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Indigenous leaders rejecting California REDD hold governor responsible for their safety
As California lawmakers prepare to launch the state’s cap and trade program as part of its Global Warming Solutions Act, or AB32, indigenous leaders traveled to Sacramento to urge officials not to i…
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Biofuels from algae pose threat to water and the climate, National Research Council reports.
This morning the National Research Council released a new report titled
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San Onofre: Hydrogen gas leak from crippled reactor exposes danger of restart
A reactor at the crippled San Onofre nuclear power plant is leaking hydrogen gas into the environment, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Although it is not yet known if the lea…
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UN biodiversity talks favor false solutions to biodiversity crisis
After two weeks of talks, the United Nations Biodiversity Conference comes to a close here today with Friends of the Earth International criticizing negotiators for…
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California’s global warming trading scheme could endanger indigenous forest peoples
Leaders of indigenous forest peoples warned today that California’s proposed carbon credits trading scheme – intended to help reduce global warming – could in fact threaten the survival of th…
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San Onofre: Feds stonewall nuclear watchdogs petition for legal hearing on reactor restart
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s continued refusal to consider a legally binding hearing on the future of the San Onofre nuclear plant has prompted Friends of the Earth to accuse the agency of…
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San Onofre: Feds’ ’roundtable discussion’ a meaningless show that shuts out the public
Tonight’s “roundtable discussion” on the current shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear reactor site is a disappointing and unacceptable effort by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to make a show…
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Lets not roll the nuclear dice
Southern California Edison’s controversial plan to restart one of the damaged San Onofre nuclear reactors is rolling the nuclear dice — a dangerous experiment that gambles with the safety of mil…
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San Onofre reactor restart a reckless gamble with Southern Californians safety
Southern California Edison’s plan to restart one of its crippled San Onofre reactors is a reckless gamble that flies in the face of the utility’s claim
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Nearing 40th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, advocacy groups challenge national water pollution trading model
Food & Water Watch and Friends of the Earth, represented by Columbia Law School’s Environmental Law Clinic, filed a joint lawsuit today to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency