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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.
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Massive tax subsidies to nuclear in Kerry-Lieberman legislation
Three Tax Breaks for Nuclear Power in Kerry-Lieberman Will Cost Up to $57.3 Billion for 22 Reactors Read the new analysis exposing these tax breaks
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Attack on Clean Air Act Fails in Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Senate voted by a margin of 47 to 53 today to reject a resolution sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that sought to roll back the Clean Air Act’s protections ag…
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Groups Urge ‘No Role’ for the World Bank in Managing Climate Funds
The success of global climate negotiations – and the fight against climate change – largely depend on developed countries meeting their responsibilities to transfer hundreds of billions o…
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Even Without Handouts for Liquid Coal, Tax Package Pending in Senate Could Subsidize Dirty Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth dirty fuels campaigner Alex Moore had the following statement regarding the “American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010” (HR 4213…
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Protect people, not oil companies
Last week, BP’s “top kill” effort, in which mud and other objects were forced into the blown-out oil well in the gulf to try and stanch the flow of oil, failed. Now, BP engineers are attempting to…
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Bonn Negotiations, May 31st-June 11th, 2010: U.S. Submission
Last December, President Obama accepted a Nobel Prize for “his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples” and his “constructive role in meeting the…
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Why are nanosunscreens still unlabelled and unregulated on the market?
Furthermore, none of the nanocosmetics or nanosunscreens on the U.S. market are subject to a premarket safety assessment by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that would require special tests…