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To protect forests and fight the climate crisis: Secure community land rights
With the release last week of the new Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report reconfirming the scientific consensus on both the reality and the urgency of the climate crisis (enough to make…
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Nuclear loan guarantees face continued delays
Among the multitude of deadlines missed by the federal government this week is the decision whether or not to finalize an $8.3 billion loan guarantee to expand the Plant Vogtle Nuclear Generating Stat…
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A polluted process: Keystone XL, the State Department and conflicts of interest
As proponents threaten debt showdown, Obama awaits outcome of tainted review WASHINGTON, D.C. – In their latest reckless gambit, Republicans in Congress are threatening to shut down the government u…
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A polluted process: Keystone XL, the State Department and conflicts of interest
New infographic shows State Department Keystone XL review compromised from Day 1 The showdown over Obamacare isn’t the only reckless political ploy that threatens to shut down the government. …
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Intergovernmental panel releases fifth climate assessment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s premier body for the assessment of climate change, released its Fifth Assessment Report from “working grou…
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Court rules that federal agency failed to protect thousands of whales and dolphins from Navy sonar
EUREKA, Calif. — A federal court has ruled that National Marine Fisheries Service failed to protect thousands of whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, and sea lions from U.S. Navy warfare training exe…
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Obama takes first step on climate change
Friends of the Earth applauds this long overdue first step to protect our climate WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Obama administration proposed the first ever standards to limit carbon pollution from…
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Department of Energy misses target for second round of grants for small modular reactors
No announcement to be made on September 17 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Department of Energy missed its target for announcing the recipient of a $226 million grant to design and license a “small m…
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Statement on Larry Summers’ withdrawal from Fed consideration
Below is a statement from Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica on the Larry Summers’ withdrawal from consideration for chair of the Federal Reserve. “Larry Summers’ withdrawal f…
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Communities in Nigeria Take Wilmar to Court for Landgrabbing
Nigeria, in West Africa, is fertile territory for palm oil cultivation. Undertaken at a reasonable scale, and with proper attention to social, environmental and labor standards, palm oil could provide…