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Nueva amenaza de 'superbacteria': la nanoplata
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public health and environmental experts are warning that the increasing use of nano-silver as an antimicrobial agent in consumer products may be hastening the spread of resista…
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El supercomité puede evitar recortes perjudiciales protegiendo el medio ambiente
Como resultado del acuerdo sobre el techo de la deuda de este verano, el gasto discrecional se reducirá en 1.400.000 millones de dólares durante los próximos diez años. Un supercomité del Congreso ha sido encargado de reducir…
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Amigos de la Tierra se opone a un capítulo de inversión al estilo del TLCAN en el acuerdo comercial de la Asociación Transpacífica
CHICAGO, ILL. — As representatives from the United States and eight other Pacific countries gathered behind closed doors in a Chicago hotel to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agre…
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Obama trashes smog protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama today announced he is blocking standards that would have protected Americans from excessive ground-level ozone pollution, which is the primary constituent of…
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El análisis del Departamento de Estado sobre el impacto del oleoducto Keystone XL es criticado por ser inadecuado
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Environmental Impact Statement for the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline was slammed by experts today shortly after its release by the U.S. State Department…
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Las organizaciones ambientalistas más grandes del país se unen para oponerse al oleoducto
Washington, D.C. — The heads of the nation’s largest environmental organizations — often at odds on the best strategy for combating climate change — released a letter today calling on Pre…
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Taking ‘Green Scissors’ to budget would yield $380 billion in savings
WASHINGTON, D.C. — August 24, 2011 — Ending a third of a trillion dollars in environmentally harmful subsidies could go a long way toward solving our nation’s budget challenges, an unusual…
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Nuclear regulators told law prohibits new reactor licensing until Fukushima review taken into account
WASHINGTON, D.C. — August 11, 2011 — Not only should the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) slow down reactor licensing and relicensing in order to address a range of health and safety concer…
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Amigos de la Tierra elogia a los miembros del Congreso que se oponen a los drásticos recortes en el acuerdo de deuda.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the Senate voted 74 to 26 to pass the Budget Control Act of 2011. The bill passed the House 269 to 161 last night and institutes roughly $1 trillion in initial spending…
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Divided appeals court rules human genes are patentable, protecting biotech profit instead of patient health
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a 2-1 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled late Friday that two human genes correlated with increased risk for breast cancer are patentable.