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Keystone XL: Businessweek uncovers more lies by State Department contractor about its ties to TransCanada
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today Businessweek revealed new evidence that Environmental Resources Management, the company hired by the State Department to review the environmental impact of the Keystone XL ta…
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Key DOE environmental review of plan to use weapons plutonium as mixed oxide reactor fuel delayed again, signaling problems as options being assessed
Friends of the Earth: Mixed oxide fuel is ‘massive waste’ of tax dollars and must be terminated WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy has once again failed to meet its schedule on…
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Lawsuit challenges federal financing of coal exports from east coast ports
Suit charges taxpayer-backed U.S. Export-Import Bank with failure to assess environmental impacts of its dirty-fuel exports WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental groups today filed the first-ever la…
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Keystone XL: Public interest groups call for Sec. Kerry to throw out tainted environmental study, take disciplinary action against consultants who lied about ties to TransCanada
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline today asked Secretary John Kerry to throw out the State Department’s environmental review of the proposed tar sands pipeline because consul…
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Toxic trade deal: Friends of the Earth decries industry efforts to weaken regulation of chemicals associated with breast cancer, autism, infertility
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on the launch of negotiations for a U.S.-Europe trade deal, the so-called Transatlantic Trad…
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Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board says “no” to more nuclear waste
Solid “non-consent” decision against spent fuel dumping N. Augusta, S.C. – After months of debate and unprecedented public input, the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board adopted a formal…
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Keystone XL: State Department admits not checking on consultant’s ties to TransCanada
Friends of the Earth: Spokeswoman’s claim is ‘absurdly disingenuous’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an extraordinary admission, the State Department has acknowledged it did not try to exami…
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Chiapas cancels ‘disastrous’ forest plan linked to Calif. cap-and-trade program
The state government of Chiapas has cancelled a controversial forest protection plan that critics said failed to address the root causes of deforestation and could endanger the lives and livelihoods o…
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Ex-Im Bank rejects funding for dirty coal project in Vietnam
Friends of the Earth: Obama administration keeps promise in climate action plan WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank voted to reject financing for the 1200-megawatt Thai…
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President Obama’s new climate program threatened by vote at US Export-Import Bank
Public interest organizations call on president to assure rejection of funding for coal plant WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of five environmental organizations, including Friends of the Earth U.S…