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President Obama Misses Opportunity to Shut Door on More Drilling Disasters
Washington, D.C. – Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to President Obama’s remarks at this afternoon’s press conference.
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Firing of MMS Head is Damage Control, Not Real Reform
Washington, D.C. — Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to an Associated Press report that President Obama has fired Elizabeth Birnbaum, the head of the U.S…
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New Bill Would Slash Wasteful Tax Breaks that Pad Big Oils Profits
Washington, D.C. — Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) announced Monday that he is introducing legislation to end a variety of loopholes that let big oil corporations skirt paying billions in taxe…
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Friends of the Earth Sues, Petitions EPA re Failure to Properly Regulate Biofuels
Washington D.C.—The Clean Air Task Force and Friends of the Earth filed today a lawsuit to the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in the U.S. Court of Appeals and petitioned the EPA…
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Sen. Murkowski Poised to Bring Clean Air Act Rollback Measure to a Vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has indicated that she could bring a measure to roll back the Clean Air Act to the Senate floor this week. Sen. Murkowski’s measure…
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Venter Takes Genetic Engineering to ‘Extreme New Level’
Washington, DC — Today, the J. Craig Venter Institute announced the creation of the first living organism with an entirely synthetic genome.
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Cruise Lines Graded on Environmental Impacts
SAN FRANCISCO—An annual report card grading cruise lines on their environmental impacts was released today by Friends of the Earth, and the results aren’t pretty.
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Carbon Fraud Guide Details Dangers of Carbon Markets Contaminated By Offsets
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A new “guide” for would-be carbon crooks and schemers released today by Friends of the Earth serves as a warning about the fraud, corruption and gaming abu…
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Dangerous Senate Bill Threatens to Stymie Fight Against Global Warming
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to the four-page and 21-page summaries of the “American Power Act” cap-and-trade prop…
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TV Ads Take on ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ in Wake of Spill
Washington, D.C.—Friends of the Earth released a TV ad today that takes the fight to “drill, baby, drill” sloganeers in the wake of the mounting oil spill catas…