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WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth warned today that plans by the Japanese utility TEPCO to dump some 11,500 tons of radioactive wastewater into the Pacific Ocean pose substantial threats t…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A U.S. Food and Drug Administration statement regarding milk contaminated with radiation from Japan failed to accurately inform and educate the public, five watchdog groups and…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—In response to President Obama’s speech today on the subject of energy security, as well as supporting documentation released by the White House, Friends of the Earth Climate…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.), and Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-W.V.) are each threatening to introduce…

WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 25, 2011 – Three groups — Friends of the Earth (FOE), the Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS) and Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR) – announce…

Columbia, S.C.—In an annual report released on March 8, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission confirmed that four of seven operating nuclear reactors in South Carolina were at a “degraded” leve…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission yesterday extended the operating license of the Vermont Yankee nuclear reactor plant, even though the plant has leaked radioact…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—Several national watchdog and environmental groups today sent President Obama a letter urging him to release information about radioactive contamination stemming from the nucl…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—As the reactor crisis in Japan escalated toward worst-case scenarios, President Obama was rebuked today for reiterating his support for dangerous reactors in the U.S.

U.S. Reactors Pose Risks.