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Judge Blocks Temporary Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to a federal judge’s injunction blocking President Obama’s six-month morato…
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Energy Department Pressed to Release Records re Nuclear Bailout
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Friday, Southern Company announced it has accepted a preemptive bailout by the Department of Energy for the construction of nuclear reactors in Georgia. Friends…
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Campaign Launched to Force ‘BP Ten’ and Others in Congress to Give Up Dirty Oil Cash
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, as BP’s CEO, Tony Hayward, was set to testify about the devastating oil disaster his firm caused in the Gulf of Mexico, the environmental watchdog…
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Billions of New Nuke Giveaways in Kerry-Lieberman Bill Exposed
Washington, D.C. — The nuclear industry could end up facing no risk under massive tax break subsidies in the Kerry-Lieberman climate bill, according to an important new analysis conducted f…
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EPA’s Failure to Address Ship, Aircraft and Non-Road Engine Pollution Challenged
Washington, D.C. – A day after the US Senate voted to uphold the US Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, a coalition of environmental groups filed a la…
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Public Warned About Nanosunscreen Risks
Washington, D.C.—The environmental watchdog group Friends of the Earth announced today that it has launched a summer advertising and public education campaign intended to alert the public to t…
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On President Obama’s Oval Office Speech
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to President Obama’s speech from the Oval Office this evening.
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Attack on Clean Air Act Fails in Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Senate voted by a margin of 47 to 53 today to reject a resolution sponsored by Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that sought to roll back the Clean Air Act’s protections ag…
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Even Without Handouts for Liquid Coal, Tax Package Pending in Senate Could Subsidize Dirty Energy
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth dirty fuels campaigner Alex Moore had the following statement regarding the “American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010” (HR 4213…
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President Obama Moves to Create Emissions and Fuel Economy Standards for Medium- and Heavy-Duty Trucks
Washington, DC — Today, President Obama issued an executive order directing the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Transportation to develop fuel economy and emissions rules f…