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Elections offer new hope for a pro-environment agenda in Congress Statement of Brent Blackwelder, president of Friends of the Earth
Tuesday’s mid-term elections offered a stunning rebuke to the Bush administration’s pro-oil, anti-environment agenda. The change in leadership and the defeat of some of Congress’s most anti-environmental members offers new hope for the millions of Americans who support stronger environmental protections and are eager for a clean energy future. Read More
Green Groups Call for Cleaner Ship Fuels and Engines During International Negotiations in Norway This Week
Contacts: Teri Shore, Bluewater Network – a division of Friends of the Earth US – 1 415 544 0790 ext. 19; cell 1 707-583-4428 David Marshall, Clean Air Task Force, 1 603 428 8114 Christer Ågren, The Swedish NGO Secretariat on Acid Rain +46 31 7114515 or +46 706 337 906 Read More
Bush Administration Suppressed Global Warming Report, Conservation Groups File Suit Former U.S. climate change official sounded alarm on “the central climate science scandal of the Bush administration”
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Mitch McConnell – Out of Touch with Kentucky and America
Statement of Friends of the Earth Domestic Policy Director Erich Pica Contact: Erich Pica, 202-222-0739 Read More
Congress Passes First-Ever Legal Ban on Sports Gene Doping President Expected to Sign Bill Prohibiting Genetic Enhancement in Sport
Court Ruling A Major Victory In Fight Against Global Warming
Friends Of The Earth Case Establishes New Legal Precedents SAN FRANCISCO -- A precedent setting decision by a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California recognized the importance of global warming and found that the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) applies to major federal government projects that contribute to climate change. Read More
No Action On Ship Pollution
PORTS AND PEOPLE TO SUFFER AS NORTH AMERICAN SHIP EMISSIONS DOUBLE BY 2010 Contact: Teri Shore, Friends of the Earth U.S. Read More