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Groups call on Senator Pavley to withdraw flawed fracking bill
Dangerous new amendments undermine existing environmental law SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Following Friday’s adoption of anti-environmental amendments to Senate Bill 4, the only remaining bill in the Calif…
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Keep GMO apples out of baby food!
GMO Apples: Coming soon to baby food, school lunches and Happy meals As the fall season rushes in, my kitchen fills up with canned apple sauces, baked apple crisps, and fresh apple slices. And as an a…
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Extreme genetic engineering in your ice cream?
With the long Labor Day holiday weekend approaching, I look forward to barbeques with friends and family, and enjoying one of my favorite summertime treats: vanilla ice cream. I generally pick the ice…
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Big win for Keystone opponents: State Dept. probe of consultant’s conflict of interest could delay decision until 2014
Friends of the Earth: Obama already has enough evidence to deny permit WASHINGTON, D.C. – News that the State Department won’t complete until January an investigation into conflicts of interes…
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Key DOE environmental review of plan to use weapons plutonium as mixed oxide reactor fuel indefinitely delayed and under departmental review
Delay revealed on August 15 indicates growing problems with MOX program WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy has today made public that it has indefinitely postponed release of a key enviro…
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Gardeners beware: “Bee-friendly” plants may be poisoning your garden
You may know that bees are in grave trouble. But did you know that your own garden plants may be poisoning these bees?
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Bee die-offs: New tests find bee-killing pesticides in ‘bee-friendly’ plants from garden centers nationwide
175,000 people demand Lowe’s, Home Depot stop selling “pre-poisoned plants” SAN FRANCISCO – Many “bee friendly” home garden plants sold at Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) and o…
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Federal court ruling means Yucca Mountain project is dead, according to Friends of the Earth
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited ruling on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s review of Yucca Mountain as a permanent repository for nuclear…
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Fed-Up with Larry Summers
There are just some public officials who won’t go away. Exhibit A: President Obama’s former director of the National Economic Council and the former secretary of treasury under President C…
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Keystone XL: Businessweek uncovers more lies by State Department contractor about its ties to TransCanada
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today Businessweek revealed new evidence that Environmental Resources Management, the company hired by the State Department to review the environmental impact of the Keystone XL ta…