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Ryan tax plan a coup for corporations, the super-rich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) unveiled a broad plan for tax reform this morning. The blueprint includes a call for slashing the tax on capital gains, repealing the estate tax, loweri…
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Millions of dead bees, millions more signatures highlight threat to bees & other pollinators
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A truck full of dead bees will make its final stop at a rally outside the headquarters of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this afternoon, culminating a coast-to-coast tou…
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Diablo Canyon nuclear plant to be shut down, power replaced by renewables, efficiency, storage
California, world’s sixth largest economy, going nuclear-free BERKELEY, CALIF. – An historic agreement has been reached between Pacific Gas and Electric, Friends of the Earth, and other enviro…
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Strange bedfellows urge Hatch, Wyden to reject CCS subsidies
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Green Scissors, a coalition of free market, taxpayer, and environmental groups, sent a letter to Finance Committee Chairman Orin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore…
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Farmers, farmworkers and beekeepers confront EPA with 2.64 million dead bees
National “Keep Hives Alive Tour” ends with rally at EPA Media advisory for: Wednesday, June 22, 2016 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over 40 percent of U.S. honeybee hives die each year, costing the farmin…
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1.4 million call on the Obama administration to end offshore drilling
Today, representatives from Friends of the Earth, Environment America, Environmental Action, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Sierra Club, Surfrider and the World Wildlife Fund delivered 1.4…
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Frontline communities to Obama: no new offshore drilling
Over one million comments delivered against offshore drilling over a 90-day period to the Obama Administration WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today marks the closing of the 90-day comment period for the Bureau…
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US Court of Appeals asked to block restart of damaged Indian Point nuclear reactor
Emergency petition alleges failure of nuclear regulator to protect the public WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth and other environmental organizations today filed an emergency petition wi…
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Report: Pesticide industry delaying bee protections across U.S.
Bayer, Syngenta, Monsanto influence shaping federal and state pollinator plans WASHINGTON, D.C. – Amid an ongoing pollinator crisis that threatens our food system, a new report issued today by Frien…