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Obama administration delays critical action to protect bees until at least 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, at the 14th annual North American Pollinator Protection Campaign International Conference, the White House announced a several month delay in the release of its pollinato…
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World Trade Organization veils meaty information
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A World Trade Organization tribunal ruled today that the U.S. law requiring country-of-origin labeling for meat violates international trade law, essentially denying Americans the…
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EPA finds neonicotinoids no benefit to U.S. soybean production
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency released an analysis today confirming that neonicotinoid seed treatments offer little or no increase in economic benefit to U.S. soybean produc…
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Friends of the Earth commends Whole Foods first step into the fight to save pollinators
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Whole Foods (NASDAQ: WFM) issued a new product rating system today called Responsibly Grown that grades fresh fruit, vegetables and flowers as “good, better or best” based upo…
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Friends of the Earth petitions NRC to include alarming new seismic data in considering Diablo Canyon license renewal
Request follows dramatic findings that nuclear reactors are surrounded by stronger and interconnected earthquake faults WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth has filed a petition to intervene in t…
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Green Climate Fund meeting serves as harbinger of success for 2015 Paris climate summit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Next week, Barbados — a small island, developing state threatened by climate-induced sea level rise — will host a critical board meeting of the United Nations Green C…
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Obama administration labels liquefied natural gas export facility as environmentally insignificant
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission found that Cheniere Energy’s proposed liquefied natural gas export plant in Corpus Christi, Texas would have no significant adverse i…
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U.S.-Europe trade document confirms chemical industry attack on health safeguards
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the seventh round of talks on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership moves toward conclusion today in Chevy Chase, Maryland, Friends of the Earth is calling for a m…
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Citing high costs to ratepayers, Friends of the Earth petitions CPUC for shutdown of Diablo Canyon and transition to renewable energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In its petition filed today with the California Public Utilities Commission, Friends of the Earth called the Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant too expensive to operate and called…
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Blumenauer, Conyers, 58 others send letter urging EPA to take immediate action to protect pollinators
On behalf of Congressman Earl Blumenauer WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Representatives Earl Blumenauer (OR-03) and John Conyers (MI-13), along with 58 other Members of the House of Representatives, sent…