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Tar sands oil may have flowed through Exxon Silvertip pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. pipeline regulators revealed yesterday that the Exxon pipeline responsible for spilling 42,000 gallons into the Yellowstone River earlier this month may have sometimes…
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Task force calls for sweeping safety upgrades at U.S. reactors to reduce meltdown risk
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A task force established by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in the wake of the post-tsunami nuclear disaster in Japan today
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Friends of the Earth announces opposition to U.S.-Colombia trade pact
Washington, D.C.—Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had this statement at a rally in opposition to the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement held in front of the White House today.
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Coalition Statement on Ethanol Subsidy Deal
Today, Senator Feinstein announced a deal with Senators Klobuchar and Thune to end the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit (VEETC) and the tariff on imported ethanol. VEETC provides ethanol bl…
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Court rules EPA must act on aircraft emissions
Washington, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must formally determine whether greenhouse gas pollution from aircraft endangers human health and welfare, ruled a U.S. District Co…
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Nuclear industry suffers major defeat in Iowa
Des Moines, Iowa — In the latest of a series of blows to the nuclear industry since the meltdown at Fukushima, the Iowa Senate adjourned today without passing a bill that would pave the way for…
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Bill introduced to regulate cosmetics threatening consumers’ health with potentially harmful nanoparticles
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), joined by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), acted today to protect consumers from potentially harmful nanoparticles in…
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New FDA sunscreen rules called blind to nanotechnology
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s newly released sunscreen rules fail to meaningfully consider the risks posed by nanoscale ingredients, according to public interest g…
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Senate votes to end $6 billion giveaway for corn ethanol
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate voted 73-27 this afternoon to end ethanol blender tax credits, a $6 billion dollar annual giveaway for dirty corn ethanol.
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Public interest groups call for nuclear regulators to halt the AP1000 reactor approval process
DURHAM, N.C. — In a legal motion filed today, watchdog groups pressed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)…