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Tijeras Verdes 2011 y ARPA-E
El informe Tijeras Verdes 2011, publicado recientemente, identifica recortes de gasto beneficiosos para el medio ambiente que podrían ahorrar a los contribuyentes más de 1.380.000 millones de dólares. Los recortes recomendados abarcan desde concesiones a las grandes petroleras…
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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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Kit de herramientas para acabar con las subvenciones a las grandes petroleras
Cada año, el gobierno federal otorga más de 10 mil millones de dólares en exenciones fiscales a las compañías petroleras y gasíferas. Estas industrias contaminantes ya están obteniendo ganancias récord: es una barbaridad…
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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.
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Friends of the Earth urges rejection of proposed debt ceiling agreement
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night President Obama, Majority Leader Reid, Speaker Boehner and Minority Leader McConnell announced a framework for raising the debt ceiling. The plan calls for…
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Friends of the Earth announces opposition to U.S.-Colombia trade pact
Washington, D.C.—Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had this statement at a rally in opposition to the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement held in front of the White House today.
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Court rules EPA must act on aircraft emissions
Washington, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) must formally determine whether greenhouse gas pollution from aircraft endangers human health and welfare, ruled a U.S. District Co…
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Bill introduced to regulate cosmetics threatening consumers’ health with potentially harmful nanoparticles
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), joined by Rep. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), acted today to protect consumers from potentially harmful nanoparticles in…
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Las nuevas normas de la FDA sobre protectores solares ignoran la nanotecnología.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s newly released sunscreen rules fail to meaningfully consider the risks posed by nanoscale ingredients, according to public interest g…