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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…
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Friends of the Earth Joins San Onofre Settlement
Berkeley, CA – Friends of the Earth has announced, today, that it is joining a settlement negotiated by The Utility Reform Network and the Office of Ratepayer Advocates with the utilities Southe…
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Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club urge CARB to get clearcutting out of cap and trade
Groups give billionaire timber baron Red Emmerson mock “climate champion” award SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – Today, a coalition of environmental groups including Sierra Club California and Friends of th…
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Friends of the Earth deals polluters a tough hand for April 1st, Fossil Fools Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For years, corporations and elected officials have stacked the deck and given bad deals to the environment. The worst jokers seem to hold all the cards and act like kings and quee…