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Lawsuit challenges State Dept. for allowing construction to begin on Keystone XL pipeline
OMAHA, Neb.— The Center for Biological Diversity, Western Nebraska Resources Council and Friends of the Earth sued the State Department and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today to stop illegal…
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Groups call on Obama to remove State Department from pipeline decision
WASHINGTON, D.C. — National environmental and public interest groups sent a letter to President Obama today calling on him to reject State Department bias and intervene in a decision about a pr…
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Media coverage of the corrupt State Department review process
With the release of the second batch of documents, the filing of a lawsuit to stop illegal pipeline construction work in Nebraska and the expansion of our Freedom of Information Act request, there has…
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Keystone XL: New documents reveal bias and complicity at State Department
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Documents made public this morning by Friends of the Earth provide definitive evidence that the State Department’s review of a controversial proposed oil pipeline has been ir…
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Documents reveal smoking gun regarding State Department bias
Friends of the Earth and allies have obtained internal emails from the State Department that provide definitive evidence of bias and complicity in the department’s review of the proposed Keysto…
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Nano-Silver: Policy Failure Puts Public Health at Risk
Friends of the Earth United States is calling on the government to act now to seriously restrict the use of nano-silver in consumer, industrial and environmental products.
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New online ads highlight inappropriately cozy relationship between TransCanada and State Dept
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A series of online ads are educating Nebraskans about the cozy relationship between a TransCanada lobbyist and State Department officials. The ads relate to recent documents…
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Complaint filed re illegal Keystone XL lobbying by TransCanada’s Paul Elliott
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department’s review of a proposed tar sands oil pipeline faced a new setback today as an environmental group called on the Justice Department to investigate a top…
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Internal State Department emails provide evidence of bias in Keystone XL pipeline review
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Email correspondence between State Department employees and a TransCanada pipeline lobbyist who served as a top aide on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential cam…
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McDonalds isnt lovin it; Proposes no-ethanol diet plan for super committee
On September 15, 2011, McDonald’s and 14 other chain restaurants called on the super committee to go on a diet by cutting back on corn subsidies. Citing high corn prices, the National Council of Cha…