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The Fukushima Daiichi disaster: Ongoing lessons for California
Former Japanese Prime Minister Naota Kan warned today that restarting the damaged San Onofre nuclear reactor is driven by the same industrial and regulatory forces in the United States that are seekin…
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Statement on the death of Sen. Frank Lautenberg
Today, the United States Senate and the American people lost a tremendous champion for a healthy and just world with the passing of Sen. Frank Lautenberg. From fighting for greater access to public tr…
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Monsanto wheat scandal: What the discovery of unapproved genetically engineered wheat means for our food
It has just come to light that genetically modified wheat has been found growing on a farmer’s land in eastern Oregon. The problem? No genetically engineered wheat has ever been approved for US Farm…
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No Room on our plates for genetically engineered seafood
Good news for fish today as more companies pledge to avoid GE Seafood! Earlier this year Friends of the Earth announced the launch of the Campaign for GE Free Seafood with the commitment of over 200…
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Chevron fracks Europe: Transatlantic trade & investment agreement favors big energy companies and threatens the environment
“Chevron has acquired exploration acreage in Eastern Europe offering prospects for production of natural gas located in shale beds.” —Chevron statement of support for Transatlantic Trade and…
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No fracking way: Keeping hydraulic fracturing out of California
Thanks to new high-tech advances, California is on the verge of another oil boom: a fracking boom. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking as it is commonly known, involves drilling horizontal wells and pum…
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California REDD: A False Solution
Among environmental advocates, and especially forest defenders, REDD can be a complicated and divisive issue; among those a little beyond the inner circles of environmental advocacy, it’s downright…
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BP greenwashes as climate dangers grow
BP’s careful control of image hides a record that should be alarming With spring fully sprung and another Earth Day past, it is critical the public stay alert to corporations that wrap themselve…
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Worst bee die-off in 40 years
Updated May 2013: Take action here to tell Home Depot, Lowe’s and other stores not to carry products containing bee-killing neonicotinoids. Spring is in the air, and as we plant our vegetable ga…
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Financing Reef Destruction?
A new study from an Australia NGO tells how Chinese financing will potentially devastate the Great Barrier Reef. Yes, you read that correctly. The Great Barrier Reef – home to endangered sea turtles…