Chrysler, the recipient of $15.3 billion in taxpayer-funded bailout money -- granted in part because of its promise to invest in electric vehicle technology -- has just announced it is scrapping its plans for producing large volumes of electric cars.
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Contact: Nick Berning, 202-222-0748 Kelly Trout, 202-222-0722
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following statement on today's announcement that the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to President Barack Obama, in part because of his work on climate change:
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) ill-conceived plan for a nuclear park at a key site in the DOE complex has hit a wall after a persistent challenge by Friends of the Earth. Although never developed as a departmental policy, the DOE’s Office of Environmental Management began its own secretive initiative and quietly negotiated with contractors to pursue a subsidized “energy park” at the sprawling Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina.
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Ben Schreiber, 202-222-0752, bschreiber@foe.org
Elizabeth Bast, 202-641-7203, ebast@foe.org
Washington, D.C.— Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following statement in response to the Kerry-Boxer draft climate bill:
The Humane Society of the United States, with Friends of the Earth and others, petitioned EPA to regulate global warming pollution and other air pollution from Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFOs), or factor farms. The petition outlines the
The Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS), as passed in the 2007 Energy Bill, is one more step closer to being finalized. Comments to EPA's draft regulation, released in the Spring 2009, were due September the 25th of 2009.
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Benjamin Schreiber, 202-222-0752, bschreiber@foe.org
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Washington, D.C.— Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following statement in response to the G20 communiqué released today:
Senator Harkin, along with Senators Grassley and Nelson, attempted to scrape funding for EPA to finish their lifecycle analysis of global warming pollution in the 2010 Senate Appropriations Bill. The target of their fury was the inclusion of emissions from deforestation and other forms of land use change that occurs indirectly from increased biofuels production in the lifecycle assessment of biofuels for the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS). The RFS is a policy that was passed in 2007 which mandates the blendi
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In the U.S.: Elizabeth Bast, Friends of the Earth, +1-202-222-0719, ebast@foe.org
In Beijing: Chee Yoke Ling, Third World Network, +86 13910071567, yokeling@thirdworldnetwork.net
