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Friends of the Earth Files Unsolicited Testimony with South Carolina Legislature on Termination of Nuclear Reactor Project
With its testimony, Friends of the Earth wants to both underscore that not involving public interest groups raises questions about how the committees are conducting their business and to also provide…
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Secret NAFTA talks wind down: people and the planet put at risk
How can Donald Trump justify a system in which major decisions about domestic public policy, including environmental policy, are made in secret?
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Friends of the Earth Statement on Steve Bannon
White Supremacists like Steve Bannon and Donald Trump do not belong in the White House. Firing one person does not end Trump’s hateful and bigoted agenda and there is much more to be done to end inj…
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Closed door NAFTA negotiation silences those who want clean air and water
Trump’s NAFTA renegotiation objectives will be destructive for people and the planet. By holding this week’s NAFTA talks behind closed doors, keeping the negotiating text secret, and shutting out…
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FDA on “Bleeding” veggie burger: “no basis for safety”
The company privately admitted to the FDA that it had not conducted or designed safety tests of burger’s key GMO ingredient.
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Formal Intervention Filed with SC Public Service Commission Concerning SCE&G’s “Abandonment Plan” for Canceled Nuclear Reactor Construction Project
The troubled nuclear construction project and charge ratepayers $2.2 billion over the next 60 years to pay for the failed project.
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South Carolina Bungled Nuclear Reactor Construction Project Canceled
The decision to abandon the V.C. Summer project is of monumental proportion and is a full admission that pursuit of the project was a fool’s mission right from the start.
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Trump tax agenda threatens the planet
Donald Trump and Republican Congressional leaders today released broad tax reform principles. It continues the call for sharp cuts to individual and corporate tax rates but fills in few other details…
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Congressional briefing on pesticides toxic to bees, birds, and other wildlife
Advocates will document the devastating impacts of pollinator population decline.
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Bernhardt’s confirmation as DOI Deputy Secretary a victory for oil and gas interests
The U.S. Senate is expected to confirm David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Interior today, despite his long history working as a lobbyist for Big Oil and Big Ag.