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Protests challenge Obama administrations push to rubber-stamp the Keystone XL pipeline southern segment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Army Corps of Engineers began granting TransCanada fast-tracked approval to start building the southern leg of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline this…
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Green Scissors 2012 finds ending environmentally destructive federal programs would save almost $700 billion
Congress could move a long way toward solving the nation’s twin problems of spiraling budget costs and environmental degradation simply by cutting hundreds of billions in environmentally harmful…
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EPA refuses to control pollution from ships, aircraft and non-road engines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The EPA announced that it would not take action to control global warming pollution from major mobile sources at this time. The agency’s decision not to regulate ships and ot…
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Statement from Californians for Toxic-Free Fire Safety
San Francisco, Calif. — California Governor Jerry Brown announced in a statement today that he has directed state agencies to revise the decades-old flammability standards and to recommend chang…
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Nuclear watchdog petitions NRC to require relicensing of faulty San Onofre reactors
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth today filed a legal petition to require the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to keep the crippled reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station s…
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World Bank tribunal allows outrageous Pac Rim case to drag on
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Friday, June 1, a World Bank tribunal allowed an international legal attack on El Salvador’s environment and democracy to advance, accepting jurisdiction to rule on a lawsu…
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Groups ask FDA for final response to petition
Washington, D.C. – Earthjustice sent a letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last Friday calling on the agency to provide a final substantive response to a citizen petition filed one y…
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Feds finance coal export
Washington D.C. — The Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank, a federal government trade promotion agency, voted to provide $90 million in financing to the top U.S. coal exporter, Xcoal Ener…
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Statement on announced resignation of Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following statement in response to the announced resignation of Gregory Jaczko, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission…
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Friends of the Earth releases new ad: San Onofre ‘a disaster waiting to happen’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth has released a new video ad warning that restarting the crippled San Onof…