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Organizaciones de consumidores y ambientalistas instan a las empresas de comida rápida a rechazar las manzanas transgénicas tras la aprobación de la FDA.
El mes pasado, el USDA aprobó la entrada al mercado estadounidense de la nueva manzana Arctic Apple® modificada genéticamente, lo que permite que se plante y se venda sin una supervisión específica.
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Kirk-Heitkamp Bill discriminates against local communities and the environment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) introduced S. 819 to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank which includes a provision sought by Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.)…
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Obama admin. releases toothless fracking rules; giveaway to oil and gas Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management finalized rules regulating the practice of hydraulic fracturing — commonly called fracking — on public l…
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Concentración en la Casa Blanca para recordar el desastre del derrame de petróleo del Exxon Valdez
Coalición insta al gobierno a detener las arriesgadas e imprudentes perforaciones en el Ártico. WASHINGTON, DC – Activistas de Alaska Wilderness League, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Amigos de la Tierra, Fondo Mundial para la Naturaleza (WWF)…
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Suite of bills would close fracking loopholes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Members of Congress have just introduced a set of bills (called the Frack Pack) that would end exemptions that the oil and gas industry currently receive from some of the country�…
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Se ha reintroducido la legislación fiscal Robin Hood, que podría financiar la lucha contra el cambio climático.
WASHINGTON, DC – Hoy, el congresista Keith Ellison (demócrata por Minnesota) volvió a presentar la Ley de Prosperidad Inclusiva, una legislación que establecería un Impuesto Robin Hood, también conocido como Impuesto de Wall Street…
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Friends of the Earth files for release of former Secretary Clintons State Department records related to Keystone XL
FOIA request underscores lingering questions about integrity of KXL review process WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth has filed a Freedom of Information Act request, demanding the expedited rel…
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100,000 activists ask Carnival Cruise Lines to fix sewage problem
“It’s time for cruise lines, particularly Carnival, to stop using our oceans as a toilet,” said Marcie Keever, Oceans and Vessels program director for Friends of the Earth.
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Environmental advocates will make a splash at cruise line convention
Activists will deliver 100,000 petition signatures to Carnival Cruise Lines in Miami
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Ten years after major shipwreck in Alaskas Aleutian Islands, area gets first international shipping protections
LONDON, U.K. – The International Maritime Organization — a U.N. specialized agency responsible for globally recognized shipping measures — today approved protective buffer zones (“Area…