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Support builds for the End Polluter Welfare Act
The public has reached a strong verdict on the billions of dollars of subsidies that our government hands annually to fossil fuel corporations making historic profits: end them. According to one rec…
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Statement on announced resignation of Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following statement in response to the announced resignation of Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission…
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Keep the Dolphin Safe tuna label safe!
One of the best-known and trusted environmental labels is the “dolphin-safe” label that today can be found on much of the tuna sold in the U.S. On May 16, a World Trade Organization appeals panel…
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Friends of the Earth releases new ad: San Onofre ‘a disaster waiting to happen’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth has released a new video ad warning that restarting the crippled San Onof…
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Enbridge confirms plans to build New England tar sands pipeline, announces massive pipeline expansion
Yesterday evening, Canadian pipeline company Enbridge kicked off one of the most sweeping expansions in its history, a $3.2 billion (Canadian) series of pipeline projects that would carry some of the…
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Synthetic Biology – Big promises backed by bad theory
Synthetic biology is the newest purported cure-all technology for remedying our social, environmental, and public health ills. As many prominent synthetic biologists proclaimed in 2007, the world “f…
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Activists demand Obama save the Arctic from Shell oil exploration
Activists from a broad coalition of environmental groups including Friends of the Earth, Oceana, the Center for Biological Diversity, Ocean Conservancy and Alaska Wilderness League, converged yesterda…
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Naval activity imperils whales
Fred Felleman, Friends of the Earth’s Northwest consultant, stood on the dock in Everett, WA, this past February capturing evidence of the U.S. Navy’s active sonar use with a hydrophone. But the s…
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New study shows dangers of E15 for engines
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Coordinating Research Council released a study demonstrating the negative effects that blends of 15 and 20 percent ethanol in gasoline, E15 and E20, would have on the…
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Understanding E15: the dangers of more ethanol for consumers and the environment
Today, the majority of U.S transportation fuel is comprised of approximately 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline, a blend known as E10. However, the ethanol industry recently cleared all federa…