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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…
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New Storylines Emerging From Climate Negotiations
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…
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Petition Seeks Limits on Greenhouse Gas, Black Carbon Pollution from Locomotives
SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of the Earth and the International Center for Technology Assessment today filed a petition with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agenc…
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FDA Urged to Keep Genetically Engineered Salmon Off Consumers Plates
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today experts from environmental, public interest and consumer groups including Friends of the Earth were testifying at public hearings to urge the U.S. Food and Drug Adminis…
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TV Interview on GE Salmon with Friends of the Earth’s Biotech Campaigner
Our biotechnology campaigner, Eric Hoffman, was recently interviewed on the Free Speech TV show “Whistle Where You Work” to discuss the dangers of the genetically engineered (GE) salmon. I…