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Friends of the Earth Biofuels Team Debunks Growth Energy Ads in the Metro
Buying the ad space in the Metro is one more step in Growth Energy's advertising push to promote dirty ethanol. They also spent $2.5 million on a TV ad campaign, and have hired expensive lobbyists to push Congress for more taxpayer dollars. Read More
Ethanol Lobbies Congress to Extend Wasteful Tax Credit
With the United States experiencing rising national debt and serious environmental issues, corn-belt Congressmen and women are supporting legislation that will exacerbate both problems. Read More
Baucus, Tester, and Crapo Bill to Eliminate Wildlife and Forest Protections
Senators Baucus, Tester, and Crapo have proposed a bill (S. 3381), which would eliminate critical forest and land safeguards for biomass production. Read More
Massive tax subsidies to nuclear in Kerry-Lieberman legislation
Three Tax Breaks for Nuclear Power in Kerry-Lieberman Will Cost Up to $57.3 Billion for 22 Reactors Read the new analysis exposing these tax breaks here (pdf). Read More
Groups Urge ‘No Role’ for the World Bank in Managing Climate Funds
The success of global climate negotiations – and the fight against climate change – largely depend on developed countries meeting their responsibilities to transfer hundreds of billions of dollars each year to support developing countries to deal with global warming and to transition to sustainable and equitable economies. This money will only be as effective as the institutions through which it is channeled. Read More
Protect people, not oil companies
Last week, BP's "top kill" effort, in which mud and other objects were forced into the blown-out oil well in the gulf to try and stanch the flow of oil, failed. Now, BP engineers are attempting to stop the gusher on the ocean floor by cutting the breached riser pipe on top of the well and placing a cap over the top of the newly-cut pipe. This strategy, if it fails, will most likely increase the flow of oil coming from the well. Read More
Bonn Negotiations, May 31st-June 11th, 2010: U.S. Submission
Last December, President Obama accepted a Nobel Prize for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples" and his "constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting.” He characterized the Prize as “as an affirmation of American leadership on behalf of aspirations held by people in all nations.” Yet in Copenhagen, President Obama squandered a historic opportunity to embody this necessary leadership in the global fight against the climate crisis. Read More
Why are nanosunscreens still unlabelled and unregulated on the market?
Furthermore, none of the nanocosmetics or nanosunscreens on the U.S. market are subject to a premarket safety assessment by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that would require special tests for effects unique to nanoscale ingredients before being put on the shelves (FDA, 2003). Read More
Nano in the Gulf oil spill: Two wrongs don’t make a right
A corporation has asked the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve one of their products containing manufactured nanoparticles for oil clean-up in the Gulf of Mexico. We sent a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson demanding this risky experiment not be allowed, citing the many health concerns posed by manufactured nanoparticles. The letter was signed by 17 public-interest organizations from the U.S., Canada, and South America. Read More