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Report from Copenhagenpage 4

Saving the Clean Air Actpage 12

AS WE CELEBRATE THE 40th anniver-sary of Earth Day, it’s important toreflect on what the past fourdecades have achieved for the envi-ronment, and likewise to recognizethe changing priorities in our workto champion a just and healthyworld. On January 21, 2010, the U.S.Supreme Court ruled that corpora-tions can spend unlimited amountsof money to elect or defeat candi-dates for public office. The case,Citizens United vs. Federal ElectionCommission, gives corporations likeExxon, Massey and Goldman Sachsthe same rights that individualshave to influence elections.Suddenly “We the People” doesn’tring so true; the court’s decision isgreater than the ruling itself, andhas the potential to transform ourdemocracy.

Prior to this ruling, special inter-ests already had far too much influ-ence in Washington. Friends of theEarth campaigners regularly battlecorporations for the attention ofpolitical leaders. This issue’s coverstory describes our efforts to stopcorporations like Petro-Canada (aSunoco subsidiary) from despoilingthe Boreal Forest in Alberta, Canadafrom tars sands production. Oftencalled the "Amazon of the North,"this area is one of the world's lastlarge, mostly untouched ecosystems,with hundreds of unique species ofbirds and mammals depending onit.

You will also read about ourefforts to preserve a bedrock envi-ronmental law, the Clean Air Act,from evisceration. Since the 2009Supreme Court decision affirmingEPA’s authority to regulate global

warming emissions through theClean Air Act, the Chamber ofCommerce and Senators LisaMurkowski (R-AK) and BlancheLincoln (D-AR) have fought to stripthis authority. Simply put, if we losethe Clean Air Act we lose one of ourprimary tools to force corporationsto reduce their global warmingemissions.

In the span of a year the SupremeCourt first expanded our ability toreduce global warming pollution,but then created a huge obstacle toprotecting the environment. Butthere is cause for hope. Friends ofthe Earth is working at the state,national and international level tosolve today’s most pressing environ-mental issues. During the climatenegotiations in Copenhagen inDecember, more than 100 heads ofstate gathered to negotiate a fairand just international climateagreement. Friends of the Earthcampaigners from across the globejoined a representation of more

than 100,000 activists inCopenhagen, at one point taking tothe streets outside the negotiatingcenter to demand climate justice inan unprecedented showing of soli-darity. Just recently, after years ofhard work, we won an importantvictory at the InternationalMaritime Organization that allowsthe United States and Canada toclean up international shipping pol-lution.

The Citizens United decision isforcing Friends of the Earth toaddress fundamental concernsabout corporate power and what itmeans for our campaign efforts.Unlimited campaign contributionsare just one symptom of a govern-ment that has allowed corporategiants to become “too big to fail.”Challenging corporate power andwealth is bigger than Friends of theEarth and the environmental com-munity, yet is fundamental to ourfight, and to activists fighting onfinancial reform, health care reformand workers rights. We are all in thistogether and it’s going to take masspeople power to retake our elec-tions and our government.

In Copenhagen, activists march-ing in the streets shouted “SystemChange, Not Climate Change.” As wecelebrate the 40th Earth Day, it istime the environmental communitydedicated itself to system change.

Erich PicaPresident

Reflections on the Eve of Earth Day

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Friends of the Earth has moved to abrand new space at 1100 15th St, NW,11th Floor, Washington, DC 20005.Our phone number, fax number andstaff extensions have remained thesame.

We’ve Moved!

Thanks to all our activistswho joined us in celebrat-ing the second annualBiofools Day on April 1st!We called out five majorbiofuels proponents,including corporate exec-utives, industry lobbyistsand government repre-sentatives and asked you to vote for

the biggest biofool. Thisyear more than 2,300activists participated and selected Rep. CollinPeterson (D-MN). Ourstaff hand delivered aspecial Biofools Award to Peterson’s office —watch the video here:

www.youtube.com/FriendsoftheEarthUS.

Biofools Day Winner Announced

The World Bank is once again fundingdirty fuels; this time it’s a massivelypolluting coal plant in South Africa.Groundwork, the Friends of the Earthgroup in South Africa, asked for ourhelp in fighting the $3.75 billion loanand so we joined them and otheractivists in asking U.S. officials to puta stop to the project. With your helpwe sent them a photo petition show-ing them the faces of real peoplefrom across the U.S. who oppose thisproject. You can watch the video petition we sent to them here:www.youtube.com/FriendsoftheEarthUS.Instead of siding with dirty coal, theWorld Bank should help South Africareduce poverty and meet electricity

needs with energy efficiency andclean technologies like wind andsolar.

