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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Confronted at Press Conference by Billionaires
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth showed up at a press conference held by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this morning to protest his newly announced support for extending federal subsi…
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President Obama hits two birds with one stone with new gas tax proposal
Washington, D.C. — This week, the White House and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) proposed a plan to eliminate the nation’s gas tax of $0.184 on…
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EPA Designates 16 Areas in Violation of Airborne Lead Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently identified 16 regions in the United States that fail to meet clean air standards for airborne lead emissions. The finding…
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EPA Decision to Raise Ethanol Blend in Gasoline Condemned From Diverse Quarters
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite opposition from a broad coalition of public interest, consumer and industry groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it will raise the m…
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Experts Warn UN Climate Delegates against use of Carbon Markets
TIANJIN, CHINA — Experts on the dangers posed by carbon markets warned delegates at the UN climate talks here today against including carbon trading and offsets in any global climate agreement…
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Civil Society Groups Deliver Letter to UN Climate Finance Body
With the UN’s high-level group on climate finance (AGF) set to finalize its report on mechanisms for delivering climate funds to developing countries at a meeting in Addis Ababa that begins Octobe…
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Liquid Coal: An impending environmental disaster
The United States government has continually supported false solutions for our nation’s energy needs, including new nuclear reactors and “clean coal,” mostly in the guise of transitioning away f…
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UN Negotiations Underway in Tianjin, China
Climate negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change are taking place October 4-9, 2010, in Tianjin, China. Friends of the Earth U.S.’s Karen Orenstein and Nick B…
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Report: Synthetic Biofuels Not a Solution to the Climate Crisis
Washington, D.C.—The environmental watchdog group Friends of the Earth released a report today warning policymakers of the dangers of misguided attempts by the biotechnology industry to apply s…