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Genetically modified mosquitoes’ survival rate concealed
Company conceals evidence that genetically modified mosquitoes may have high survival rate in wild News release from Friends of the Earth U.S., GeneWatch UK and Third World Network A confidential i…
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New radio ad warns against radioactive rate hikes in Iowa
As Iowa legislature assembles, new radio ad warns against ‘radioactive rate hikes’ Watchdog group’s ad seeks to prevent passage of electric rate increase to fund nuclear reactor construction; bi…
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Celebrating the New Year with a victory against corn ethanol
With the beginning of the New Year came the expiration of the biggest subsidy for corn ethanol, the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit. Friends of the Earth campaigned against the tax subsidy, ni…
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Controversial release of genetically engineered mosquitoes delayed
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District has reportedly delayed its planned release of genetically engineered mosquitoes — which would have been the first-ever such release in the U.S. — until l…
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Top five Friends of the Earth moments in 2011
At the end of every year, we tend to pause and reflect about the past 12 months, stopping to examine trends and to remember important events — usually in list form. And with all the year in, wor…
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Shell’s floating monster spill
Nigerians wait, helpless, for the massive spill from Shell’s Bonga offshore oil field to hit the coastal waters, shorelines and swamps. Telephone links to some of the coastal communities are tenu…
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Six billion dollar subsidy for dirty corn ethanol defeated
Washington, D.C. — Congress finished its tax legislation today without including a provision to extend a massive subsidy for corn ethanol that is set to expire at the end of the year.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission gives early Christmas gift to industrty
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today the Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to approve the final rule for the Westinghouse AP1000 design.
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The silver lining to a terribly dark cloud — the Green Climate Fund and Durban
There have been lots of “d” words used to describe the Durban climate talks that recently ended in South Africa —
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Floridians face genetically engineered mosquito threat
A private firm is planning to release potentially harmful genetically engineered mosquitoes in the Florida Keys as early as January, endangering human health and the environment in what would become…