Friends of the Earth

Campaigns

• Tell the Senate: Reject David Bernhardt for Interior Secretary!

  Trump just announced he will nominate David Bernhardt, a former high paid oil lobbyist, to run the Department of the Interior. As Secretary, Bernhardt will be responsible for fossil fuel leasing on our public lands and waters and implementing Trump’s plan to gut the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase Escalante National Monuments. If confirmed, you can imagine what will happen next -- Bernhardt could use his position to help his Big Oil friends dismantle basic protections like the Endangered Species Act. Instead of draining the swamp, Trump wants to turn our National Parks and wild places over to the swamp monsters. We need your help to fight back! Tell the Senate: Bernhardt is a walking conflict of interest and unfit to be Secretary of the Interior.

  27,676 of 30,000 Signatures

  Created by Elizabeth Sherer
• Stop the approval of GMO apples!

  The USDA is poised to approve the first GMO apple. If approved, these genetically engineered apples could end up everywhere from school lunches to grocery stores, posing risks to our health, our environment and apple farmers across the United States. Like other GMOs, it won’t be labeled and won’t have undergone independent safety testing -- regulators will rely on the company’s sole assessment that the apple is safe for human consumption. Worse yet, this GMO apple was genetically engineered via a new, virtually untested experimental technique called RNA interference, which many scientists are concerned may have negative, unintended impacts on human health and the environment. We need your help today, right now, to tell the USDA to say no to GMO apples.

  56,208 of 75,000 Signatures

  Created by Peter Stocker
• Tell Costco: Say NO to GMO salmon

  Despite nearly 2 million comments from the public and scientists saying we don’t want GMO salmon, the FDA may still approve it. This new “frankenfish” could end up on your dinner plate -- and it likely won’t be labeled. This would set a dangerous precedent, since GMO salmon would be the first genetically engineered animal approved for human consumption. It could pave the way for GMO pigs, chickens, and cows to enter the market. Even if the FDA approves this risky fish, by ensuring that the world’s biggest retailers refuse to sell it, we can send a strong message that there is no market for it. Demand that Costco keep GMO salmon off its shelves.

  43,103 of 45,000 Signatures

  Created by Peter Stocker
• Say NO to Big Oil in Giant Sequoia National Monument

  Last month, Donald Trump signed an Executive Order threatening Giant Sequoia National Monument with fossil fuel development. The Department of the Interior is accepting public comments on whether to let Big Oil destroy Giant Sequoia. So we need you to speak up NOW and help save this special place! Tell the Department of the Interior: NO fossil fuel development in Giant Sequoia!

  623 of 800 Signatures

  Created by Peter Stocker
• Quick signature needed: NO fossil fuel development in Giant Sequoia National Monument

  Donald Trump signed an Executive Order threatening Giant Sequoia National Monument with fossil fuel development. Tell the Department of the Interior: NO fossil fuel development in Giant Sequoia!

  59,405 of 75,000 Signatures

  Created by Peter Stocker
• Tell Kroger: Stop selling food grown with bee-killing pesticides!

  This year’s bee die-off numbers are out, and the news isn’t good. Bees are still dying at alarming rates. And it’s largely due to bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides. If we want to stop the massive bee losses, we need to get these pesticides out of our food system. Kroger plays a key role in this fight. It could stop selling food grown with toxic pesticides. But we need YOU to help make that happen! Add your name: Demand that Kroger takes action on toxic pesticides NOW!

  185 of 200 Signatures

  Created by Peter Stocker
• Stop this giveaway to the fossil fuel industry

  The so-called "Energy and Natural Resources Act of 2017" would increase fracking, allow easier approval for dirty oil and gas pipelines and exempt dams for hydro power from environmental laws. We need your help to stop it! Tell your Senators: Stop this giveaway to the fossil fuel industry!

  29 of 100 Signatures

  Created by Peter Stocker
• Tell Costco: Say NO to GMO salmon

  A growing number of major grocery store chains have made commitments to not sell GMO salmon. Even if the FDA approves this risky fish, by ensuring that the world's largest retailers refuse to sell it, we can send a strong message that there is no market for it. Unfortunately, despite the fact that more than 35,000 people have written to Costco's CEO asking him to commit to keep GMO fish off store shelves, this retail giant is still lagging behind its competition. So now we need to turn up the heat and flood Costco's customer service inbox. Tell Costco to join its competitors and just say no to GMO salmon!

  11,557 of 15,000 Signatures

  Created by Peter Stocker
• New Jersey: Tell the EPA to ban bee-killing pesticides

  Europe has already fought back against powerful chemical companies and took a big step to protect bees by putting into effect a ban of the top bee-killing “neonic” pesticides. Now it’s our turn! Join Friends of the Earth and our allies in demanding that the EPA take immediate action to protect bees! Bees are critical in producing the majority of our food crops and the evidence is mounting that Bayer and Syngenta’s pesticides are a key contributor to mass bee die-offs. However, the EPA continues to ignore scientists -- even those employed by the EPA -- and has delayed action until 2018. But the bees can’t wait -- and neither can we! U.S. beekeepers have been consistently losing 40-100 percent of their hives. This winter, beekeepers are likely facing yet another season of historic bee die offs. We can’t let the EPA wait another five years to address this crisis. Please take action today and tell the EPA to ban bee-killing pesticides.

  6,056 of 7,000 Signatures

  Created by Peter Stocker
• California: Tell the EPA to ban bee-killing pesticides

  Europe has already fought back against powerful chemical companies and took a big step to protect bees by putting into effect a ban of the top bee-killing “neonic” pesticides. Now it’s our turn! Join Friends of the Earth and our allies in demanding that the EPA take immediate action to protect bees! Bees are critical in producing the majority of our food crops and the evidence is mounting that Bayer and Syngenta’s pesticides are a key contributor to mass bee die-offs. However, the EPA continues to ignore scientists -- even those employed by the EPA -- and has delayed action until 2018. But the bees can’t wait -- and neither can we! U.S. beekeepers have been consistently losing 40-100 percent of their hives. This winter, beekeepers are likely facing yet another season of historic bee die offs. We can’t let the EPA wait another five years to address this crisis. Please take action today and tell the EPA to ban bee-killing pesticides.

  29,828 of 30,000 Signatures

  Created by Peter Stocker