Photo Petition to Stop World Bank Project

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President’s Column . . . 2

Ecobites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Spotlight on OurFriends: Report fromCopenhagen . . . . . . . . . . 4

Save the Date: The Green Ball. . . . . . . . . 5

Behind the Scenes: Eric Hoffman . . . . . . . . . 6

Earth Friends Challenge Grant. . . . . . . 7

Cover Story: Uncoveringthe Dirtiest Project on Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Saving the Clean Air Act . . . . . . . . . 12

Ship Shape: An Updateon the Clean VesselsCampaign. . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Planned Giving . . . . . . 14

Annual Meeting of the Membership . . . . . 15

Get involved in issues and debates affecting human health and the planet by signing up for Friends of theEarth action alerts and monthly newsletters by email. Go to www.foe.org and enter your email address in the boxprovided in the left-hand navigation bar.

Cover: Photographs of the pristine BorealForest and how tar sands companies aredestroying the Boreal with their strip mines.Pictures by Peter Essick, Aurora Photos.

Communications Intern Scott Baumgartnerholds an anti-coal sign in front of the WorldBank building.

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By Nick Berning

IN DECEMBER, I AND SIX otherFriends of the Earth staff traveled toCopenhagen, Denmark, to serve asformal observers at the UnitedNations climate summit there.

Our goal was simple: to advocatefor climate justice in the form of anagreement to bring down emissions ofheat-trapping gases in a fair andambitious way. We knew such anagreement wouldn’t be easy to secure,especially since the United Statesentered the negotiations with a weakposition, but we were determined todo all we could to make the case forwhat science and justice require.

Representatives from 193 coun-tries and many non-profit advocates(including more than 500 fromFriends of the Earth’s membergroups in 77 countries) attended thesummit, but the spotlight was ondelegates from a few wealthynations, especially the United States.The outcome hinged on whetherthey would commit to aggressivepollution cuts, and whether theywould provide sufficient financialsupport to poor countries to enablethem to respond to the climate cri-sis. (Wealthy, industrialized nationshave pumped the vast majority ofclimate-warming pollution into theatmosphere, so they bear responsi-bility to lead the way in bringingabout solutions.)

But the United States and otherrich countries refused to budge fromtheir initial weak positions. Indeed, aUN document leaked during thesummit revealed that the proposalsthey brought to the table were likelyto cause global temperatures toincrease at least three degreesCelsius—a catastrophic rise that

could drown small island states andharm people in vulnerable commu-nities around the world, includingmany Americans.

We did our best to change thisdynamic. We worked long hours(negotiations start early in the morn-ing and often continue past mid-night) reviewing and responding todrafts of negotiating texts. We lob-bied delegates one-on-one, generatedmedia coverage to call out countriesthat were impeding progress, andjoined allies in organizing a marchthat brought more than 100,000 opti-mistic and engaged global citizenstogether to call for climate justice indowntown Copenhagen.

We also encountered the unex-pected. On the morning ofWednesday, December 12, more than50 members of the Friends of theEarth team, myself included, weresurprised to arrived at the summitand be told by UN officials that ourorganization had been deemed a

security threat and was therefore“suspended” and denied access. Thisdespite the fact that Friends of theEarth is an explicitly nonviolentorganization that posed no dangerwhatsoever. We decided to makelemonade out of the lemons the UNtried to hand us and staged animpromptu sit-in. The sit-in generat-ed media coverage around theworld, through which we were ableto reiterate our call for climate jus-tice. After a few hours, the head ofthe conference, UN climate executivesecretary Yvo de Boer, came out andacknowledged that the UN hadmade mistakes and he wanted towork out a solution. Friends of theEarth was subsequently re-admitted.

Unfortunately, rich countriesrefused to budge, and with one dayleft, the conference remained at astandstill. At this point delegatesfrom a handful of countries metbehind closed doors and produced aflimsy agreement that became

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Report from Copenhagen

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known as the “Copenhagen Accord.”The non-binding Accord falls farshort of what scientists say is need-ed and contains insufficient fundingfor solutions in the developingworld. After President Obamaannounced a deal had been struck,delegates from countries that hadbeen excluded from the back-room

process were irate and refused toapprove the Accord. Instead, the con-ference concluded after a vote tomerely “note” the Accord’s existence.The work of forging a strong andjust deal to stave off catastrophic cli-mate impacts remained unfinished.

