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Enviromental Groups Tell Congress: End Ethanol Subsidy to Big Oil
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Union of Concerned Scientists, Natural Resources Defense Council, Friends of the Earth and Clean Air Task Force are calling on Congress to let the Volumetric Ethanol Excise T…
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Senator Kerry Pledges to Follow Capitulation with Compromise
Washington, D.C.—After a White House meeting focused on climate and energy legislation today, Senator John Kerry offered the following, concise summary of Senate Democrats’…
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Sen. Landrieu Named To BP Ten As One of Top Big Oil Money Recipients
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As millions of gallons of crude oil continue to hemorrhage daily into the Gulf of Mexico, the environmental watchdog group Friends of the Earth last week launched a campaign…
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Rep. Culberson, Top House Recipient of BP Cash, Criticized for Catering to Big Oil Interests
Washington, D.C. — As millions of gallons of crude oil continue to hemorrhage daily into the Gulf of Mexico, the environmental watchdog group Friends of the Earth last week launched a campaign t…
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Sen. McConnell Named to BP Ten, Urged to Give Up Tainted Oil Cash
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As millions of gallons of crude oil continue to hemorrhage daily into the Gulf of Mexico, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has earned oily marks from the environmental watchdo…
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Judge Blocks Temporary Deepwater Drilling Moratorium
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to a federal judge’s injunction blocking President Obama’s six-month morato…
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Energy Department Pressed to Release Records re Nuclear Bailout
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Friday, Southern Company announced it has accepted a preemptive bailout by the Department of Energy for the construction of nuclear reactors in Georgia. Friends…
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Campaign Launched to Force ‘BP Ten’ and Others in Congress to Give Up Dirty Oil Cash
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, as BP’s CEO, Tony Hayward, was set to testify about the devastating oil disaster his firm caused in the Gulf of Mexico, the environmental watchdog…
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EPA’s Failure to Address Ship, Aircraft and Non-Road Engine Pollution Challenged
Washington, D.C. – A day after the US Senate voted to uphold the US Environmental Protection Agency’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases, a coalition of environmental groups filed a la…
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On President Obama’s Oval Office Speech
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth’s president, Erich Pica, had the following response to President Obama’s speech from the Oval Office this evening.