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Friends of the Earth alleges PG&E and NRC coordinated to spin positive messages about Diablo Canyon
An environmental group has alleged that members of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) collaborated with Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) to spin positive information about the Diablo Canyon…
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EPA report confirms bee-killing pesticides dont help many farmers
This fall, the EPA released a report confirming what scientists have long been saying: soybean seeds coated in neonicotinoid pesticides, which contribute to mass bee deaths, “provide negligible ove…
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Emails suggest NRC and PG&E colluded to downplay Diablo Canyon earthquake danger
Despite denials, heavily redacted communiqués demonstrate collusion WASHINGTON, D.C. – Internal emails show that the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. may have w…
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Thom talks climate, GMOs & constitutionality of torture
Thom talks with Karen Orenstein of the Friends of the Earth and Oscar Reyes from the Institute for Policy Studies about the climate change agreement reached in Peru. Shahid Buttar of the Bill of Right…
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#IllRideWithYou, Roots of Gun Massacres & Climate Changes Dual Reality
Abby Martin, discusses the hostage crisis in Sydney, Australia, and how a Twitter campaign fought the Islamophobia that emerged from it. The second anniversary of the Sandy Hook massacre and the poten…
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For Green Groups, Police-Shooting Protests Are a Path to Diversity
Green groups know they have a diversity problem. Less than a fifth of the staff at the major environmental lobbies are minorities, a figure that critics and insiders admit can skew their priorities. W…
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Lima climate talks did nothing to stop the climate disaster: Its time for the people to lead the way
Friends of the Earth International responds to the UN climate talks LIMA, PERU – The UN climate talks are drawing to a close in Lima today with a text driven by the interests of rich developed coun…
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Renewable Fuel Standard does more harm than good
Though cellulosic ethanol holds promise as a potential renewable energy source, we cannot adapt a “by whatever means necessary” approach to developing it. Industry advocates, like James Greenwood…
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Climate talks: summit chief warns ‘we need to work’ as deadline passes as it happened
Updates and reaction from the UN climate summit in Peru, where nearly 200 countries are trying to agree the draft text for a deal to avoid dangerous global warming. Climate talks: summit chief warns &…
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Friends of the Earth response to Sec. Kerry’s speech at Lima COP
In response to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s remarks today at the UN climate change conference in Lima, Peru, Karen Orenstein, senior analyst at Friends of the Earth U.S., issued the followin…