Fortunately, while the cost of solv-ing the climate crisis rises each day,

it remains a crisis that can largely beaverted. But achieving success at theinternational level will require amuch stronger climate justice move-ment, particularly in the UnitedStates, which has refused to dowhat’s needed. Friends of the Earthis working to build that movement.Will you be with us?

S AV E T H E D AT E ■

FRIENDS OF THE EARTH IS pleased toannounce this year’s Green Ball to beheld Friday, May 21st in SanFrancisco. Our venue, 1 Fort Mason,overlooks Aquatic Park and AlcatrazIsland and is a model of green his-toric renovation.

The Green Ball Awards ceremonywill be hosted by Bay Area televi-sion journalist Doug McConnell andwe will present awards to TomHormel for his long-standing com-mitment to environmental andhumanitarian efforts and ZemJoaquin for her commitment togreen living and sustainabledesign. We will also present anaward to 7th grader AitanGrossman. At the age of 12, Aitanwrote an earth ballad called “100Generations” and created the web-site www.kidEarth.us so kids couldsing along. Aitan’s kidEarth projecthas become an internation-al movement creating a unitedyouth voice in the climate battle.

For more information on purchas-ing tickets or becoming a sponsor,please visit www.foe.org/green-ballcontact Caely French at 415-544-0790ext 212 or cfrench@foe.org.

Green Ball Co-ChairsLinda S. GordonRussell Long

Green Ball Honorary ChairsJayni & Chevy Chase

SponsorsBetter PlaceTom & Lane DriscollFred Gellert Family FoundationLinda S. GordonJim & Linda KuhnsRussell LongShirley LoubeNutivaPohaku FundMarcia Rodgers & Garrett Loube

Auction and In-Kind SponsorsBardessonoBlueprint StudiosEsalenFork & Spoon ProductionsFrey VineyardsHotel VitaleKripalu Center for Yoga and HealthNorth Coast Brewing CompanyOCSC Sailing SchoolOrchard Garden HotelStowe Mountain LodgeUS Pure Water Corp.

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Interview by Kim Huynh

ERIC HOFFMAN IS THE NEW GeneticTechnology Policy Campaigner atFriends of the Earth. Find out how he’sprotecting the basic units of livingorganisms from corporate interests.

What are the problemsassociated with gene patenting? Around 20 percent of the humangenome has already been patentedby private interests. As is the casewith patents on two genes that cor-relate with increased risk for breastand ovarian cancer, these patentsraise serious public health and ethi-cal issues. One company, MyriadGenetics, owns those naturally-occurring DNA sequences and anymutations that may occur in thatsequence. Patients don’t even haveaccess to their own genes and aren’table to get a second opinion since

that would violate the patent.Myriad charges $3,000 per test, anexorbitant amount that decreasesaccess to this test since many peoplecan’t afford the screening costs.

Why does it matter?The fight against gene patents isabout more than semantics in patentlaw—it’s about social justice. Genesand other DNA sequences are facts of

nature, part of the common good andshould be outside the realm ofpatentability. Gene patents are allow-ing the commoditization of life. Theydecrease access to health care and sci-entific innovation. They also allow ahandful of corporations and privateinterests to own the genetic code oflife and use it for their own profits atthe expense of the common good.

What is Friends of the Earthdoing to combat this? Friends of the Earth is taking thelead in support of the “GenomicResearch and Accessibility Act” in theU.S. Congress. This legislation wouldban the patenting of all naturally-occurring genes and DNA sequences.We are organizing a broad coalitionof environmental, pubic health,women’s rights, agriculture, and reli-gious groups to fight for the passageof the bill in Congress.

The Corporate Gene Rush: An Interview with Eric

Eric Hoffman

T R I B U T E ■

By Brent Blackwelder

ONE OF THE GREAT conservationleaders of the 20th century, StewartUdall, died on March 20th, 2010 athis home in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Stewart Udall served in Congress,representing the Tucson, Arizonaarea from 1954 to 1960 and then asSecretary of the Interior from 1962 to1969 under President Kennedy andPresident Johnson. Under Udall’sleadership, more than 3.8 millionacres of our nation were protectedas national parks, monuments,wildlife refuges, and scenic rivers.

