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Keystone XL stories: Francois Paulette
François Paulette is a member of the Smith’s Landing Treaty 8 Dene First Nation and lives 200 miles downstream from the tar sands industry site in Fort Chipewyan in Alberta, Canada. François w…
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Keystone XL stories: Kim Marcel
Kim Marcel is a long-term resident of Fort Chipewyan in Alberta, Canada, the home of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nations. She has always been interested in the environment and is concerned about…
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Telling their stories: The fight to stop the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline
We’re fighting the Keystone XL pipeline in solidarity with people who are already impacted by tar sands oil extraction and who would be directly impacted by this tar sands oil pipeline. We have compil…
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Groups Criticize Presidential Commission’s Recommendations on Synthetic Biology
We need stronger, more transparent regulation for synthetic biology, not less.
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Obama Justice Department Makes Right Decision to Sue BP
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama’s Justice Department today sued BP and eight other companies responsible for the oil tragedy that unfolded this year in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Friends of the Earth Blasts Senate Passage of Tax Package
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth’s climate and energy tax analyst, Ben Schreiber, had the following statement in response to the $860 billion tax package that passed the Senate today.
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Groups criticize Presidential Commissions recommendations on synthetic biology
On December 16, 2010, the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues released its recommendations on the oversight of synthetic biology, provoking strong criticism from public int…
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Groups Question Influence of Clinton Ties to Oil Lobbyist on State Department Pipeline Decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth, the Center for International Environmental Law, and Corporate Ethics International submitted a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request to the State Depar…
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Reaction to the Climate Talks in Cancun
CANCUN, MEXICO — Friends of the Earth U.S. had the following response to the close of UN climate negotiations in Cancun: Climate change is the greatest threat the human community has face…
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Wikileaks: Our suspicions confirmed
Cables reveal U.S. bullying in climate talks and underplay of tar sands’ environmental impacts Just climate treaty held hostage: