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Delayed Stadium Vote is a Welcome Sign of Fiscal Sanity
Contact: Chris Weiss, 202-222-0746 The baseball stadium lease collapsed yesterday because a majority of the DC Council recognizes that a “stadium at any cost” is fiscally risky and does not reflec…
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Ten Years of Genetically Modified Crops Failed to Deliver the Promises Made by Biotech Giants
Washington DC (US) / Brussels (Belgium) / Lagos (Nigeria) January 10, 2006 – Ten years after the first significant planting of Genetically Modified (GM) crops, no plants with benefits to consumer…
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EPA RESPONDS TO BLUEWATERS CALL FOR MORE ACCURACY IN FUEL ECONOMY TESTING
Contact: Danielle Fugere
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Banking Sector Not Upholding International Norms on Environment U.S. Banks Rank Well Overall, But Do Not Lead the Pack
(Davos, Switzerland) A new study released by BankTrack and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) yesterday found that banks are facilitating the over-exploitation of environmental goods such as fisheries an…
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Exxon’s Record Profits: Congress, Please Repeal Oil Industry Tax Breaks!
Contact: Erich Pica, 202-222-0739 ExxonMobil’s fourth quarter and annual profits are staggering. In today’s announcement, ExxonMobil stated earnings of $10.7 billion in the…
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Rebuffed by Congress in 2006, Bush Steers Amtrak Off a Different Cliff Transportation Budget Micro-Manages Amtrak System on Insufficient Funds
Washington DC – President Bush sharply reversed course on rail transportation funding today, proposing $900 million for Amtrak in his 2007 budget. However, Bush’s proposal contains so many fine p…