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Senate GOP Votes to Protect Big Oil Giveaway
WASHINGTON, D.C.—By a vote of 52 to 48, the Senate tonight failed to take up debate on a bill from Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.), the Close Big Oil Tax Loopholes Act, that would eliminate over $20 billion in subsidies for oil companies and use the savings to reduce the national debt. Read More
Japan Reactor Crisis Deepens With Reports that Fuel Rods Are Fully Exposed
WASHINGTON, D.C.—According to news reports, Japanese utility TEPCO has announced that it has learned that radioactive fuel rods in reactor 1 at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility are fully exposed and melting. Read More
Why is Scholastic Selling Kids on Coal?
BOSTON -- May 11 -- “Stop selling elementary school students on coal.” That’s the message advocates for children, education, and the environment are sending Scholastic, Inc. The American Coal Foundation hired Scholastic to produce The United States of Energy, PR materials that were packaged as a curriculum and distributed to tens of thousands of 4th grade classrooms around the country. Today, Rethinking Schools, the Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, and Friends of the Earth launched a letter-writing campaign demanding that Scholastic immediately stop distributing the curriculum. Read More
Friends of the Earth Challenges New AP1000 Reactor Design as Comment Period Ends
Washington, D.C. — In comments submitted today as part of the formal review to determine whether reactors of the Westinghouse AP1000 design will be licensed for construction in the United States, Friends of the Earth challenged both the integrity of the review process employed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the safety flaws in the proposed reactor design. Read More
Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Spills in North Dakota
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A TransCanada pipeline that carries tar sands oil into the U.S. from Canada had to be shut down for inspection Saturday after spilling about 21,000 gallons of tar sands oil in southeastern North Dakota, according to news reports. Read More
House GOP Votes to Protect Big Oil Giveaway
WASHINGTON, D.C.—By a vote of 241-171, the House of Representatives today blocked the repeal of just one of the many taxpayer-funded subsidies that benefit big oil companies. Read More
Major Tar Sands Oil Pipeline Spill Adds to Doubts About Controversial Keystone XL Proposal
Today, tribes and environmental organizations reiterated their call for the rejection of new tar sands oil pipelines following a major tar sands oil pipeline spill in Alberta, Canada. Last Friday, a pipeline owned by Plains All American spilled over one million gallons of oil in the Peace Region of Northern Alberta. Read More
Coalition Applauds Bipartisan Bill to Eliminate Ethanol Subsidy
WASHINGTON, DC -- A broad and diverse coalition today sent a letter applauding Senators Coburn (R-OK) and Feinstein (D-CA) for combining their efforts to end billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded subsidies for conventional ethanol by introducing the bipartisan “Ethanol Subsidy and Tariff Repeal Act.” Read More
Surging Profits Underscore Absurdity of Big Oil Receiving Billions in Giveaways from Taxpayers
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Oil giants ExxonMobil and Shell reported surging first-quarter profits today, increasing pressure on Congress to act on President Obama’s call for the elimination of billions in taxpayer-funded giveaways that pad the industry’s profits. Read More
New Report Reveals Dirty Business Practices of TransCanada Pipelines
WASHINGTON, D.C.—A report released today by Friends of the Earth reveals the nefarious business practices of TransCanada Pipelines, whose controversial proposal to pump tar sands oil across the American Midwest is currently under review by the Obama administration. Read More