Food & Agriculture

SAN FRANCISCO, CA—Environmental and ethics groups sued the State Department today to gain access to possible communications between a lobbyist for a Canadian oil pipeline company and the State…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—According to news reports, Japanese utility TEPCO has announced that it has learned that radioactive fuel rods in reactor 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility are fully…

Washington, D.C. — In comments submitted today as part of the formal review to determine whether reactors of the Westinghouse AP1000 design will be licensed for construction in the United Stat…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A TransCanada pipeline that carries tar sands oil into the U.S. from Canada had to be shut down for inspection Saturday after spilling about 21,000 gallons of tar sands oil in…

Today, tribes and environmental organizations reiterated their call for the rejection of new tar sands oil pipelines following a major tar sands oil pipeline spill in Alberta, Canada. Last Friday…

WASHINGTON, D.C.—A report released today by Friends of the Earth reveals the nefarious business practices of TransCanada Pipelines, whose controversial proposal to pump tar sands oil across the…

OMAHA, NEB.—As shareholders began arriving for Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, Friends of the Earth placed an advertisement in the Omaha World-Herald challenging Warren Buffett to…

DES MOINES, IOWA?Today the Iowa House voted to approve controversial legislation that would pave the way for MidAmerican to raise consumers’ electricity rates to pay for the construction of a new…

DES MOINES, IOWA—A new statewide poll released today shows that 75 percent of Iowans oppose pending legislation that would permit the electricity rates of MidAmerican Energy customers to be in…