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Ship Shape: Cleaner Ships Save Lives!
Nine years and two court battles after Friends of the Earth first demanded…
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Rep. Pete Stark’s Courageous Stand on Climate Change
Statement of Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth President, on June 26, 2009…
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Groups Call on Congress to Redirect Climate Funding from World Bank to United Nations
ActionAid USA***Center of Concern***Church World ServiceFriends Committee on National Legislation***Friends of the Earth USGender Action***Jubilee USA…
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Thanking those who take a stand
Right now, the Waxman-Markey house climate bill is being debated in Congress. We would like to thank those members who took a courageous stand and vowed to vote against this bill. Below we have…
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Polluter-backed climate bill about to hit House floor
Congress has a historic opportunity this year to pass legis…
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Narrow Biofuels Win in 2010 House Interior Appropriations Bill; Major Loss for CAFOs
The 2010 House Interior Appropriations Bill passed through committee with a narrow win for biofuels. Representative Emerson introduced an amendment that would have prevented the EPA from completi…
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New ads in opposition to House climate bill
Friends of the Earth has launched an online advertising campaign in opposition to the Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill moving through Congress. Here are some of the ads we’re running on progre…
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Waxman-Markey Strips EPA of Clean Air Act Authority to Fight Global Warming
Effectiveness of the Clean Air Act The history of the Clean Air Act has demonstrated its value in reducing air pollution and improving health and welfare in cost-effective ways. Its prog…
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Senate’s Dirty Energy Bill
The American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (ACELA) fails to heed President Obama’s call for clean energy jobs and a green economy. Instead it takes the same past false steps and increases o…
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House Green Economy Bill Falls Short
Polluting special interests have weakened bill; it now falls far short of vision for clean energy future Obama articulated during campaign A bill intended to spur the United States’ tran…