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Understanding E15: the dangers of more ethanol for consumers and the environment
Today, the majority of U.S transportation fuel is comprised of approximately 10 percent ethanol and 90 percent gasoline, a blend known as E10. However, the ethanol industry recently cleared all federa…
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Ethanol industry toots its own horn, ignores the cost of ethanol to American taxpayers, consumers, and the environment
Today the Renewable Fuels Association, a trade group for the ethanol industry, released a report claiming corn ethanol reduces gas prices at the pump. It is no surprise that a report bought by the cor…
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San Onofre’s steam generator failures could have been prevented
The San Onofre nuclear power plant, located between Los Angeles and San Diego, has been kept shut for the past three and half months by Southern California Edison, after radioactivity leaked into t…
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New report reveals scale of Edison steam generator failures at San Onofre nuclear plant
Southern California Edison avoided federal regulatory guidelines when replacing defective steam generators at the San Onofre nuclear power plant — a costly mistake that can’t be fixed by pluggin…
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Sanders and Ellison champion elimination of fossil fuel subsidies.
Today Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) introduced the End Polluter Welfare Act, legislation that goes further than any previous bill to unwind the web of gover…
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New legislation would end over $110 billion in handouts to fossil fuels
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Representative Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) announced legislation that is by far the most comprehensive attempt to end subsidies for the fo…
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Nuclear industry suffers major defeat in Iowa
Despite intense industry lobbying, Iowa Legislature adjourns without passing ill-advised nuclear ‘cost recovery’ bill Des Moines, Iowa — In a major blow to the nuclear industry, the Iowa Legisla…
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Fossil fuel subsidies: a social justice perspective
Friends of the Earth has long been at the forefront of the effort to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies. These subsidies perpetuate our dependence on the dirty energy sources of the past, rob us of our c…
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Irvine Council pushes Edison to reveal non-nuclear summer electricity plan
Irvine, Calif. — The heat is on Southern California Edison tonight as it presents its energy efficiency plans to Irvine City Council — one day after the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Chair shot d…
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TransCanada moves to steamroll application for controversial Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C.- The State Department today confirmed that Canadian pipeline firm TransCanada has submitted its re-application to the department for the transboundary, northern leg of the Keystone…