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Bioenergy in the Draft American Power Act
Bioenergy has long been presented as the sustainable alternative to crude oil and natural gas. Though science suggests that bioenergy is unsustainable and has the potential to cause severe ecologi…
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President Obama Misses Opportunity to Shut Door on More Drilling Disasters
Washington, D.C. – Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to President Obama’s remarks at this afternoon’s press conference.
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Firing of MMS Head is Damage Control, Not Real Reform
Washington, D.C. — Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to an Associated Press report that President Obama has fired Elizabeth Birnbaum, the head of the U.S…
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Resources for Journalists: Our Growing Addiction to Dirty Oil from Canada’s Tar Sands
In the wake of the drilling disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, public support for more drilling is sinking and politicians are looking for alternatives to offshore oil. The resources linked to…
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Friends of the Earth Sues, Petitions EPA on Failure to Regulate Biofuels
The Clean Air Task Force and Friends of the Earth filed both a lawsuit in the US Court of Appeals and a petition to EPA to reconsider elements of its recently released regulations on the
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New Bill Would Slash Wasteful Tax Breaks that Pad Big Oils Profits
Washington, D.C. — Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) announced Monday that he is introducing legislation to end a variety of loopholes that let big oil corporations skirt paying billions in taxe…
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Friends of the Earth Sues, Petitions EPA re Failure to Properly Regulate Biofuels
Washington D.C.—The Clean Air Task Force and Friends of the Earth filed today a lawsuit to the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in the U.S. Court of Appeals and petitioned the EPA…
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Venter’s “living” organism a wake-up call to regulate synthetic biology
On May 20, 2010, the J. Craig Venter Institute announced the creation of the first living organism with an entirely synthetic genome. Venter’s lab inserted computer-created synthetic DNA based on t…
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Sen. Murkowski Poised to Bring Clean Air Act Rollback Measure to a Vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has indicated that she could bring a measure to roll back the Clean Air Act to the Senate floor this week. Sen. Murkowski’s measure…
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Venter Takes Genetic Engineering to ‘Extreme New Level’
Washington, DC — Today, the J. Craig Venter Institute announced the creation of the first living organism with an entirely synthetic genome.