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117 groups urge Climate Investment Funds to sunset, support for Green Climate Fund
As the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual Spring Meetings get underway, 117 organizations from around the world today urged government funders of the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds…
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Groups call on Florida governor to block release of GE mosquitoes
Washington, D.C. — Today, consumer and environmental groups sent a letter to Florida Governor Rick Scott to encourage him to prevent the experimental release of British biotechnology company Oxitec�…
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More corn ethanol could mean higher gas prices
Washington is beautiful in the Spring: the cherry trees are in full bloom, children flock to the White House lawn for a century-long tradition of rolling eggs on Easter Monday, and hundreds of offic…
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We’re not broke: Tax Day and climate finance
Throughout the world, concerned individuals, groups and governments have been racking their brains, trying to figure out how on earth they’re going to be able to afford the costs of the climate cris…
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Pay the polluter $800 million! Trade deal injustice for the children of La Oroya.
“There is a silent epidemic here. The effects on the children are not easily visible, but they have all kinds of serious health problems, and those will only get worse if the smelter reopens,” s…
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San Onofre reactor analysis: Design changes likely behind dangerous degradation
A follow-up analysis released today by one of the nation’s leading independent nuclear engineers provides the first detailed picture of the extent of design changes made by Southern California Ed…
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Local residents voice concerns about reactors in advance of NRC chairman visit
This morning, standing on the dunes above the Pacific Ocean near the San Onofre nuclear reactor site, San Onofre Safety, San Clemente Green, ROSE and other local groups held a press conference ahead o…
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Shut down San Onofre: Dangerous nuclear reactors pose too great a threat
San Onofre reactor safety failures remind us (again) why the United States cannot afford the risks of nuclear reactors. In late January of this year, Friends of the Earth, while preparing an analysis…
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San Onofre crisis update: NRC chair to visit troubled reactors
WASHINGTON, D.C. and SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF. — The ongoing crisis at the troubled San Onofre nuclear reactors entered a new phase today as Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair Gregory Jaczko announc…
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April fool–but secrecy in Trans Pacific trade negotiations is no joke
I was working away on my computer late last Saturday night, March 31, when suddenly this dramatic report from New Zealand came across on my e-mail: “End to Secrecy and Release of Draft TPP Text…