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Friends of the Earth demands public disclosure of information regarding safety problems at troubled San Onofre reactors
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — Nuclear watchdog Friends of the Earth is filing a public records request today with the California Public Utilities Commission calling for the urgent release of information r…
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Strange bedfellows oppose Natural Gas Act
In what is becoming a summer ritual high gas prices are again at the forefront of the national consciousness. With the U.S. consuming 20 percent of the world’s oil supply and controlling only 2 perc…
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End corporate welfare for oil companies
President Obama has identified over $4.7 billion that the oil and gas industry should pay under standard tax rules this year but that will remain in company coffers because the industry receives pre…
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Contract for Keystone XL review was between TransCanada and Cardno Entrix, State Department documents confirm
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Under pressure from Friends of the Earth, the State Department today made public the third-party contract and conflict of interest documents for the environmental review of t…
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Fire at BP refinery — isolated incident or business as usual?
In an in depth piece in Crosscut, Friends of the Earth’s Northwest consultant, Fred Felleman, wades into the need to fully investigate the safety and environmental record of BP after a fire brok…
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Un grupo ecologista demanda a la EPA para eliminar el plomo de la gasolina de aviación.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth, a leading advocate for a healthy environment, filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency today after the agency did not reply to a May 201…
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Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club intervene in lawsuit to protect Klingle Valley
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Friends of the Earth and the Sierra Club filed papers in federal court in Washington, D.C. opposing a lawsuit seeking to compel the reconstruction of Klingle Road throu…
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Slow ships down to protect whales in the Arctic
As shipping continues to expand in the Arctic, whales in the region are expected to experience increased impacts as a result of underwater noise and ship strikes. A recent study looking at stress le…
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The “Rainforest Chernobyl”: Will U.S. Investment Treaty block justice for Amazonian People?
Who should pay to clean up what has been called the “Rainforest Chernobyl” in the Ecuadorian Amazon? Why are the people of the rainforest who suffered the most not represented directly before th…
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Meritocracy or plutocracy? Selection of new World Bank president
As expected, the current president of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, recently announced that he’s stepping down. The outstanding question remains — what will the process be to replace…