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Court Rules Against Genetically Engineered Corn & Sugarcane Prodigene, Monsanto Experimental Plantings Threaten Hawaiis Native Plants & Consumer Safety October 30, 2008

The U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii ruled on Friday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture violated both the National Environmental Policy Act and the Endangered Species Act when the agency authorized the planting of sugarcane and corn genetically engineered to produce biopharmaceuticals.

Statement of Friends of the Earth President Brent Blackwelder on Oil Spills in Indian Ocean, Philippines, Lebanon October 30, 2008

“Today’s devastating oil spill is another reminder that big oil is a big waste. Our dependence on oil is dangerous; each step of oil production pollutes the environment and its use contributes to the climate crisis.

Statement of Friends of the Earth on Interior Department Inspector General’s Testimony on Oil Royalties October 30, 2008

Contact: Sara Zdeb,

Bush Administration Sets Nation’s Energy Policy Back 20 Years October 30, 2008

DOE Issues New Proposal To Cut Back Alternative Fuel Goals

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World Bank Energy Framework Sells Climate and Poor People Short NGOs October 30, 2008

Bank Information Center/Friends of the Earth/Institute for Policy Studies/International Rivers Network/Oil Change International

The Heat is On: More Companies Coming Clean on Climate Change Rate of Climate Change Disclosure in SEC Filings Doubles in the Past Five Years October 30, 2008

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Groups Challenge FDA on Nanotechnology Risks Consumers and Environmentalists Warn of Risks from Current Uses of Unregulated Nanomaterials at First-Ever Agency Hearing October 30, 2008

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Bluewater Network Files Petition October 30, 2008

Contacts: Danielle Fugere (415) 544-0790 x15

Economists Warn Climate Change Will Cost Trillions without Government Action October 30, 2008

LONDON (UK) / WASHINGTON DC - The cost of allowing global temperatures to increase by two degrees centigrade or more above pre-industrial levels will run into the trillions of dollars and the environmental and social costs will be incalculable, according to a report released today.

Elections offer new hope for a pro-environment agenda in Congress Statement of Brent Blackwelder, president of Friends of the Earth October 30, 2008

Tuesday’s mid-term elections offered a stunning rebuke to the Bush administration’s pro-oil, anti-environment agenda. The change in leadership and the defeat of some of Congress’s most anti-environmental members offers new hope for the millions of Americans who support stronger environmental protections and are eager for a clean energy future.