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Air pollution protections under threat
Great Lakes exemption could derail limits for ship pollution For several years, Friends of the Earth and various other environmental groups, air regulators, and public health organizations…
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Video: How an energy bill REALLY becomes a law
Click “START” to watch the story of how polluter lobbyists turned the House’s Waxman-Markey clean energy bill into a toothless law.
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The congressional energy bill needs to be fixed
How the clean energy bill was hijacked by lobbyists When the House of Representatives started working on a clean energy bill last winter, we were optimistic. After all, our country had jus…
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Statement on President Obama’s Nobel Prize
For Immediate Release Contact: Nick Berning, 202-222-0748 Kelly Trout, 202-222-0722 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following statement on today’s anno…
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Controversial Pizarchik Surface Mining Nomination Advances
For Immediate Release Contact: Nick Berning, 202-222-0748 Ben Schreiber, 202-222-0752 Controversial Pizarchik Surface Mining Nomination Advances Out of Committee; Key Democrats Voice…
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Verizon Wireless is hearing us now
Verizon Wireless has responded to pressure from current and potential customers who expressed outrage at its sponsorship of a pro-coal, anti-environment rally on Labor Day. In a letter to the Cente…
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Friends of the Earth staff report from international climate negotiations in Bangkok, Thailand
International climate change negotiations are underway in Bangkok, Thailand, and two intrepid members of our international team at Friends of the Earth, Karen Orenstein and Kate Horner, are there t…
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Secretive Energy Department Plan for Nuclear Parks Stumbles
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) ill-conceived plan for a nuclear park at a key site in the DOE complex has hit a wall after a persistent challenge by Friends of the Earth. Although never develo…
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Friends of the Earth Statement on the Kerry-Boxer Draft Climate Bill
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Ben Schreiber, 202-222-0752, [email protected] Elizabeth Bast, 202-641-7203,