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Big win for Keystone opponents: State Dept. probe of consultant’s conflict of interest could delay decision until 2014
Friends of the Earth: Obama already has enough evidence to deny permit WASHINGTON, D.C. – News that the State Department won’t complete until January an investigation into conflicts of interest by a consulting firm that reviewed the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is another nail in the project’s coffin. But President… Read More
Key DOE environmental review of plan to use weapons plutonium as mixed oxide reactor fuel indefinitely delayed and under departmental review
Delay revealed on August 15 indicates growing problems with MOX program WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy has today made public that it has indefinitely postponed release of a key environmental document reviewing the use of plutonium fuel in commercial nuclear power reactors owned by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Read More
Bee die-offs: New tests find bee-killing pesticides in ‘bee-friendly’ plants from garden centers nationwide
175,000 people demand Lowe’s, Home Depot stop selling “pre-poisoned plants” SAN FRANCISCO – Many “bee friendly” home garden plants sold at Home Depot (NYSE: HD), Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) and other leading garden centers have been pre-treated with pesticides shown to harm and kill bees, according to a new, first-of-its-kind… Read More
Federal court ruling means Yucca Mountain project is dead, according to Friends of the Earth
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals issued its long-awaited ruling on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s review of Yucca Mountain as a permanent repository for nuclear waste. The ruling, according to Friends of the Earth, means that the Yucca Mountain project is dead once the last funds… Read More
Keystone XL: Businessweek uncovers more lies by State Department contractor about its ties to TransCanada
WASHINGTON, D.C. –Today Businessweek revealed new evidence that Environmental Resources Management, the company hired by the State Department to review the environmental impact of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, lied on its conflict of interest disclosure form about its work for pipeline builder TransCanada and other oil… Read More
Key DOE environmental review of plan to use weapons plutonium as mixed oxide reactor fuel delayed again, signaling problems as options being assessed
Friends of the Earth: Mixed oxide fuel is ‘massive waste’ of tax dollars and must be terminated WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy has once again failed to meet its schedule on the release of a key environmental document on the review of use of plutonium fuel in commercial… Read More
Lawsuit challenges federal financing of coal exports from east coast ports
Suit charges taxpayer-backed U.S. Export-Import Bank with failure to assess environmental impacts of its dirty-fuel exports WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental groups today filed the first-ever lawsuit challenging the federal government’s financing for the export of Appalachian coal from the United States. The U.S. government approved this financial support for coal… Read More
Keystone XL: Public interest groups call for Sec. Kerry to throw out tainted environmental study, take disciplinary action against consultants who lied about ties to TransCanada
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline today asked Secretary John Kerry to throw out the State Department’s environmental review of the proposed tar sands pipeline because consultants in charge of the review lied about conflicts of interests, including working for TransCanada, the company behind the planned pipeline… Read More
Toxic trade deal: Friends of the Earth decries industry efforts to weaken regulation of chemicals associated with breast cancer, autism, infertility
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, the U.S. House Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade held a hearing on the launch of negotiations for a U.S.-Europe trade deal, the so-called Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. As suggested by the hearing title, “The U.S.-E.U. Free Trade Agreement: Tipping Over the Regulatory Barriers,” the negotiating… Read More
Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board says “no” to more nuclear waste
Solid “non-consent” decision against spent fuel dumping N. Augusta, S.C. – After months of debate and unprecedented public input, the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board adopted a formal position against bringing spent nuclear fuel to the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site for “consolidated storage.” In a decisive 17-6… Read More