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Diablo Canyon: Boxer will seek answers on earthquake risks in Senate hearing
Environment & Public Works committee meets Wednesday – live webcast available WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Wednesday, December 3, Nuclear Regulatory Commissioners will face tough questions from Sen…
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Stop Fast Track: Reject Pacific & Atlantic trade deals
The activists and campaigners of Friends of the Earth are having considerable success this year in beating back Fast Track trade promotion legislation in Congress. The bill would grant President Obama…
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Public interest and environmental groups call for more aggressive EPA rule to curb carbon emissions
125 groups send letter to president outlining ways to strengthen proposal to curb climate change WASHINGTON, D.C. – More than 100 groups today called for more aggressive action by the U.S. Environme…
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Greens sue BLM seeking to force environmental review of coal leasing
Friends of the Earth and the Western Organization of Resource Councils, with backing from philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, will sue the Bureau of Land Management today to force the…
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Microsoft co-founder sues feds over coal lease program
Microsoft Corp. co-founder Paul Allen is suing the federal government over the environmental impacts of its coal-leasing program. Allen said Tuesday that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) hasn’t p…
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I-Team: Source of lead contamination found flying under the radar
Over the past several decades it was banned from paint, plumbing and automobile fuel. However, the one place where lead still flies high, is in aviation fuel — specifically the fuel used in smal…
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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…