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EPA Petitioned to Update Sewage Standards for Ships
Friends of the Earth issued a petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency …
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Forests On the Chopping Block In Energy Policy
As Congress debates how to build a clean energy future, one policy proposal threatens our nation’s forests: The Renewable Electricity Standard. While a Renewable Electricity Standard — which w…
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Safe Kids campaign gets boost in California Senate
Last year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission warned against the use of fire retardant chem…
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Citizens Rally for Clean Energy, Against Duke Energys Massive New Coal Plant
On April 20 in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, about…
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Trade and Investment
The Friends of the Earth trade campaign draws attention to the trade and investment rules which threaten environmental protection, and works to advance policies which instead promote sustainable devel…
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Tax Day Protest Against Nukes
While it may not have exactly been what organizers of the April 15 tax day protests had in mind, Friends of the Earth supporters took a no-taxes-for-nukes message to the “tea party” rally at the S…
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Plug-In Electric Vehicles Finally Receive Substantial Funding
Friends of the Earth has long promoted plug-in electric vehicles as a way…
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Happy Biofools Day!
Congratulations to Secretary Tom Vilsack With 2,424 votes — more than the total number cast last year — the 2011 Biofool of the Year is Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack! There’s no d…
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Threats to Forest Protections in RFS Continue
Rep. Stephanie Herseth-Sandlin (D-SD) is at it again, advocating for the removal of critical forest protections in the Renewable Fuels Standard. She has re-introduced her bill that would change t…