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Strange bedfellows urge Hatch, Wyden to reject CCS subsidies
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Green Scissors, a coalition of free market, taxpayer, and environmental groups, sent a letter to Finance Committee Chairman Orin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore…
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1.4 million call on the Obama administration to end offshore drilling
Today, representatives from Friends of the Earth, Environment America, Environmental Action, Natural Resources Defense Council, Oceana, Sierra Club, Surfrider and the World Wildlife Fund delivered 1.4…
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Frontline communities to Obama: no new offshore drilling
Over one million comments delivered against offshore drilling over a 90-day period to the Obama Administration WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today marks the closing of the 90-day comment period for the Bureau…
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US Court of Appeals asked to block restart of damaged Indian Point nuclear reactor
Emergency petition alleges failure of nuclear regulator to protect the public WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth and other environmental organizations today filed an emergency petition wi…
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100 groups call for Climate Investment Funds to sunset
Ahead of this week’s meeting of the trust funds of the World Bank’s Climate Investment Funds, 100 groups have called for the CIFs to finally sunset, now that the Green Climate Fund is clearly…
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Activists submit over a quarter million public comments against largest coal export terminal in North America
Friends of the Earth activists generate more than 38,000 of the comments expressing strong concerns over fossil fuel transport given recent oil train derailment on Columbia River WASHINGTON, D.C. –…
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Environmental and community groups call on U.S. Senate to avoid biomass riders in Interior Appropriations
As the US Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies prepares to mark up the fiscal year 2017 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, envi…
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Can organic feed the world?
Join us to hear from top scientists and thought leaders on the science of sustainable food production and a comprehensive approach to creating a healthy, resilient food system to feed all people, now…
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Permanently changing a species: What could go wrong?
We must ensure that corporations and governments (particularly militaries) are not developing gene drives and cannot misuse this technology in ways that could have profound ecological, health or socio…