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Senate Vote Tightens the Screws on Big Oil Statement of Erich Pica, Domestic Policy Director
Washington, DC – Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment offered by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) to force oil companies to renegotiate Gulf of…
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Court Rules Against Genetically Engineered Corn & Sugarcane Prodigene, Monsanto Experimental Plantings Threaten Hawaiis Native Plants & Consumer Safety
The U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii ruled on Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture violated both the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act when th…
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Statement of Friends of the Earth President Brent Blackwelder on Oil Spills in Indian Ocean, Philippines, Lebanon
“Today’s devastating oil spill is another reminder that big oil is a big waste. Our dependence on oil is dangerous; each step of oil production pollutes the environment and its use contributes…
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Bush Administration Sets Nation’s Energy Policy Back 20 Years
DOE Issues New Proposal To Cut Back Alternative Fuel Goals Contacts:
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World Bank Energy Framework Sells Climate and Poor People Short NGOs
Bank Information Center/Friends of the Earth/Institute for Policy Studies/International Rivers Network/Oil Change International
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Economists Warn Climate Change Will Cost Trillions without Government Action
LONDON (UK) / WASHINGTON DC – The cost of allowing global temperatures to increase by two degrees centigrade or more above pre-industrial levels will run into the trillions of dollars and the envir…