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Activists appeal to Gov. Inslee to seek federal opposition to Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion
Friends of the Earth sent a letter to Governor Jay Inslee today from eight environmental organizations and accompanied by more than 35,000 supporting letters, urging him to inform Canadian officials o…
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Ryan tax plan a coup for corporations, the super-rich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) unveiled a broad plan for tax reform this morning. The blueprint includes a call for slashing the tax on capital gains, repealing the estate tax, loweri…
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Diablo Canyon nuclear plant to be shut down, power replaced by renewables, efficiency, storage
California, world’s sixth largest economy, going nuclear-free BERKELEY, CALIF. – An historic agreement has been reached between Pacific Gas and Electric, Friends of the Earth, and other enviro…
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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. –…