Throughout his life, Stewart Udallrecognized the most harmful envi-ronmental health problems in theU.S. and did something about them.Growing up in the Southwest,Stewart knew of the health problemssuffered by uranium miners, NativeAmericans, and ranchers who wereexposed to the radiation from min-ing and bomb testing. He represent-ed victims’ groups and helped obtainrecognition of the problem and com-pensation for those impacted.

At a time when the chemical indus-try was assiduously mounting a mere-tricious campaign against RachelCarson and her book Silent Spring that

detailed the dangers of pesticides,Stewart came to her defense.

Stewart paid a tribute to thefounder of Friends of the Earth, saying,“Thank God for David Brower. Hemakes the rest of us seem reasonable.”Udall recognized that without strongenvironmental advocates pointing tothe True North, elected and appointedofficials will be pushed toward lowestcommon denominators.

Stewart Udall set the model, so letus hope that our elected and appoint-ed leaders follow in his footsteps.

For the full tribute, go to:www.foe.org/tribute-stewart-udall.

Remembering Stewart Lee Udall (1920-2010)

CONSERVATION AND THE ENVIRONMENT DESERVE MORE THAN 2%*

Earth Friends Conservation Fund is supporting our goal to raise $150,000 with a generous Challenge Grant!

Despite overwhelming scientific evidence that says we must move more swiftly in the right direction in the fight againstglobal warming, there are still those advocating false “solutions.” With your help, we continue to expose these false solutionsand are able to offer real answers to global warming.

Send your contribution in today to help Friends of the Earth reach the Earth Friends Challenge goal!* Conservation and the environment receive 2% of America's philanthropic dollars. Most people think it deserves more. Source – Giving USA 2008 Report

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By Alex Moore

DEEP IN THE BOREAL FOREST ofCanada, Big Oil is on a mission toexpand the world’s biggest andmost destructive industrial project:oil extraction in the tar sands. TheBoreal Forest, the “Amazon of theNorth,” is one of world’s last large,mostly untouched ecosystems, withhundreds of unique species of birdsand mammals depending on it.Many indigenous communities,called First Nations in Canada, alsolive in and near the forest, wherethey maintain their cultures. But BigOil couldn’t care less. Its cohort ofgiant corporations is planning tostrip mine and drill a Florida-sizedregion of the Boreal in order toextract tar sands oil, lying severalfeet underground.

Tar sands is an unconventionalsource of oil and the world’s dirtiestfuel. Getting petroleum out of tarsands requires huge inputs of natu-ral gas and water. Producing oilfrom tar sands emits three timesmore global warming pollutionthan producing conventional oil.

Also, to make each barrel of oil, com-panies drain more than 100 gallonsof fresh water from the mightyAthabasca River and dump the pol-luted water into giant toxic ponds,where it will fester for decades,leaching into local groundwater.

The indigenous people who livedownriver from the tar sands opera-tions are being heavily impacted by

the pollution. The AthabascaChipewyan First Nations havedepended on the Athabasca Riverand its fish for centuries. Becausethe tar sands’ toxic ponds have pol-luted the water, the fish that makeup much of the Chipewyan diet arenow contaminated with dangerouschemicals like arsenic. First Nationslike the Chipewyan have experi-

Uncovering the Dirtiest Photographs of the pristine Boreal Forest and how tar sands companies are destroying the Boreal with their strip mines.

Greenwashing RevealedIf you tuned into any TV cover-age of the Olympics, it wouldhave been hard to miss theubiquitous ad from theCanadian American BusinessCouncil. The ad touts theUnited States and Canada’s“mutual respect for the envi-ronment,” but then goes on toshamelessly greenwash one ofNorth America’s worst envi-ronmental disasters, the mas-sive project to extract oil fromAlberta’s tar sands. We took CABC to task on the Huffington Post blog,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/erich-pica/the-attempted-corporate-g_b_480888.html,taking stills from their ad and painting a more realistic picture of tar sands.

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enced high rates of rare cancerssince the tar sands operationsbegan. Because of this attack ontheir communities, the ChipewyanNation and others are organizingand fighting back against Big Oil.

