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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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En el aniversario del desastre nuclear de Fukushima, estos son los hechos
Hemos analizado el desastre de Fukushima, tratando de explicar el accidente y, en particular, el estado actual de los reactores, los impactos en la salud humana, la contaminación ambiental y el efecto…
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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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TV ad challenges ‘dangerous’ nuclear rate hike bill in Iowa
DES MOINES, IOWA — A TV ad highlighting the risks of a bill that would allow MidAmerican Energy to raise electric rates for Iowa consumers in advance to pay for new nuclear reactors began airin…
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EPA reverses decision to allow four new feedstocks into the Renewable Fuel Standard in response to environmental objections
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency today withdrew a previous direct and final rule to amend the Renewable Fuel Standard after environmental groups, including Friends of the Earth…
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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…
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TransCanada recurre a una táctica fragmentada para resucitar el oleoducto Keystone XL; la administración cede ante la estratagema.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — TransCanada today announced a scheme to circumvent President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline by splitting the project into two segments to be revi…
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State Department sued for not disclosing Keystone XL pipeline lobbyists communications
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental group Friends of the Earth sued the State Department today to gain access to communications between the department and a broad web of lobbyists promoting the Ke…
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Filing suit to block approval of new nuclear reactor design
Friends of the Earth and a coalition of 11 other groups filed a lawsuit on Thursday, February 16 to reverse the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s misguided approval of risky new nuclear reactors at th…
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800,000+ strong against the Keystone XL pipeline
Wow. In 24 hours, the environmental movement and our progressive allies came together to send a huge, jarring wake-up call to senators wavering in the face of Big Oil’s threats and campaign coffers:…