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Obama Urged to Go Further in Cutting Fossil Fuel Giveaways
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to President Obama’s budget proposal, which was released this morning.
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Republicans’ Draconian Spending Proposal Comes Under Fire
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to the continuing resolution to fund the federal government that the Republican House leadership pro…
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USDA Approves Use of Genetically Engineered Corn for Ethanol
WASHINGTON, D.C.–The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced today that it has approved a form of genetically engineered corn created by the biotechnology corporation Syngenta Seeds, Inc. for…
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New Bill Would End Legacy Tax Breaks for Big Oil
Washington, D.C.—Congressmen Earl Blumenauer and Ed Markey announced today the introduction of legislation to end a variety of loopholes that let big oil corporations dodge billions in taxes ea…
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Response to Harper on Tar Sands
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a just-finished joint press conference with President Obama, Prime Minister Harper of Canada spoke in favor of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline.
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Secret Plan Exposed to Use Surplus Weapons Plutonium in Washington State Nuclear Reactor
Columbia, SC — Department of Energy (DOE) documents released to Friends of the Earth reveal that the public utility Energy Northwest hopes to bring experimental radioactive plutonium fuel into…
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Upton and Inhofe Launch Clean Air Act Assault
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, yesterday joined with Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), a notorious climate-science-denier, to…
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Watchdog Groups Appeal State Departments Refusal to Disclose Communications with Oil Lobbyist
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Three watchdog groups today filed an appeal with the U.S. State Department over its refusal to release correspondence between the agency and a former high-ranking presidential…
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Short Sea Shipping’s Costs Weighed
San Francisco, CA—Friends of the Earth today released a report detailing the environmental challenges associated with short sea shipping—the regional transportation of goods by ship, rather t…
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Assessing the 2011 State of the Union Address
President Obama delivered the State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, January 25. The speech provided important indications about the President’s priorities for t…