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Intergovernmental panel releases fifth climate assessment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s premier body for the assessment of climate change, released its Fifth Assessment Report from “working grou…
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Court rules that federal agency failed to protect thousands of whales and dolphins from Navy sonar
EUREKA, Calif. — A federal court has ruled that National Marine Fisheries Service failed to protect thousands of whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, and sea lions from U.S. Navy warfare training exe…
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Obama takes first step on climate change
Friends of the Earth applauds this long overdue first step to protect our climate WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Obama administration proposed the first ever standards to limit carbon pollution from…
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Department of Energy misses target for second round of grants for small modular reactors
No announcement to be made on September 17 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Department of Energy missed its target for announcing the recipient of a $226 million grant to design and license a “small m…
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Statement on Larry Summers’ withdrawal from Fed consideration
Below is a statement from Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica on the Larry Summers’ withdrawal from consideration for chair of the Federal Reserve. “Larry Summers’ withdrawal f…
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Groups call on Senator Pavley to withdraw flawed fracking bill
Dangerous new amendments undermine existing environmental law SACRAMENTO, Calif.—Following Friday’s adoption of anti-environmental amendments to Senate Bill 4, the only remaining bill in the Calif…
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Big win for Keystone opponents: State Dept. probe of consultant’s conflict of interest could delay decision until 2014
Friends of the Earth: Obama already has enough evidence to deny permit WASHINGTON, D.C. – News that the State Department won’t complete until January an investigation into conflicts of interes…
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Key DOE environmental review of plan to use weapons plutonium as mixed oxide reactor fuel indefinitely delayed and under departmental review
Delay revealed on August 15 indicates growing problems with MOX program WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy has today made public that it has indefinitely postponed release of a key enviro…
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Bee die-offs: New tests find bee-killing pesticides in ‘bee-friendly’ plants from garden centers nationwide
175,000 people demand Lowe’s, Home Depot stop selling “pre-poisoned plants” SAN FRANCISCO – Many “bee friendly” home garden plants sold at Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) and o…
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Federal court ruling means Yucca Mountain project is dead, according to Friends of the Earth
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited ruling on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s review of Yucca Mountain as a permanent repository for nuclear…