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White House pushes risky biofuels for military
This past week the Obama Administration announced $62 million in new funding for the advanced biofuels industry. The White House’s goal is to jump-starting the commercial-scale development of dr…
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Outrage over the Obama administrations fast-tracking of Keystone XL bubbles over
A short piece appeared in the New York Times on Tuesday, quietly noting that one of the three regional Army Corps of Engineers offices reviewing TransCanada’s federal permit application to build the…
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Protests challenge Obama administrations push to rubber-stamp the Keystone XL pipeline southern segment
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the Army Corps of Engineers began granting TransCanada fast-tracked approval to start building the southern leg of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline this…
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State Department to use flawed, conflicts-ridden impacts study in new review of Keystone XL
You’d think the State Department would’ve learned its lesson from the first round of review of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, wouldn’t you? Especially after it took 1,253…
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Shut down San Onofre: The continuing nuclear threat to southern California
The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station, located in San Clemente, Calif., between Los Angeles and San Diego, poses a threat to the health and safety of the people of southern California. The reactor…
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EPA refuses to control pollution from ships, aircraft and non-road engines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The EPA announced that it would not take action to control global warming pollution from major mobile sources at this time. The agency’s decision not to regulate ships and ot…
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Burning trees to save the planet?
Politicians and industry folks have been arguing for years that the best way to transition away from petroleum-based fuels and save the world from climate doom is to use biomass for electricity and to…
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Nuclear watchdog petitions NRC to require relicensing of faulty San Onofre reactors
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth today filed a legal petition to require the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to keep the crippled reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station s…
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Join a Netroots conversation on lessons from the Keystone XL fight
Greetings from Providence, Rhode Island! I’m here today with Friends of the Earth communications manager Kelly Trout for Netroots Nation, an annual national conference of progressive bloggers, media…
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Obama administration confused about its own flawed Keystone XL process
Either Press Secretary Jay Carney was confused at yesterday’s daily White House briefing and misspoke, or the Obama administration has abandoned any semblance of adhering to a legal review process f…