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Complaint filed re illegal Keystone XL lobbying by TransCanada’s Paul Elliott
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department’s review of a proposed tar sands oil pipeline faced a new setback today as an environmental group called on the Justice Department to investigate a top…
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Internal State Department emails provide evidence of bias in Keystone XL pipeline review
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Email correspondence between State Department employees and a TransCanada pipeline lobbyist who served as a top aide on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential cam…
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WTO rules that Dolphin Safe Tuna labels are illegal
Washington D.C.—A World Trade Organization tribunal in Geneva, Switzerland ruled yesterday, September 15, that the U.S. labeling system intended to prevent dolphins from being killed by commercia…
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McDonalds isnt lovin it; Proposes no-ethanol diet plan for super committee
On September 15, 2011, McDonald’s and 14 other chain restaurants called on the super committee to go on a diet by cutting back on corn subsidies. Citing high corn prices, the National Council of Cha…
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New ‘super bug’ threat: Nano-silver
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public health and environmental experts are warning that the increasing use of nano-silver as an antimicrobial agent in consumer products may be hastening the spread of resista…
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Internal State Department documents raise concerns, new questions
We have obtained documents from the State Department in response to our Freedom of Information Act request that provide…
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Nano-silver and bacterial resistance
For almost 100 years, we have waged a war on bacteria. In a new report by Friends of the Earth, we argue that this war, far from making people safer, may have a harmful impact on people’s health. …
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Super committee can avoid harmful cuts by protecting the environment
As a result of this summer’s debt ceiling agreement discretionary spending will be slashed by $900 billion over the next ten years. A congressional super committee has been charged with reduci…
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Friends of the Earth opposes NAFTA-style investment chapter in Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement
CHICAGO, ILL. — As representatives from the United States and eight other Pacific countries gathered behind closed doors in a Chicago hotel to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agre…
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Why I joined the sit-in to stop the Keystone XL pipeline
With joy and resolve, I was arrested for the first time on August 29. I joined more than 1,200 people who stubborn…