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BREAKING: U.S. caught drafting secret proposal that could torpedo climate negotiations
COPENHAGEN -- The Guardian is reporting that the U.S., Denmark, and a cabal of wealthy nations that are among the world's biggest polluters have produced a secret alternative to the draft text currently under negotiation at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen. Read More
Obama Administration Makes Landmark Decision to Implement Clean Air Act
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Danielle Fugere, 415-577-5594, [email protected] Kelly Trout, 202-222-0722, [email protected] WASHINGTON, DC -- Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had this statement in response to the EPA's finding that greenhouse gases threaten public health and the environment: Read More
Friends of the Earth Statement on EPAs Response to Ethanol Blend Waiver Request
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nick Berning, 202-222-0748 Kate McMahon, 202-222-0715 WASHINGTON, DC -- Today, the Environmental Protection Agency responded to the biofuels lobby's request to increase the limit on the amount of ethanol that can be blended into a gallon of fuel. Friends of the Earth Energy Policy Campaigner Kate McMahon had the following response: Read More
New Report Details Cruise Industrys Record of Pollution
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Marcie Keever, 415-544-0790 x223, [email protected] Nick Berning, 202-222-0748, [email protected] SAN FRANCISCO—A report released today by Friends of the Earth concludes that the billions of dollars earned by the cruise industry each year… Read More
Response to News Obama Will Attend Climate Negotiations in Copenhagen
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Nick Berning, 703-587-4454 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following response to news that U.S. President Barack Obama will travel to Copenhagen in December to participate in international climate negotiations: Read More
Duke Energy Abandons Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Testing Program in South Carolina Reactor
For Immediate Release Contact: Tom Clements, 803-834-3084 Nick Berning, 202-222-0748 Duke Energy Abandons Plutonium Fuel (MOX) Testing Program in South Carolina Reactor Utility’s decision to abort test during reactor outage is a huge setback for federal Department of Energy Read More
Statement on Climate Bill Action in Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
For Immediate ReleaseContact: Nick Berning, 202-222-0748 Kelly Trout, 202-222-0722WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica responded to today’s vote to report an energy and climate change bill out of the Senate’s Environment and Public Works Committee: Read More
Bay Spill Leads to Renewed Call for Bunker Fuel Ban
For Immediate Release Contact: Marcie Keever, 415-544-0790 ext. 223 Read More
Congress begins push to stop cruise industry from dumping sewage
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Neesha Kulkarni, 202-222-0724, [email protected] Marcie Keever, 415-544-0790 x223, [email protected] Senator Durbin and Congressman Farr Introduce Legislation to Stop Cruise Ship Dumping WASHINGTON, D.C.—Senator Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) and Representative Sam Farr (D-Calif.) introduced legislation today that would prevent cruise ships from dumping sewage… Read More
Salazar Fails to Close Door on Oil Shale
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Alex Moore, [email protected], 202-222-0733 Nick Berning, [email protected], 202-222-0748 Salazar Fails to Close Door on Oil Shale WASHINGTON, D.C.—Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following response to Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar’s announcement today that the Department of the Interior will offer a second round of oil shale research, development and demonstration leases: Read More