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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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Friends of the Earth statement on Keystone XL delay
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The State Department announced today that it will provide agencies more time to comment on the proposed Keystone XL pipeline project, in the wake of uncertainty about the pipeline…
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Friends of the Earth statement on the IPCC Mitigation Report
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published the third installment of its Fifth Assessment Report relating to mitigation strategies for addressing climate change…
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10 environmental injustices from IPCC report on climate impacts
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change launched the second installment of its Fifth Assessment Report detailing the findings of Working Group II, which focuses on the impacts of climate change…
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Friends of the Earth Joins San Onofre Settlement
Berkeley, CA – Friends of the Earth has announced, today, that it is joining a settlement negotiated by The Utility Reform Network and the Office of Ratepayer Advocates with the utilities Southe…
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Friends of the Earth deals polluters a tough hand for April 1st, Fossil Fools Day
WASHINGTON, D.C. – For years, corporations and elected officials have stacked the deck and given bad deals to the environment. The worst jokers seem to hold all the cards and act like kings and quee…
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Friends of the Earth statement on EU-U.S. summit
BRUSSELS/WASHINGTON, D.C. – As U.S. President Obama makes his first visit to Brussels and the EU institutions today, Friends of the Earth is demanding that environmental and health protection is put…
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25 years after the Exxon Valdez oil spill, lessons remain lost on Congress
Fossil fuel exports on the rise as Obama administration considers lifting U.S. crude export ban Washington, D.C. – A quarter century has passed since the worst marine oil spill of that time occurred…
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Exxon Valdez anniversary it is unlikely that we will see another 25 years go by before we have another catastrophic oil spill
This month there are two significant anniversaries to acknowledge – the birth of the internet and the death of thousands of animals in Prince William Sound, Alaska due to the Exxon Valdez oil spill…