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EPA delays action as ship sewage flows into U.S. waters
Environmental group seeks court-ordered deadline for sewage treatment improvements WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Friends of the Earth, represented by Earthjustice, filed a lawsuit in federal court seeki…
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Congressional hearing on bee health stacked against science
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Congressional subcommittee hearing on pollinator health, held today, failed to include a robust science-based discussion about the impacts of neonicotinoid pesticides on bees…
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Dirty money, dirty fuels: why money in politics matters to the environment
What if fighting dirty money in our elections was the key to fighting dirty fuels in our economy? That’s the question asked in a recent report released by the Sierra Club and Oil Change Internation…
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Pesticide pushers spin the bee crisis to protect profits
New report reveals Big Tobacco PR tactics used by Bayer, Syngenta, Monsanto SAN FRANCISCO – On the eve of Bayer’s (DE: BAYN) Annual Stockholders’ Meeting in Germany, author Michele Simon and env…
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Government By the People Act takes back political power from big polluters
On April 23, 2014, President of Friends of the Earth Erich Pica gave remarks at a press conference hosted by Rep. John Sarbanes (D-Md.) on the environmental benefits of the Government By the People Ac…
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Groups press EPA to address toxic lead air pollution from aviation gasoline
Evidence linking ill-health, especially in children, to airborne lead emissions mounts as EPA fails to act WASHINGTON, D.C.– Three leading advocacy groups filed a petition today asking the U.S. Envi…
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EPA report shows violation of federal airborne lead standards at two California airports, yet it continues to delay action
Update, April 21, 2014: Friends of the Earth, Physicians for Social Responsibility and Oregon Aviation Watch have filed a petition asking the EPA to address the continued use of leaded aviation gasoli…
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Fire safety & health groups defend improved furniture flammability standard against chemical company challenge
New standard better protects firefighters and consumers SACRAMENTO, CALIF. – A coalition of fire safety and health groups has intervened to support the recently updated California furniture flam…
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Arnold Schwarzenegger public face of TV campaign to save forests and climate invests in companies causing deforestation and climate change
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the eve of the premiere of James Cameron’s Years of Living Dangerously, a Showtime documentary on the human impacts of climate change and forest loss, investigations by Glob…