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Diablo Canyon: Secret document details federal safety inspectors alarm over plants vulnerability to earthquakes
Agency expert says reactors must be shut until proven safe WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an explosive document kept secret for a year, a former federal inspector charges that the Diablo Canyon nuclear power…
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34 groups urge NRC to postpone key votes in order to avoid “taint” of Magwood conflict of interest
Latest step follows announced August 31 departure of “fatally compromised” Magwood on heels of June and July letters urging him to step down for violations of ethics laws in seeking and landing a…
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Obama administration pushes offshore drilling
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management sold 434,000 acres for oil and gas development in the Western Gulf of Mexico. Leases were awarded to 14 companies for approximatel…
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Keystone XL: Friends of the Earth files for release of State Department records surrounding EIS revisions
FOIA request underscores lingering questions about integrity of KXL review process WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth filed a Freedom of Information Act request demanding the expedited release…
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Conservation groups launch legal challenge to cut carbon pollution from aircraft
Challenge cites EPA’s delay in addressing one of the fastest-growing sources of carbon pollution three years after federal judge ruled agency must act SAN FRANCISCO — Conservation groups today fil…
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The tide has turned on pro-coal proposal
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, a bipartisan group of senators decided to omit a pro-coal and anti-environment provision from a bill they introduced to reauthorize the federal Export-Import Bank. The…
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Environmental, landowner and consumer groups ask State Department to revise its market analysis of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline
Groups demand pipeline decision include new evidence WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, 12 environmental, landowner and consumer organizations asked the State Department to consider recent developments that…
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Progressives urge Koch Brothers to #GiveItBack
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Responding to the League of Conservation Voters’ ad campaign insinuating they support subsidies for oil and gas companies, billionaire oilmen Charles and David Koch issued a s…
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World Nuclear Industry Status Report reveals global nuclear energy retreat
Today, international nuclear expert Mycle Schneider released the 2014 World Nuclear Industry Status Report. The report places special emphasis on the global effects of Japanese reactor shutdowns, foll…
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Friends of the Earth demands that EPA strengthen its existing power plant rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency will hold public hearings in Atlanta, Denver, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. on its Clean Power Plan for existing power plants. Friends of the…