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San Onofre: Friends of the Earth: Edison’s license request a risky red herring that NRC must reject
WASHINGTON – Southern California Edison’s request for a license amendment for one of its crippled San Onofre nuclear reactors treats major safety issues as a minor footnote and seeks to strip…
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San Onofre: Edison expects to shut down and restart reactor repeatedly over next two years
‘Disgraceful’ scheme for risky nuclear experiment could begin June 1 WASHINGTON – In an extraordinary admission, Southern California Edison said today that as part of the experimental plan to re…
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Civil society and entrepreneurs call on World Bank to clean up energy lending
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over 55 development, faith, human rights, community, and environmental groups from more than 20 countries teamed up today to ask World Bank President Jim Kim to end Bank suppo…
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On the presidents visit to San Francisco, a plea to stand up for future generations
Friends of the Earth: Obama alone can kill the Keystone pipeline SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — President Obama arrives here Wednesday for a series of fundraisers. At 5:30 p.m., when he visits the Paci…
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SAN ONOFRE: Edisons restart request reduces safety to a footnote
Friends of the Earth briefing Tuesday on utility’s plan to circumvent full license review and public hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. — Southern California Edison’s draft request for a license amend…
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More than half a million Americans call on Obama administration to stop risky and dangerous drilling in the Arctic Ocean since Kulluk incident
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, a coalition of organizations announced that more than 500,000 Americans in the past three months have joined the call to demand the Obama administration put a stop to ris…
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San Onofre: Edison admits need for license amendment, but wants to circumvent safety questions
Friends of the Earth: Full public participation essential Washington, D.C. — After more than a year of denial, Southern California Edison is ready to concede that a license amendment is needed b…
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Friends of the Earth statement on Senate Keystone XL vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, by a vote of 62-37, the U.S. Senate attached a provision to the Senate Budget Resolution expressing support for the Keystone XL pipeline. This vote is non-binding and has n…
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Friends of the Earth statement on State Department cover-up of Keystone review
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday morning, Mother Jones magazine released an exclusive story which details the State Department’s role in covering up the relationship between TransCanada and th…
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San Onofre: Restart plan would cost customers $150M more than replacement power
Edison financials show keeping reactor shut down three times cheaper than startup SAN FRANCISCO — Restarting one of the crippled San Onofre nuclear reactors this summer would cost Southern Calif…