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San Onofre report confirms serious safety issues
Questions remain on Edison’s compliance with NRC Rules WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s report on the crippled San Onofre nuclear plant confirms that both of the plant’s reactors have suffered serious and widespread damage to their steam generators and remain too dangerous to consider restarting, Friends of the… Read More
Down the tubes: San Onofre’s steam generators in worst shape of all U.S. nuclear plants
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The problems with the steam generators at the San Onofre nuclear reactors are the most severe found in comparable generators across the U.S. nuclear industry, according to a new report commissioned by Friends of the Earth. Read More
California groups urge Governor to reject international forest carbon credits
A group of over 30 California-based organizations yesterday sent a letter to Governor Brown urging him to reject the use of international forest carbon offsets credits in the state’s cap and trade system. Read More
New report details risks of China Development Bank’s global footprint
SAN FRANCISCO — A new report, China Development Bank’s overseas investments: An assessment of environmental and social policies and practices, released today by Friends of the Earth U.S. and BankTrack, concludes that the China Development Bank, which is rapidly becoming an important player in international development finance, currently lacks… Read More
Protests challenge Obama administrations push to rubber-stamp the Keystone XL pipeline southern segment
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As the Army Corps of Engineers began granting TransCanada fast-tracked approval to start building the southern leg of the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline this week, people across the region and around the country called on EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to stand up for the public interest and intervene. Read More
Green Scissors 2012 finds ending environmentally destructive federal programs would save almost $700 billion
Congress could move a long way toward solving the nation’s twin problems of spiraling budget costs and environmental degradation simply by cutting hundreds of billions in environmentally harmful federal subsidies, according to a groundbreaking new report from an unusual left-right coalition. Read More
EPA refuses to control pollution from ships, aircraft and non-road engines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The EPA announced that it would not take action to control global warming pollution from major mobile sources at this time. The agency’s decision not to regulate ships and other non-road engines, and its indefinite delay in regulating aircraft, comes in response to a 2010 lawsuit from an environmental coalition asking the EPA to address these types of pollution. Read More
Statement from Californians for Toxic-Free Fire Safety
San Francisco, Calif. — California Governor Jerry Brown announced in a statement today that he has directed state agencies to revise the decades-old flammability standards and to recommend changes to reduce the use of toxic fire retardants. The Californians for Toxic-Free Fire Safety had the following response: “We applaud Governor… Read More
Nuclear watchdog petitions NRC to require relicensing of faulty San Onofre reactors
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth today filed a legal petition to require the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to keep the crippled reactors at the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station shut down until and unless their operator, Southern California Edison, obtains a license amendment. Read More
World Bank tribunal allows outrageous Pac Rim case to drag on
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Friday, June 1, a World Bank tribunal allowed an international legal attack on El Salvador’s environment and democracy to advance, accepting jurisdiction to rule on a lawsuit brought by multinational mining firm Pac Rim against the government of El Salvador. Read More