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Groups file lawsuit against BLM on coal leasing program
BLM has not comprehensively reviewed the program, including climate impact, since 1979; Philanthropist Paul G. Allen underwriting litigation WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth and the Western O…
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Public excluded, industry invited to North Carolina oil drilling meeting
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A coalition of fifteen environmental and public interest groups expressed serious objections to President Obama’s closed-door meeting to discuss energy exploration on the Outer…
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This land is our land
Our global climate is warming due to the unprecedented amounts of carbon dioxide we are emitting through the combustion of fossil fuels. I have seen the impact of this firsthand in the degradation of…
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EPA Won’t Finalize Renewable Fuel Standard in 2014, Cites Lengthy Delays
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Nov. 21 that it won’t issue a final renewable fuel standard for 2014 by the end of the year. Instead, the EPA plans to issue a new rule in 2015 to s…
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The fight over the Renewable Fuel Standard, explained
Back in 2007, Congress passed a law requiring the US to use more and more biofuels — like corn-based ethanol — each year. This is known as the Renewable Fuel Standard. In recent years, gasoline re…
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EPA declares Renewable Fuel Standard dysfunctional
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the EPA announced that it would not finalize the 2014 biofuel volumes under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard before the end of 2014. Friends of the Earth Climate and en…
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Stakeholders baffled, angry as Obama admin punts 2014 RFS
Stakeholders baffled, angry as Obama admin punts 2014 RFS -GreenWire 11/21/2014
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The environmental movement is not the Tea Party of the left
Perhaps it was inevitable, in the current Tea Party era, that a noisy progressive movement would draw comparisons to the right-wing insurgents who have taken over the Republican Party. And so — with…
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Terrible truth about Keystone, free Wi-Fi for all & record kids without homes
Erich Pica and Ben Schrieber from Friends of the Earth discuss the Senate’s vote on the Keystone XL oil pipeline and what the ramifications of building this pipeline will be for the environment. Ter…
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Would the Keystone Pipeline Speed up Global Warming?
To supporters,the Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the United States is a crucial component of the nation’s energy future, one that would help free Americans from dependence upon Middle E…