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Senate votes to end $6 billion giveaway for corn ethanol
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate voted 73-27 this afternoon to end ethanol blender tax credits, a $6 billion dollar annual giveaway for dirty corn ethanol.
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Public interest groups call for nuclear regulators to halt the AP1000 reactor approval process
DURHAM, N.C. — In a legal motion filed today, watchdog groups pressed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)…
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House subcommittee passes bill to rush decision on dangerous tar sands pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Energy and Power Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Panel approved a bill to expedite a decision on the controversial Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. Th…
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Three months since beginning of Fukushima nuclear disaster
This weekend marked the three-month anniversary of the start of the ongoing nuclear disaster at Fukushima, Japan. Spurred by the massive earthquake and resultant tsunami of March 11, the Fukushima…
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Nuclear industry self-review panel called ‘laughable’
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nuclear industry promotion groups announced today tha…
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Climate finance — old wine in a new bottle?
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. By Marjorie Williams, Internationa…
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No free speech at the climate talks?
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. By Kate Horner, Friends of the E…
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Appalachia Rising: March on Blair Mountain demands end to mountaintop removal
Ninety years ago, 10,000 miners rose up in the coal fields of West Virginia to fight for their basic rights to live and work in dignity. These workers — a diverse alliance of local mountaineers…
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EPA blasts insufficient State Department analysis of pipeline risks
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Environmental Protection Agency stated formal objections to the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline, proposed to run from Canada across the nation’s…
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Bring the march on Blair Mountain to Bonn
This blog post is one of a series of updates from Friends of the Earth representatives at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Bonn, Germany. Kate Horner, Friends of the Eart…