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Senate Vote Tightens the Screws on Big Oil Statement of Erich Pica, Domestic Policy Director
Washington, DC - Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment offered by Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Judd Gregg (R-N.H.) to force oil companies to renegotiate Gulf of Mexico drilling leases signed in 1998 and 1999 that will cost taxpayers more than $10 billion in the coming years. The amendment is similar to one that passed the House last month. Below is a statement by Erich Pica, Friends of the Earth's domestic policy director: Read More
Court Rules Against Genetically Engineered Corn & Sugarcane Prodigene, Monsanto Experimental Plantings Threaten Hawaiis Native Plants & Consumer Safety
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. Read More
Statement of Friends of the Earth President Brent Blackwelder on Oil Spills in Indian Ocean, Philippines, Lebanon
“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. Read More
Statement of Friends of the Earth on Interior Department Inspector General’s Testimony on Oil Royalties
Contact: Sara Zdeb, Read More
Bush Administration Sets Nation’s Energy Policy Back 20 Years
DOE Issues New Proposal To Cut Back Alternative Fuel Goals Contacts: Read More
World Bank Energy Framework Sells Climate and Poor People Short NGOs
Bank Information Center/Friends of the Earth/Institute for Policy Studies/International Rivers Network/Oil Change International Read More
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
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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
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 10, 2006 Read More
Bluewater Network Files Petition
Contacts: Danielle Fugere (415) 544-0790 x15 Read More
Economists Warn Climate Change Will Cost Trillions without Government Action
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. Read More