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San Onofre: Edison expects to shut down and restart reactor repeatedly over next two years
‘Disgraceful’ scheme for risky nuclear experiment could begin June 1 WASHINGTON – In an extraordinary admission, Southern California Edison said today that as part of the experimental plan to restart one of the crippled San Onofre nuclear reactors, the utility expects to have to shut it down and restart it… Read More
Civil society and entrepreneurs call on World Bank to clean up energy lending
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over 55 development, faith, human rights, community, and environmental groups from more than 20 countries teamed up today to ask World Bank President Jim Kim to end Bank support for all fossil fuel projects unless the projects are solely focused on directly increasing energy access for the… Read More
On the presidents visit to San Francisco, a plea to stand up for future generations
Friends of the Earth: Obama alone can kill the Keystone pipeline SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — President Obama arrives here Wednesday for a series of fundraisers. At 5:30 p.m., when he visits the Pacific Heights home of Ann and Gordon Getty, he will be met by hundreds of protesters calling on… Read More
SAN ONOFRE: Edisons restart request reduces safety to a footnote
Friends of the Earth briefing Tuesday on utility’s plan to circumvent full license review and public hearing WASHINGTON, D.C. — Southern California Edison’s draft request for a license amendment for one of the crippled reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station would ignore major safety issues and circumvent a… Read More
More than half a million Americans call on Obama administration to stop risky and dangerous drilling in the Arctic Ocean since Kulluk incident
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, a coalition of organizations announced that more than 500,000 Americans in the past three months have joined the call to demand the Obama administration put a stop to risky and dangerous drilling in the Arctic Ocean in light of Shell’s mishaps, such as its ill-fated Kulluk… Read More
San Onofre: Edison admits need for license amendment, but wants to circumvent safety questions
Friends of the Earth: Full public participation essential Washington, D.C. — After more than a year of denial, Southern California Edison is ready to concede that a license amendment is needed before restarting one of the crippled reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station. But Friends of the… Read More
Friends of the Earth statement on Senate Keystone XL vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, by a vote of 62-37, the U.S. Senate attached a provision to the Senate Budget Resolution expressing support for the Keystone XL pipeline. This vote is non-binding and has no impact on the State Department’s permitting process. “The Keystone XL pipeline remains the first test of… Read More
Friends of the Earth statement on State Department cover-up of Keystone review
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday morning, Mother Jones magazine released an exclusive story which details the State Department’s role in covering up the relationship between TransCanada and the company hired to do the supplemental environmental impact statement on the Keystone pipeline. In reaction, Ross Hammond, senior campaigner at Friends of… Read More
San Onofre: Restart plan would cost customers $150M more than replacement power
Edison financials show keeping reactor shut down three times cheaper than startup SAN FRANCISCO — Restarting one of the crippled San Onofre nuclear reactors this summer would cost Southern California Edison’s customers three times as much as keeping it shut down and buying power from other sources, according to an… Read More
Top grocery stores: We wont sell genetically engineered seafood
Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Whole Foods, Marsh among stores that will reject GE fish WASHINGTON, D.C. — A coalition of consumer, health, food safety and fishing groups today launched the “Campaign for Genetically Engineered (GE)-Free Seafood” by announcing that several major grocery retailers representing more than 2,000 stores across the United… Read More