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Trump nominates anti-science climate denier to lead USDA Science, violating 2008 Farm Bill
Trump’s nomination of Clovis violates the 2008 Farm Bill, which states that the nominee “shall be appointed by the P…
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Trump tax agenda threatens the planet
As the House Leadership unveils its FY2018 Budget Resolution, including instructions to push ahead with tax reform and to raise revenue from drilling, a new analysis from Friends of the Earth hig…
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Report Calls for Abandoning Bungled Nuclear Project in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. – An in-depth economic analysis released today documents that a problem-plagued nuclear reactor construction project in South Carolina must be abandoned. The report concludes that mon…
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Trumps NAFTA renegotiation objectives indicate possible stealth attack on public health, food, agriculture
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer released the Trump Administration’s objectives for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Trade promot…
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California cap-and-trade bill is a giveaway to polluters
The California legislature has passed a climate deal for billionaires that targets the most vulnerable while giving handouts to Big Oil.
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Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club Conference Call: Failed Economics of South Carolinas Nuclear Reactor Construction
Friends of the Earth and the Sierra Club on Tuesday, July 18 will release an in-depth analysis in advance of a hearing before the South Carolina Public Service Commission on the troubled nuclear react…
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Friends of the Earth Seeks Ethics Documents for Key Interior Trump Appointee
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth today filed a Freedom of Information Act request with the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) for information on James Cason, Associate Deputy Secretary of…
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Senators carbon capture tax credits are a false solution to climate crisis
Today’s push for ineffective and expensive carbon capture and sequestration is another taxpayer subsidy for wealthy energy executives. Even worse, this legislation enables the ignorant and dangerous…
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Friends of the Earth welcomes IMO action on Arctic heavy fuel oil risk
As the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 71) concluded today, Friends of the Earth and the Clean Arctic Alliance welcomed the support fr…
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U.S. Sending $6 Billion to Subsidize Fossil Fuel Projects Abroad
G20 leaders’ handouts to fossil fuel companies destroys the health of people and the planet.