Unfortunately, the oil companiesare gearing up to inflict even moredestruction. Not satisfied with the800,000 barrels of tar sands oilalready exported to the UnitedStates each day, Big Oil is pushingto build three new pipelines thatwould triple that amount. TheBush and Obama administrationshave already approved the first twopipelines, but the permit for thebiggest of the three, the KeystoneXL pipeline, still sits before theObama administration – and we’reworking to make sure the presi-dent rejects it.

Right now, because of limitedpipeline infrastructure, companiescannot move tar sands oil much fur-ther than the Midwest. TheKeystone XL pipeline would cutfrom Montana all the way to theGulf Coast, the country’s largest oilrefining hub, and dramatically

expand the distribution of dirty tarsands oil throughout the UnitedStates. Stopping this pipeline is keyto stopping the destruction of forestand lives in Canada’s Boreal:Outside of the United States, Big Oilis having trouble finding buyers forits tainted tar sands goods.

Friends of the Earth kicked off itstar sands campaign in 2009 to haltBig Oil’s destruction of the Borealand act in solidarity with indige-nous communities organizing forenvironmental justice. We are com-mitted to stopping these dirty fuelsand other false energy solutionsbeing pushed by the oil industry.

Project on EarthPictures by Peter Essick, Aurora Photos.

This year, our focus is stopping theKeystone XL pipeline; we are alsofighting new refinery infrastructurefor tar sands and pushing for therepeal of subsidies for tar sands oil.

Our campaign has gained nation-al visibility. During the WinterOlympics in Vancouver, Friends ofthe Earth ran internet ads challeng-

ing the tar sands companies whowere sponsoring the Olympics, suchas Petro-Canada (a Sunoco sub-sidiary) and Transcanada Pipelines,the company behind the KeystoneXL pipeline. And our campaignerswere interviewed on radio stationsacross the country.

You can help us stop Big Oil in itstracks. If President Obama denies apermit for the Keystone XL pipeline,it will stop the tar sands expansion.Thousands of Friends of the Earthactivists have already sent PresidentObama messages opposing thepipeline. Can you join them?

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An Interview With Mike MercrediMike is a member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations,an indigenous community located at Fort Chipewyan (or FortChip for short) in Alberta, Canada. European traders estab-lished an outpost here in 1821, and in subsequent years thetar sands industry has sunk its teeth into the land and theinhabitants.

How has the tar sands industry changed life inyour community?Scientific studies have come to light, proving the linkbetween the tar sands industry and rare cancers. The compa-nies come in and deny that they are causing the problems,labeling it as hype and trying to skew the statistics. But thereare people in the community who now have diabetes eventhough they eat traditional foods cultivated from the land –a diet that is connected to the water through the fish thatlive in it, the moose that drink from it – and that’s what’smaking them sick. All the sustenance is coming from thewater that’s released from the tar sands.

What kind of community organizing is going onin Fort Chip?There are a lot of people who have concerns about what theycan do and say – many work for the oil sands industries, butthe children are doing their own protesting and organizingagainst it. Last year I toured to communities in North America affected by industry and tar sands specificallytelling them our story, what we’re going through, the rare cancers being found and the fight we’re wagingagainst it.

What one message would you like to send to the readers?Boycott oil sands products, find out which companies use oil sands oil, which ones are selling and using the stuff.If the Obama administration wanted to go to a green economy, wanted to change how we do things, one of thethings they can do is change where they get oil from, which is the oil sands.

For the entire interview, go to: www.foe.org/energy/tar-sands.

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Take Action: Tell President Obama to Stop Big Oil’s Race to Ruin in the Tar SandsIn Canada’s tar sands, giant oil corporations are turning huge tracts of the pristine Boreal Forest, the Amazon ofthe North, into a wasteland of open pit mines, smoke stacks and toxic ponds. Indigenous communities that relyon the land and water downstream have seen high rates of rare cancers since the mining began.

You can help stop this race to ruin in its tracks. Big Oil wants to build a new pipeline, the Keystone XL, whichwould funnel more dirty tar sands oil into the United States.

Please join us in calling on President Obama to reject the permit for the new Keystone XL pipeline and say “nothanks” to more dirty tar sands oil.

Cut out the card below, fill it out, including your name and address, and send it in to this address:President ObamaThe White House1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NWWashington, DC 20500

If you want to know more about why we are calling for an end to tar sands, or to take this action online, please goto: www.foe.org/energy/tar-sands.

