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Congress starts pushing to get cruise industry to clean up its act
Earlier today Congressman Sam Farr (D-CA) and Senator Dick Durb…
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Controversial nomination advances out of committee
On Thursday, October 8, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee passed the nomination of controversial nominee Joseph Pizarchik to be the head of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation…
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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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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…