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Tar Sands: Resources and Information
Below, are resources and information on Friends of the Earth’s tar sands campaigns. Fact sheets: General tar sands fact…
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Resources for Journalists: Understanding the Copenhagen Accord
The two-week climate conference in Copenhagen this past December produced the Copenhagen Accord. The Accord is a two-and-a-half page document that emerged in the final days of the summit, containing…
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Obama Administration Moves Forward with Nuclear Industry Bailout
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Media outlets are reporting that President Obama will announce the issuance of taxpayer-backed loan guarantees for nuclear reactors in Georgia next Tuesday.
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Ad Contest Holds Senator Lincoln Accountable for Attack on Clean Air Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Online voting has opened in a contest to determine the content of a billboard that will hold Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) accountable for attempting to roll back the Clean…
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Federal Biofuels Mandate Remains in Full Force After EPA Review
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency today released its final rule for implementation of the federal Renewable Fuels Standard, which mandates a massive increase in domestic bi…
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President’s budget would end $36 bln in oil and gas giveaways, but give up to $55 billion to nuclear industry
WASHINGTON, D.C.—President Barack Obama made public a budget proposal yesterday that would end approximately $36 billion in taxpayer-funded giveaways to the oil and gas indus…
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Landmark Trial About Patenting Humans Begins Today
NEW YORK CITY—The American Civil Liberties Union’s challenge of patents on two human genes associated with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer goes to trial here today.
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Cruise ships holding pollution just for the Winter Olympics?
The Port of Vancouver has announced that cruise lines visiting the po…
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Meet Eric Hoffman
Friends of the Earth is a fierce advocate of scientific progress, but corporations often seek profit from scientific developments with little regard for human health. We must take precaution to ens…
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Obama Speech a Kick in the Gut to Environmentalists
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following response to the State of the Union Address.