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EPA delays action as ship sewage flows into U.S. waters
Environmental group seeks court-ordered deadline for sewage treatment improvements WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Friends of the Earth, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit in federal court seeki…
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Congressional hearing on bee health stacked against science
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Congressional subcommittee hearing on pollinator health, held today, failed to include a robust science-based discussion about the impacts of neonicotinoid pesticides on bees…
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Pesticide pushers spin the bee crisis to protect profits
New report reveals Big Tobacco PR tactics used by Bayer, Syngenta, Monsanto SAN FRANCISCO – On the eve of Bayer’s (DE: BAYN) Annual Stockholders’ Meeting in Germany, author Michele Simon and env…
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Friends of the Earth statement on nuclear loan guarantee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, E&E News reported that the Department of Energy’s loan guarantees for the first new nuclear reactors in more than 30 years were awarded without making the recipi…
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Groups press EPA to address toxic lead air pollution from aviation gasoline
Evidence linking ill-health, especially in children, to airborne lead emissions mounts as EPA fails to act WASHINGTON, D.C.– Three leading advocacy groups filed a petition today asking the U.S. Envi…
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Friends of the Earth statement on Keystone XL delay
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The State Department announced today that it will provide agencies more time to comment on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, in the wake of uncertainty about the pipeline…
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Fire safety & health groups defend improved furniture flammability standard against chemical company challenge
New standard better protects firefighters and consumers SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – A coalition of fire safety and health groups has intervened to support the recently updated California furniture flam…
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Friends of the Earth statement on the IPCC Mitigation Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published the third installment of its Fifth Assessment Report relating to mitigation strategies for addressing climate change…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger public face of TV campaign to save forests and climate invests in companies causing deforestation and climate change
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the eve of the premiere of James Cameron’s Years of Living Dangerously, a Showtime documentary on the human impacts of climate change and forest loss, investigations by Glob…
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Friends of the Earth statement on the McCutcheon v. FEC decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth, along with 34 labor, faith, democracy and other organizations, released the following statement on today’s Supreme Court decision in the matter of McCutche…