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Friends of the Earth responds to the State Department IG report on Keystone XL conflicts of interest
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the State Department Inspector General released the findings of its investigation into conflicts of interest by Keystone XL pipeline environmental review vendor Environm…
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Statement: Keystone XL pipeline and corporate conflicts of interest
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica joined Reps. Raul Grijalva and Jan Schakowsky to call for a Government Accountability Office review of the State Department’s pr…
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President Obama builds nuclear legacy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At a press conference today, Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz announced finalized government support for constructing the nation’s first new nuclear reactors in almost forty yea…
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Green Climate Fund or Greedy Corporate Fund?
As the Green Climate Fund board gathers in Bali this week for its latest meeting, 80 civil society organizations sent a letter to GCF board members sounding the alarm about the attempted corporate ta…
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Keystone XL documents released by Department of State
On April 15, 2013, Friends of the Earth filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the State Department asking for all communications with Environmental Resources Management, TransCanada and a ho…
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Keystone XL report contractor tied to TransCanada: Evidence mounts in ongoing conflict of interest inquiry
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Today Sierra Club and Friends of the Earth submitted evidence to the State Department’s Office of the Inspector General to support the ongoing inquiry into conflicts of i…
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More than a half million people demand Home Depot and Lowes stop selling bee-killing pesticides
Thousands participate in bee swarm actions across the country in the week of Valentine’s Day WASHINGTON, D.C.—This week, over 27,000 people coast-to-coast are swarming Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) and…
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“All of the above” disappoints all around
The president’s “all of the above” energy strategy is hypocrisy. There, I said it. President Obama cannot be serious about climate change if his Department of Energy is working to prop up dirty…
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Keystone XL: What did API know and when? Groups FOIA State Department for communication with Big Oil, Canadian government
Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club and Oil Change International have filed a FOIA request to the State Department to unearth insider communications with the Canadian government and oil industry in the…
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Investor Tom Steyer urges Secretary Kerry to investigate Keystone XL environmental review
This morning investor Tom Steyer sent a strongly worded letter to Secretary of State John Kerry asking him to conduct an independent and transparent review of the State Department’s handling of the…