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Key DOE environmental review of plan to use weapons plutonium as mixed oxide reactor fuel delayed again, signaling problems as options being assessed
Friends of the Earth: Mixed oxide fuel is ‘massive waste’ of tax dollars and must be terminated WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy has once again failed to meet its schedule on…
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Secretary Kerry, time for a fresh start on Keystone
This article, by Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica, was originally posted here on The Hill’s Congress Blog. During Hillary Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, the State Department�…
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Keystone XL: Public interest groups call for Sec. Kerry to throw out tainted environmental study, take disciplinary action against consultants who lied about ties to TransCanada
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline today asked Secretary John Kerry to throw out the State Department’s environmental review of the proposed tar sands pipeline because consul…
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South Carolina does not consent to being the nation’s nuclear waste dump
Finding a new home for old waste Tuesday, Aiken, S.C., became the first community to reject a new nuclear waste dump. Back in 2010 President Obama found himself stuck between a rock and a hard place…
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Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board says “no” to more nuclear waste
Solid “non-consent” decision against spent fuel dumping N. Augusta, S.C. – After months of debate and unprecedented public input, the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board adopted a formal…
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Keystone XL: State Department admits not checking on consultant’s ties to TransCanada
Friends of the Earth: Spokeswoman’s claim is ‘absurdly disingenuous’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an extraordinary admission, the State Department has acknowledged it did not try to exami…
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Ex-Im Bank rejects funding for dirty coal project in Vietnam
Friends of the Earth: Obama administration keeps promise in climate action plan WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Board of the U.S. Export-Import Bank voted to reject financing for the 1200-megawatt Thai…
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President Obama’s new climate program threatened by vote at US Export-Import Bank
Public interest organizations call on president to assure rejection of funding for coal plant WASHINGTON, D.C. – A group of five environmental organizations, including Friends of the Earth U.S…
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More lies: John Kerry must clean up the Keystone permit process
Last week brought fresh revelations of lying and deceit in the State Department’s environmental review of the Keystone XL pipeline. Research conducted by Friends of the Earth revealed that Environme…
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Keystone XL: Friends of the Earth sues State Dept. over failure to release records on pipeline lobbying
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth today sued the State Department in federal court for failure to turn over records detailing the contacts between lobbyists for the Keystone XL tar sands pipel…