Global Solidarity Against MiningIn May the Global Month of Solidarity Against Mining will be observed in more than 20 countries – from Canada tothe Philippines to Indonesia – with grassroots protests and community testimony about the destructive impacts ofcorporate-led mining. In the U.S., Friends of the Earth will kick off the month by bringing our fight on tar sands andother hazardous mining to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, where we will have thechance to influence global mining practices. Check in at www.foe.org for updates on how you can get involved.

Dear President Obama,

Enough is enough. Oil companies are calling for a new pipeline, the Keystone XL, to bringmore dirty tar sands oil into the United States.

Big Oil has exploited the Canadian tar sands to great profit, but the environment andindigenous communities have paid a steep price.

In the U.S., we need real solutions to our climate and energy crises, like clean cars andrenewable energy, not more imports of some of the dirtiest oil on Earth.

The permit for the Keystone XL pipeline sits before you. Please reject this permit and say“no thanks” to more dirty tar sands oil.

Sincerely,

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Saving the Clean Air Act

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By Scott Baumgartner

IN DECEMBER 2009, two years afterthe Supreme Court ruled inMassachusetts v. EPA that the CleanAir Act could be used to regulategreenhouse gases, the EPA foundthat greenhouse gases threatenhuman health and welfare. Friendsof the Earth was one of the environ-mental groups who initiated thecase, and has long been dedicated toprotecting the Clean Air Act, theUnited States’ most effective tool forcombating climate change.

Friends of the Earth was one ofthe few environmental organiza-tions to stand up and fight againstthe Waxman-Markey climate bill,which passed the House ofRepresentatives in June but has notbecome law. We opposed this billbecause it would be a step backwardin the fight against climate change.In addition to the loopholes, conces-sions, and kickbacks it would give tocorporate polluters, it would gut theClean Air Act of its power to regulatethe chemicals that contribute to ris-ing global temperatures, effectivelyoverturning the Supreme Court rul-ing. To combat the Waxman-Markeybill, we launched an ad campaign onprogressive blogs and websites, testi-

fied before the House Ways andMeans Committee, publishedreports critical of the bill, and deliv-ered letters to different House cau-cuses about how the bill jeopardizedkey provisions of the Clean Air Act.

The latest challenger to the CleanAir Act has been Senator LisaMurkowski (R-AK). In January, sheintroduced a Senate resolution thatwould eliminate Clean Air Act safe-guards against climate-warmingpollution. Friends of the Earth and36 allied groups sent a letter to sen-ators urging them to oppose the“Dirty Air Act” and support compre-hensive energy and climate legisla-tion. This letter’s broad backingdemonstrates a firm consensus inthe environmental communityabout the necessity of protecting theClean Air Act from the influence of

corporate polluters. Additionally,Friends of the Earth members andactivists sent more than 13,200 mes-sages to Washington as part of ouraction campaign urging senators tovote to preserve the Clean Air Act.

Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR),who is a major recipient of moneyfrom Big Oil and Big Coal, is a co-spon-sor of Sen. Murkowski’s Dirty Air Act.Friends of the Earth has partneredwith CREDO Action to place a 14’ x 48’billboard in Little Rock that denouncesLincoln’s support of rolling back theClean Air Act. In February, we askedour activists to go online towww.SaveTheCleanAirAct.com and vote fortheir favorite billboard design. The bill-board is installed along U.S. Route 67/167 in Little Rock. For updates, pleasecheck with us at http://www.foe.org/broad-coalition-fighting-save-clean-air-act.

Friends of the Earth Action, Friends of the Earth’s political action organi-zation, has also been fighting hard to save the Clean Air Act. In January,Friends of the Earth Action released two radio ads. The first one, aired inAlaska, criticized Senator Murkowski for her attempts to roll back theClean Air Act, acting in the interests of corporate polluters rather thanfor her constituents. The second ad, aired in North Dakota, targetedRepresentative Earl Pomeroy (D-ND), who has announced that he willbring legislation similar to the “Dirty Air Act” to the House floor for con-sideration. You can listen to both ads at www.foeaction.org.

Paid for by Friends of the Earth Action.

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CLEAN VESSELS CAMPAIGN ■

OUR CLEAN VESSELS TEAM works tosafeguard the air we breathe as wellas our oceans and coastlines fromharmful pollution from ships andocean-going vessels. We are workingto strengthen worldwide shippingrules, to pass a national cruise shiplaw, and to stop cruise ships andocean-going vessels from pollutingthe air and water in California,Alaska, Maryland, Florida andWashington.

