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High steaks: The case for less and better meat
The meat at the center of your plate is also at the center of some of our world’s greatest ecological and public health threats: deforestation, biodiversity loss, water scarcity, climate change, wat…
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Four Halloween scares from ExxonMobil and Chevron
This morning, ExxonMobil and Chevron—the largest and the second-largest oil companies in the US—announced their third quarter profits for 2014. In spite of gloomy expectations that the recent drop…
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Clean Power Plan blog post series
As the December 1 comment deadline approaches for the Obama administration’s proposed Clean Power Plan, Friends of the Earth is launching a series of blog posts on Daily Kos explaining the rule&…
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Bloated oil profits and corporate welfare: a trick to taxpayers, a treat to polluters
WASHINGTON, D.C. —This morning, ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) reported its third quarter earnings for 2014 — an eye-popping $8.07 billion. Yet, ExxonMobil paid an effective tax rate of only 10.2 perc…
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The country has greater renewable energy potential than the Clean Power Plan demands
The United States and the rest of the world must move quickly toward an energy system based on clean renewables. Only a rapid and coordinated system shift will avert the worst impacts of climate disru…
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Energy East Pipeline: Concerned Citizens in U.S. and Canada Pledge to Block TransCanadas Latest Tar Sands Scheme
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning, Canadian oil giant TransCanada filed an official application with the Canadian National Energy Board for permits to build its proposed Energy East tar sands pipelin…
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The Diablo Canyon reactors and the fight for a safe, nuclear-free California (updating)
Below is an ongoing timeline of developments regarding the Diablo Canyon nuclear reactors. Check back for news updates as they happen.
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Lawsuit: federal regulators altered quake standards at nuclear power plant
A lawsuit filed by an environmental group says federal regulators secretly and illegally revised the license for a California power plant, according to a story in the San Francisco Chronicle. Lawsuit:…
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GM salmon company Aquabounty fined by Panama
US GM salmon company AquaBounty has been fined for regulatory failures at its Panama plant in a move that could set back approval of GM meat and fish in the US, reports IPS Officials in Panama have fi…
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Gardeners tell Lowes: Dont be a little shop of horrors for bees
More than a million people ask Lowe’s to stop selling bee-killing pesticides WASHINGTON, D.C.—This week, more than 30,000 people across the U.S. and Canada will swarm Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) stores to…