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Nuke expert wants California plant closed over earthquake worries
An expert at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has asked the agency to shut down California’s only operating nuclear plant while it studies whether the plant is safe from earthquake risks. In a 42-page confidential report obtained both by The Associated Press and environmental group Friends of the Earth, Michael Peck,… Read More
Group files petition to idle coastal nuke plant
LOS ANGELES (AP) — An environmental group asked federal regulators Tuesday to idle California’s last operating nuclear plant to review whether its reactors can withstand strong shaking from nearby earthquake faults. Friends of the Earth, an advocacy group critical of the nuclear power industry, filed a petition with the Nuclear… Read More
For oil and wind, offshore is promised land and muddled policy
Extending the nation’s oil and gas boom and wind power’s technology to coastal waters makes logical sense. But it highlights the contradiction between President Obama’s ‘all-of-the-above’ energy strategy and his environmental agenda. For oil and wind, offshore is promised land – and muddled policy -Christian Science Monitor 8/24/14… Read More
Gulf of Mexico lease draws advocacy fire
U.S. addicted to fossil fuels, Friends of the Earth says. Friends of the Earth says it has concerns over latest auction for energy assets in the Gulf of Mexico. WASHINGTON, Aug. 22 (UPI) — The U.S. government is called on to halt offshore drilling in an effort to preserve the… Read More
Revolving doors at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Today, Friends of the Earth and 33 of our allies wrote to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission insisting that they postpone two important votes until after Commissioner William Magwood leaves for his new position at the Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development’s Nuclear Energy Agency. Since June, our coalition has been… Read More
Health groups: OSHA rules needed for farmworkers
Farmers would have to post information for their workers on the pesticides being used if public health advocates had their way. Workers who experience potentially life-threatening exposure to a pesticide would be guaranteed treatment within four to five minutes, not 30 minutes. HEALTH GROUPS: OSHA RULES NEEDED FOR FARMWORKERS… Read More
Greens demand info on KXL study changes
Friends of the Earth has hit the State Department with a new Freedom of Information Act request in an escalating clash over the agency’s studies of the Keystone XL pipeline. GREENS DEMAND INFO ON KXL STUDY CHANGES -Politico Morning Energy 8/18/14… Read More
Greens demand State hand over Keystone docs
An environmental group is demanding the State Department fork over all of its communications over changes that were made to the final Keystone XL pipeline environmental impact review. Friends of the Earth filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request on Monday over a correction the State Department made in… Read More
Learn What You Can Do To Help Save Our Bees
In this segment of The Organic View Radio Show, two bee advocates, Tiffany Finck-Haynes, head of the BeeAction.org campaign for Friends of the Earth and Larissa Walker, the Pollinator Campaign Director and a policy analyst at Center for Food Safety talk to host, June Stoyer about the importance of honeybees,… Read More
In fighting deforestation, lets celebrate our victories: but beware the law of unintended consequences
Campaigns to transform the palm oil industry are having clear success on many fronts: Over twenty companies worldwide, including Unilever, Cargill, Wilmar, and Pepsico, have adopted sustainable palm oil policies of varying strengths in the past few years alone; Singapore is poised to pass a groundbreaking law to… Read More