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Statement on President Obama’s climate plan
Below is a statement from Damon Moglen, climate and energy program director of Friends of the Earth, on President Obama’s speech and plan addressing climate change. “This is not a climate…
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Oink: TV ad skewers Lindsey Graham’s pork-barrel plutonium MOX boondoggle
As key House committee takes up budget for plutonium disposition program, campaign to end funding of troubled MOX project ramps up on DC & South Carolina airwaves WASHINGTON, D.C. – If it walk…
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Mozambique-EU forest carbon deal is fraught with problems, new report reveals
In Sofala province, Mozambique, a group of initiatives collectively known as the N’hambita Pilot Project have been promoted as a flagship program for the protection of forests and the reduction…
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San Onofre: Nuclear Regulatory Commission will try to erase record of judge’s ruling that led to shutdown
Friends of the Earth: Atomic Safety Licensing Board ruling must not be vacated WASHINGTON, D.C. – Just one week after Southern California Edison announced the permanent shutdown of the San Onofre nu…
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Groundhog Day with State Dept conflicts of interest
Today feels like Groundhog Day with the Department of State. More than a year ago, Friends of the Earth, along with members of Congress including Sen. Sanders of Vermont and Rep. Cohen from Tenness…
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Keystone XL opponents call on Kerry to halt State’s flawed review process
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Environmental leaders hosted a press call today to call for a State Department Investigator General investigation of the State Department’s flawed Keystone XL review process and…
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Victory: Edison closes San Onofre for good (updated with press conference)
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Here is a statement from Erich Pica, president of Friends of the Earth, on the announced closure of the San Onofre Generating Station. “This is very good news for the people…
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The Fukushima Daiichi disaster: Ongoing lessons for California
Former Japanese Prime Minister Naota Kan warned today that restarting the damaged San Onofre nuclear reactor is driven by the same industrial and regulatory forces in the United States that are seekin…
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Wind energy trumps nuclear: MidAmerican scraps plans for new reactors in Iowa
Friends of the Earth: ‘No future’ for nuclear in U.S. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The decision of MidAmerican Energy to scrap plans to build nuclear reactors in Iowa is further evidence that nu…
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San Onofre: Pressed by Calif. regulators, Edison forced to release another damning letter
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Under pressure from the California Public Utility Commission, Southern California Edison has released to Friends of the Earth another suppressed and highly incriminating inter…