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Six billion dollar subsidy for dirty corn ethanol defeated
Washington, D.C. — Congress finished its tax legislation today without including a provision to extend a massive subsidy for corn ethanol that is set to expire at the end of the year.
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission gives early Christmas gift to industrty
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today the Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted to approve the final rule for the Westinghouse AP1000 design.
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Consumer safety groups file first lawsuit on risks of nanotechnology
San Francisco, Calif. — Concerned by the growing body of scientific reports cautioning against the unregulated use of nanotechnology in consumer products, a coalition of nonprofit consumer safety…
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Payroll tax deal means Obama must now reject the pipeline
Washington, D.C. — The Senate today passed a payroll tax cut deal that will force the Obama administration to decide the future of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline within 60 day…
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Disastrous outcome from international climate talks in Durban
Durban, South Africa — News release from Friends of the Earth International — The UN climate talks in Durban were a failure and take the world a significant step back by further underminin…
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Response to President Obama’s Keystone XL veto threat and remarks
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a just-finished joint press conference with Canada’s Prime Minister Harper, President Obama reaffirmed his commitment to a “rigorous” review of the Keystone XL pipeline an…
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Civil Society to World Bank: Clean Up Dirty Energy Financing
New report shows institution lacking clean energy lending strategy and instead considering a new loan for coal power in Kosovo Durban, South Africa — Civil society organizations from around the worl…
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Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary bans cruise ship wastewater discharges
SEATTLE, Wash. — On December 1, Washington’s Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary will enact regulations banning cruise ships from discharging sewage, graywater, oily bilge and other…
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As State Department begins additional Keystone XL review, new documents raise fresh concerns
Washington, D.C. — A new tranche of internal State Department documents released today by public interest groups is raising fresh concerns about pro-pipeline bias — just as the department begi…
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Obama delays Keystone XL review
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Obama administration announced today that it will delay its review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline to explore a new route and conduct a new environmental i…