Celebrating Cleaner Air forNorth America For years Friends of the Earth hasworked with the U.N. agency respon-sible for improving global maritimesafety and pollution standards – theInternational Maritime Organization(IMO) – to reduce toxic air emissionsfrom ships. Building on our successin establishing stronger internation-al air pollution regulations for ves-sels, we turned our attention to pro-tecting the waters closer to home.

A year ago, Friends of the Earthand our allies requested that the U.S.and Canada appeal to the IMO formore stringent vessel air pollutionemission standards to safeguard ournations’ public health and the envi-ronment. An application for anemission control area (ECA) was sub-mitted in April 2009. The ECA wouldprovide protection that extendsfrom the U.S. coast out to 200 nauti-cal miles, and include the waters ofAlaska and Hawaii, to assure thatU.S. and Canadian residents are pro-tected from harmful ship emissions.Just last month we heard that theECA has been approved, signifying amajor victory for Friends of the Earthand the public health.

Although implementation is acouple years off, the ECA protectionswill significantly reduce deadly pol-lution from dirty ship fuel. Startingin 2012, ocean-going vessels enteringthe protected zone will have toswitch from using dirty, bottom-of-the-barrel bunker fuel to a cleanerdiesel fuel much lower in sulfur con-tent (which contributes to respirato-ry illnesses, haze, and acid rain). By2015, ships will have to use evencleaner fuel. Cleaner ship fuel meansfewer harmful emissions and fewerhealth problems. By 2015, pollutantslike sulfur oxides and particulatematter from ships will be reduced –by 96 percent and 85 percent,respectively, from current levels. It’sestimated that the ECA will preventup to 31,000 premature deaths andsave approximately $270 billion in

health care costs in the U.S. over thenext 20 years.

Saving the ArcticFriends of the Earth is also spear-heading efforts to protect themarine environment from increasedArctic shipping. Retreating sea icedue to climate change is opening uppreviously ice-clogged routes alongthe coasts of the U.S., Canada andRussia. Along with cargo, these shipsbring with them – and leave behind– toxic air emissions, sewage dis-charges, marine mammal distur-bances including noise and deadlycollisions, and oil spills. All of thesethreaten the air, water, and climateof the Arctic, as well as the indige-nous peoples that rely on the natu-ral resources of the region.

We are working to ensure thatthe IMO develops mandatory ship-

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ping requirements for vessels in theArctic, a measure known as the PolarCode, which includes strong, com-prehensive environmental protec-tions against air and water pollu-tion, as well as threats to marine lifeand indigenous peoples.

Protecting MarineSanctuariesThere are 14 protected areas thatcover 150,000 square miles in themarine-equivalent of our national

parks, called the U.S. NationalMarine Sanctuaries (NMS). We workto ban ships from dumping waste-water, including feces, in these sanc-tuaries in order to protect bothmarine habitats and human health.Last year we succeeded in establish-ing a ban in the four CaliforniaMarine Sanctuaries and now we’retrying to rescue sanctuaries in otherstates. In Washington State, wepushed the Olympic Coast NMS forstrict discharge rules and now it is

poised to enact a cruise ship sewagedumping ban this year. In Februarywe sent out an alert asking ourmembers to write the Florida KeysNMS in favor of expanding its banon ship sewage dumping. Thanks toyou and all of our activists, nearly1,400 letters were sent to the FloridaKeys NMS supporting the plan toexpand the ban to the remaining 35percent of Sanctuary waters that arefederally controlled.

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FRIENDS OF THE EARTH WILL host itsannual meeting of the membership,Monday, June 28 at 12:30 p.m., in theWashington, D.C. office. Avis OgilvyMoore is running uncontested for anopen slot on the Friends of the EarthBoard of Directors. Members maycast votes at the annual meeting. Ifyou would like to attend, contactLisa Matthes at lmatthes@foe.org orby phone at 202-222-0730. Membersmay also vote by proxy ballot. To doso, copy or clip the mailing labelfrom this newsmagazine and mailyour vote to Board Election, Friendsof the Earth, 1100 15th St NW, 11thFloor, Washington, D.C., 20005 or faxto 202-783-0444.

