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Stop US Financing for Massive Coal Plant in South Africa
Friends of the Earth fights back against proposal to use U.S. tax dollars to fund dirty coal in South Africa Urgent: Ex-Im Bank could vote on this project today, April 14, 2011.
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World Bank criticized for establishing carbon market fund
December 7, 2010, Cancun — News reports indicate World Bank President Robert Zoellick is coming to Cancun tomorrow to announce the establishment of a multi-million dollar fund to promote the cr…
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The President’s Bioethics Commission Misses the Mark on Synthetic Biology: Prudent Vigilance a Poor Substitute for Precaution
This article was orginally published by Biopolitical Times, the blog of the Center of Genetics and Society, which offers commentary and news on human biotechnoligies. To learn more, visit www…
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WikiLeaks Reveals State Department Discord Over U.S. Support for Canadian Tar Sands Oil Program
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks has revealed that a U.S. diplomat warned the Obama administration about significant environmental impacts stemming from Canada’s cont…
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Rich Countries Must Reject Any Secret Text That Puts In Place Process That Could Kill Kyoto
CANCUN, MEXICO, 3 December 2010 – A new, secret text from the Mexican presidency, which would effectively begin replacing the Kyoto Protocol with the Copenhagen Accord, might be on the table…
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Opposition to Keystone XL Pipeline and Tar Sands Oil Getting Under Big Oil’s Skin
The campaign to stop the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline has been growing as communities that would be impacted by the pipeline team up with groups like Friends of the Earth, grassroots…
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Statement in Response to Senator Grassleys Ethanol Fear Mongering
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, in a floor speech, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) invoked fear and prejudice to justify his support for the extension of an expensive and wasteful subsidy for corn et…
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Alarming rumors in Cancun of secret Mexican text that could end Kyoto Protocol, lead to five degrees [C] of warming
CANCUN, MEXICO, 3 December 2010 — Rumors of a secret Mexican text that would essentially replace the Kyoto Protocol with the Copenhagen Accord, leading to a dangerous and unacceptable climate ch…
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Major U.S. Environmental Groups Call for Full Environmental Review of Genetically Engineered Salmon
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today 12 executive officers of some of the nation’s largest environmental organizations requested that the Food and Drug Administration conduct a thorough Environmental…
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President Obama Promotes Damaging Bush-era Trade Deal
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration announced today that it has concluded negotiations on the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement, one of the NAFTA-style trade deals left over from the…