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Obama’s EPA forced to consider effects of using food for fuel
Since my last post on the stupidity of using food for fuel, almost 300 members of Congress, state governors, organizations and private citizens have written to Environmental Protection Agency Administ…
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Arctic sea ice at lowest levels in history
This week the extent of Arctic sea ice is at an unprecedented historic low, the smallest amount of ice cover since satellite measurement began in 1979. According to scientists, dramatic summer sea ice…
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The burden of apple eating: or how I learned to stop worrying and love genetically engineered apples
Here is the biggest problem I face every day: I want to eat an apple as a healthy snack to get me through the afternoon, but eating a whole apple is really too much for me given my busy schedule. I…
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Starting off right: Making climate finance publicly accountable at the Green Climate Fund
On the eve of the first board meeting of the UN’s Green Climate Fund, Friends of the Earth U.S. — along with GAIA and the Institute for Policy Studies — has released a report that begins…
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Efforts to halt Klingle Valley hiking and biking trail plans shut down by D.C. federal court
Klingle Road — closed to motor vehicles since 1991 — is one step closer to becoming the hiking and biking trail approved by the D.C. Council in 2008 and supported by Friends of the Earth W…
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U.S. Department of Agriculture predicts plummeting corn yields due to U.S. drought
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the first estimates to take into account the extreme heat and droughts that have ravaged the country this summer, the Department of Agriculture predicted this morning that U.S…
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26 Senators urge EPA to reduce the corn ethanol mandate
Today a bipartisan group of 26 senators urged EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to use her authority to reduce the corn ethanol mandate in the Renewable Fuel Standard. With record droughts spreading acro…
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A ruse of Olympic proportions: BP’s carbon offsets
My husband is a self-described Olympics junkie, and our television has been on nonstop since the opening ceremonies. As a result, I have been barraged by the full spectrum of TV commercials — al…
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Severe drought shows stupidity of corn ethanol mandate
If you haven’t noticed from the frostbite-inducing air conditioning in your office yet, it’s been hot this summer. Really really hot–and dry. In fact, more than half of the counties…
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Severe drought puts spotlight on harm of corn ethanol mandate
As the drought gripping the Midwest wreaks havoc on corn crops, resulting in dramatic drops in projected corn yiel…