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Se insta al Congreso a poner fin al crédito fiscal multimillonario para el etanol de maíz sucio en la sesión saliente
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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Senadores critican a Clinton por el polémico oleoducto
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eleven influential senators sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today rebuking her for stating support for a controversial pipeline before her own agency has…
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Un nuevo informe afirma que la industria de los biocombustibles gastó 1.400.220 millones de dólares en actividades de cabildeo y contribuciones a campañas para influir en las políticas.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A report released today by Friends of the Earth demonstrates the ways in which the biofuels industry influences legislation through lobbying expenditures and campaign contribu…
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Senadores bipartidistas critican a Clinton por el oleoducto
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators pushed back this week against remarks Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made October 15 at San Francisco’s Commonwealth Club indicating t…
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El Secretario de Agricultura de EE.UU. fue confrontado en conferencia de prensa por multimillonarios.
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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La EPA designa 16 áreas en violación de los estándares de plomo en el aire.
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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La decisión de la EPA de aumentar la mezcla de etanol en la gasolina ha sido criticada desde diversos sectores.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite opposition from a broad coalition of public interest, consumer and industry groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that it will raise the m…
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Informe: Los biocombustibles sintéticos no son la solución a la crisis climática
Washington, DC—El grupo de vigilancia ambiental Amigos de la Tierra publicó hoy un informe que advierte a los responsables de las políticas sobre los peligros de los intentos equivocados de la industria de la biotecnología de aplicar...
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Manifestantes contra el oleoducto saludan al presidente Obama en un evento de recaudación de fondos en Nueva York.
NEW YORK, N.Y. — As President Obama arrives here for a Democratic campaign fundraiser today, activists with signs and banners are calling on him to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline, which would c…
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Nuevas historias que surgen de las negociaciones climáticas
United Nations climate negotiations will resume in Tianjin, China, on October 4, 2010. This is the first time formal international climate negations are taking place in China. Several stories are…