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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…
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Upton and Inhofe Launch Clean Air Act Assault
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Congressman Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, yesterday joined with Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla.), a notorious climate-science-denier, to…
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Watchdog Groups Appeal State Departments Refusal to Disclose Communications with Oil Lobbyist
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Three watchdog groups today filed an appeal with the U.S. State Department over its refusal to release correspondence between the agency and a former high-ranking presidential…
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Groups Question Role of Oil Lobbyist in State Department’s Review of Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
Friends of the Earth is fighting to secure the Obama administration’s veto on a massive proposed pipeline called the Keystone XL, which would carry extremely polluting tar sands oil from Canada…
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Assessing the 2011 State of the Union Address
President Obama delivered the State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, January 25. The speech provided important indications about the President’s priorities for t…
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Obama Calls Dirty Energy Clean in State of the Union Address
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following response to Pr…
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The State of the Union: What to Watch For
President Obama will deliver the State of the Union address to Congress on Tuesday, January 25. The speech will provide important indications about the President’s priorities for the next yea…