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Rep. Culberson, Top House Recipient of BP Cash, Criticized for Catering to Big Oil Interests
Washington, D.C. — As millions of gallons of crude oil continue to hemorrhage daily into the Gulf of Mexico, the environmental watchdog group Friends of the Earth last week launched a campaign t…
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Sen. McConnell Named to BP Ten, Urged to Give Up Tainted Oil Cash
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As millions of gallons of crude oil continue to hemorrhage daily into the Gulf of Mexico, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has earned oily marks from the environmental watchdo…
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Judge Blocks Temporary Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to a federal judge’s injunction blocking President Obama’s six-month morato…
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Energy Department Pressed to Release Records re Nuclear Bailout
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Friday, Southern Company announced it has accepted a preemptive bailout by the Department of Energy for the construction of nuclear reactors in Georgia. Friends…
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Baucus, Tester, and Crapo Bill to Eliminate Wildlife and Forest Protections
Senators Baucus, Tester, and Crapo have proposed a bill (S. 3381), which would eliminate critical forest and land safeguards for biomass production.
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Campaign Launched to Force ‘BP Ten’ and Others in Congress to Give Up Dirty Oil Cash
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, as BP’s CEO, Tony Hayward, was set to testify about the devastating oil disaster his firm caused in the Gulf of Mexico, the environmental watchdog…
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Billions of New Nuke Giveaways in Kerry-Lieberman Bill Exposed
Washington, D.C. — The nuclear industry could end up facing no risk under massive tax break subsidies in the Kerry-Lieberman climate bill, according to an important new analysis conducted f…
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EPA’s Failure to Address Ship, Aircraft and Non-Road Engine Pollution Challenged
Washington, D.C. – A day after the US Senate voted to uphold the US Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, a coalition of environmental groups filed a la…
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Public Warned About Nanosunscreen Risks
Washington, D.C.—The environmental watchdog group Friends of the Earth announced today that it has launched a summer advertising and public education campaign intended to alert the public to t…
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On President Obama’s Oval Office Speech
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to President Obama’s speech from the Oval Office this evening.