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Friends of the Earth condemns World Trade Organization ruling against Ontario green energy program
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth was disappointed by today’s ruling by a World Trade Organization tribunal that Ontario, Canada’s “feed-in tariff” program to increase green energy…
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San Onofre: Federal regulator opens proceedings that could decide reactors future
Friends of the Earth calls for transparency, public participation, no conflicts of interest WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to a petition from Friends of the Earth, the Nuclear Regulatory Commiss…
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EPA prioritizes ethanol industry above struggling citizens; refuses to waive biofuels mandate
WASHINGTON D.C.— Today the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced its decision to uph…
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Feds launch two new proceedings to address safety concerns raised by petition
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In today’s decision, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has directed its Atomic Safety and Licensing Board and staff to consider the issues raised by Friends of the Earth in…
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Prop 37: David versus Goliath fight
GMO labeling ballot initiative in California reignited movement for safe, sustainable and just food system and consumer right to know BERKELEY, Calif.– Yesterday, Californians voted 53 percent t…
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Friends of the Earths statement on the re-election of President Barack Obama
Congratulations to President Obama on his re-election and thanks for his acknowledgement in his acceptance speech of the ‘destructive power of a warming planet.’
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San Onofre: California launches investigation of cost issues as nation’s aging reactors face ‘mothballs’
Friends of the Earth: Continued operation of San Onofre is not cost effective IRVINE, Calif. — The California Public Utilities Commission will announce today that it is launching an investigatio…
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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…