Avis Ogilvy Moore, a chartermember of Friends of the EarthWith Friends of the Earth since itsfounding in 1969, Avis has been alifelong environmentalist, activist,researcher, and scholar. In 1972 sheco-founded and chaired the NewYork Branch of Friends of the Earth,served on the Board of Friends ofthe Earth Foundation, and is a pastchair of Friends of the Earth's Board.Avis has served on numerous otherBoards over the years includingPotomac Riverkeeper, Sierra Club'sAtlantic Chapter, Zero PopulationGrowth's New York Chapter, andLouisiana Landmarks Society. Shehas acted as President of the FirstUnitarian Church of Westchesterand Community Unitarian Church

of New Orleans. She is currentlyBoard Chair of People's RecoveryAssociation in New Orleans. Sheholds a bachelor’s degree from BrynMawr College and master’s degreein French literature from New YorkUniversity.

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Our Mission: Friends of the Earth defends the environment and champions a healthy and just world.Board of DirectorsArlie Schardt, Chair; Clarence Ditlow, Vice Chair; MarionEdey, Secretary; David Zwick, Treasurer; Jayni Chase;Harriett Crosby; Dan Gabel; Jeffrey Glueck; Michael Herz;Douglas Legum; Russell Long; Patricia Matthews; AvisOgilvy Moore; Doria Steedman; Rick Taketa; Peyton West.Brent Blackwelder, Former President and Special Advisor

StaffErich Pica, PresidentNick Berning, Director of Public Advocacy & Media RelationsHillary Blank, Major Gifts OfficerMichelle Chan, Senior Policy Analyst/Interim International

Team LeaderHugh Cheatham, Chief Financial OfficerTom Clements, Southeastern Nuclear Campaign CoordinatorRebecca Connors, Internet Outreach ManagerWill Driscoll, Director of Foundation RelationsCaely French, Development AssociateDanielle Fugere, Regional Program DirectorDavid Hirsch, Chief Operations Officer Eric Hoffman, Genetic Technology Policy CampaignerKate Horner, Trade and Foreign Policy Analyst Ian Illuminato, Health and Environment CampaignerJohn Kaltenstein, Marine Program ManagerMarcie Keever, Clean Vessels Campaign DirectorNeesha Kulkarni, Legislative AssociateLisa Matthes, Publications Manager; Executive Assistant

to the PresidentAdina Matisoff, China Sustainable Finance CampaignerKate McMahon, Energy and Transportation Policy

CampaignerAlex Moore, Dirty Fuels CampaignerKaren Orenstein, International Finance Campaign

CoordinatorDan Riedel, Manager of Information TechnologySara Schedler, Clean Cars Program AssociateBen Schreiber, Climate and Energy Tax AnalystPeter Stocker, Donor Services ManagerKelly Trout, Communications AssociateCandice Wills, Accountant

InternsSarah Aird, Vessels and Clean Cars ProgramScott Baumgartner, CommunicationsKim Huynh, CommunicationsConnie Siegenthaler, Development Intern

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Consultants/AdvisorsRobert AlvarezBart BruilJim CorbettFred FellemanJen HolzerJohn W. JensenBoshen JiaDorothee KrahnFred MillarAndrianna NatsoulasShems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders PLLCElinor TaoCori TraubDavid WeinmanJames WinebrakeYang Yang

Member GroupsArgentina, Australia, Austria, Bangladesh,Belgium, Belgium (Flanders & Brussels),Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Canada,Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Curacao,Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador,

England-Wales, Northern Ireland, Estonia, Finland, France,Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Haiti,Honduras, Hungary, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia,Liberia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malawi,Malaysia, Mali, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mozambique,Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway,Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines,Poland, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, South Africa,South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Sweden,Switzerland, Tanzania, Timor Leste, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda,Ukraine, United States, Uruguay.

AffiliatesAfrica: Earthlife Africa; Australia: Mineral Policy Institute;Australia: Rainforest Information Centre; Brazil: Amigosda Terra Amazonia - Amazônia Brasileira; Brazil: Grupo deTrabalho Amazonico; Canada: Blue Planet Project; CzechRepublic: CEE Bankwatch; Japan: Peace Boat; Middle East:Friends of the Earth Middle East; Netherlands: Action forSolidarity, Equality, Environment and DevelopmentEurope; Netherlands: Stichting De Noordzee (North SeaFoundation); Netherlands: Corporate Europe Observatory;Netherlands: WISE Europe; United States: Corpwatch;United States: International Rivers Network; UnitedStates: Rainforest Action Network

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