of the U.S. House and Senate Appropriations Committees, condemning the 2025 Fiscal Year Appropriations bill for the Interior and Environment. The bill, if passed in its The post 240 Climate Justice Groups, Community Orgs, and National Environmental Groups Sign On to Letter Condemning 2025 Appropriations Bill appeared first on Climate Justice Alliance.

This July 11, 2024 campaign update, appearing on Vanguard S.O.S.m discusses “a Biofuelwatch investigation, in collaboration with BankTrack, the Environmental Paper Network (EPN), Global Justice Ecology Project, the Global Forest Coalition (GFC), and Chilean digital media platform Resumen.” The following is the first paragraph of the campaign update, which can be read in full on The post Vanguard S.O.S.: Conflict and controversy swirl around Vanguard investments in Chilean pulp giant Arauco appeared first on Global Justice Ecology Project.

For Immediate Release July 8, 2024 Contact: Steve Taylor (314) 210 1322 New York – July 8th, Global Justice Ecology Project (GJEP) has requested that the United Stated Department of Agriculture (USDA), Office of Inspector General investigate what has been described in media reports as what could be a lack of transparency by the New The post Press Release:GJEP requests USDA, Office of Inspector General investigate SUNY GE American Chestnut debacle appeared first on Global Justice Ecology Project.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, June 28, 2024 CONTACT: Anya Silverman-Stoloff | [email protected]  Climate Justice Alliance Condemns Supreme Court Decision to Reverse 40 Year Old Ruling, Putting Polluters and Profits Over Communities Washington, D.C. – Today, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) overturned the so-called Chevron doctrine in a 6-3 ruling, once again demonstrating The post Climate Justice Alliance Condemns Supreme Court Decision to Reverse 40 Year Old Ruling, Putting Polluters and Profits Over Communities appeared first on Climate Justice Alliance.

Can converting petroleum refineries into renewable diesel production truly serve as a green alternative, or is it merely greenwashing? Join us this week on Breaking Green as we tackle this controversial issue with Gary Hughes from Biofuelwatch. Gary reveals the significant risks and threats posed by industrial bioenergy projects, including their impacts on land, forests, The post Breaking Green: The Renewable Diesel Scam with Gary Hughes appeared first on Global Justice Ecology Project.

As originally posted on the Geoengineering Monitor. Guest article by California residents Gary Hughes, Biofuelwatch/Geoengineering Monitor, and Eesha Rangani, HOME! Alliance Marine Geoengineering Working Group coordinator. In the early hours of this morning, City of Alameda City Council members voted unanimously to call off the University of Washington’s Marine Cloud Brightening Project (MCBP), which had been conducting a The post Geoengineering Monitor: City Of Alameda Puts A Stop To The University Of Washington’s Marine Cloud Brightening Experiment appeared first on Global Justice Ecology Project.

Mass-Protest against genetically engineered (GE) trees at an International Union of Forest Research Organizations Tree Biotechnology conference in Asheville, NC in May 2013. Photo: Orin Langelle/GJEP May 30, 2024 – the importance of our our ten years of dedication to protecting the forests from the risks and unknowns of the genetically engineered American chestnut has The post Defective genetically engineered American chestnut tree rocked with scandal appeared first on Global Justice Ecology Project.