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Nuclear emergency ongoing in Japan
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Nuclear experts at Friends of the Earth U.S. are monitoring the ongoing nuclear reactor emergency in Japan, which has occurred in the wake of the massive earthquake and tsunam…
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Broad Coalition Applauds Sens. Coburn and Cardin for Legislation to End Ethanol Subsidies
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Broad and Diverse Coalition Applauds Senators Coburn and Cardin for Legislation to End Ethanol Subsidies WASHINGTON, DC — A broa…
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Upton and Inhofe Introduce Clean Air Act Assault
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, joined today with CongressmanEd Whitfield (R-Ky.) and Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.) to offi…
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Groups Call on Hong Kong Exchange to Ensure Zijin Mining Comes Clean about Overseas Investment Risks
Several civil society groups today petitioned the Hong Kong Stock Exchange to ensure that Zijin Mining Group (listed as 2899:HK) fully discloses material risks associated with one of its most con…
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Secretary Clinton Backs Off Support for Dirty Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today acted appropriately by refusing to weigh in on a proposed mega-pipeline to pump tar sands oil from Canada to Texas in response to a qu…
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Friends of the Earth Briefs Congress on Billions in Potential Savings from Ending Polluter Giveaways
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Damon Moglen, Climate and Energy Director at Friends of the Earth, spoke today at a congressional forum organized in response to the ongoing budget debate.
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Under Legal Threat, State Department Accepts Request for Information on Lobbyist Influence
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Under threat of legal action, the State Department has reversed an earlier decision to withhold correspondence regarding a controversial pipeline that would carry tar sands oi…
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TransCanada Runs Deceptive Ad Pushing Controversial Oil Pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Canadian oil company TransCanada Pipelines has been running a deceptive and misleading television ad claiming that a controversial pipeline proposed to bring tar sands oil…
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Response to Harper on Tar Sands
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a just-finished joint press conference with President Obama, Prime Minister Harper of Canada spoke in favor of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline.
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Secret Plan Exposed to Use Surplus Weapons Plutonium in Washington State Nuclear Reactor
Columbia, SC — Department of Energy (DOE) documents released to Friends of the Earth reveal that the public utility Energy Northwest hopes to bring experimental radioactive plutonium fuel into…