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Costco urges suppliers to limit use of bee-killing pesticides on garden plants
Friends of the Earth urges retailers to address bee-killing pesticides in food supply WASHINGTON, D.C. — Costco (NYSE: COST) debuted the news that it will take steps to address bee-killing pesticid…
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EPA botches bee-toxic pesticide risk assessments
Friends of the Earth calls for agency to ban neonicotinoid pesticides WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its preliminary pollinator risk assessment for…
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EPA pollinator plan does not go far enough to protect bees
Friends of the Earth calls for agency to suspend bee-toxic pesticides WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its final Policy to Mitigate the Acute Risk to Bees…
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Exxon’s Tillerson proves unqualified to be Secretary of State
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to today’s Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing on the nomination of Rex Tillerson for secretary of state, Friends of the Earth U.S. President Eri…
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Obama administration report affirms need to keep coal in the ground
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Nearly one year after Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell called for a comprehensive review of the federal coal program, the Obama administration today released a roadmap for r…
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Elaine Chao would oversee developer giveaway
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Elaine Chao testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee in her confirmation hearing to be Donald Trump’s Secretary of Transportation. Chao has been a fellow at the Heri…
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Statement and background on Tillerson and ExxonMobils support: climate denial, human right violations, and corruption
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee begins its confirmation hearing for former ExxonMobil CEO, Rex Tillerson for secretary of state. Erich Pica, President of Friends of…
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Climate denier Sessions would aid ExxonMobil as Attorney General
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Senator Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.) testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee in his confirmation hearing to be Donald Trump’s Attorney General. Sessions has openly oppos…
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Strange bedfellows launch new database targeting over $250 billion in polluter subsidies
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the 115th Congress begins its work, Green Scissors — a coalition of free-market, taxpayer and environmental groups — has launched a new online database targeting…
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Friends of the Earth statement on announced plan to close Indian Point
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Governor Cuomo announced that the State of New York has reached an agreement to close the Indian Point nuclear reactors in 2020/21. Along with other state and national envir…