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President Obama Promotes Damaging Bush-era Trade Deal
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration announced today that it has concluded negotiations on the U.S.-South Korea free trade agreement, one of the NAFTA-style trade deals left over from the…
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Nanotechnologys true climate and energy cost exposed
Washington, D.C.—Friends of the Earth groups around the world today released the report, Nanotechnology, climate and energy: over-heated promises and hot air, debunking the promises made by the…
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Congress Urged to End Multi-Billion Tax Credit for Dirty Corn Ethanol in Lame Duck Session
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth launched an online ad campaign today to mobilize Americans to contact their members of Congress and demand that they end a tax credit that funnels billions…
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New Jersey Governor Blocks Crucial Transit Tunnel
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A decision by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie today to block construction of a commuter rail tunnel between New Jersey and Manhattan will harm the state’s residents, acco…
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U.S. gov’t blasted for financing massive coal project in India
Green groups blasted the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) for its expected final approval today of hundreds of millions of dollars in subsidized federal financing for the massive 4,000 megaw…
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Confronted at Press Conference by Billionaires
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth showed up at a press conference held by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack this morning to protest his newly announced support for extending federal subsi…
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President Obama hits two birds with one stone with new gas tax proposal
Washington, D.C. — This week, the White House and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) proposed a plan to eliminate the nation’s gas tax of $0.184 on…
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EPA Designates 16 Areas in Violation of Airborne Lead Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently identified 16 regions in the United States that fail to meet clean air standards for airborne lead emissions. The finding…
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Experts Warn UN Climate Delegates against use of Carbon Markets
TIANJIN, CHINA — Experts on the dangers posed by carbon markets warned delegates at the UN climate talks here today against including carbon trading and offsets in any global climate agreement…