Jul. 31, 2012 / Posted by: Lisa Matthes / Categories: Climate and Energy, Legal, News Releases
OMAHA, Neb.- In a victory for the climate, public health and endangered species, the Fish and Wildlife Service has taken action that could interfere with Canadian oil corporation TransCanada’s plan for fast-tracked approval of its Keystone X...
Read More »Jul. 27, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Advocacy, Climate and Energy, News Releases
Canadian oil corporation TransCanada today announced that it has received the last of the three permits it needs from the Army Corps of Engineers to break ground on the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline through Oklahoma and Texas. Despite widespr...
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Jul. 26, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy
This past Tuesday, Steven Colbert of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report discussed how the current drought -- the worst in 50 years-- will raise food prices around the country and destabilize the corn ethanol market. Colbert and his guest, Iowa St...
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Jul. 26, 2012 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth
World Bank Group loans for coal. Subsidizes multinational industry on backs of the poor. Devastates local livelihoods. Degrades air, land and water. Sound familiar? You could be forgiven if you thought we were talking about the Medupi coal-fired...
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Jul. 25, 2012 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
Nearly two years after the International Maritime Organization approved an Emission Control Area for ships in the waters around North America, the first phase is finally set to begin on August 1. This ECA designation brings the ocean waters of Nor...
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Jul. 24, 2012 / Posted by: Bill Waren / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth
“There is little doubt that current WTO negotiations do not fully address the real problems confronting the world and the trading system itself. The threat of global climate change and the catastrophic consequences for the natural environmen...
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Jul. 24, 2012 / Posted by: Kendra Ulrich / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Legal, San Onofre Updates
Exposing the truth behind the San Onofre AIT report On July 18, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Augmented Inspection Team released its final report regarding the newly replaced, crippled steam generators in the San Onofre nuclear reactors. Both ...
Read More »Jul. 24, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases, San Onofre News
Friends of the Earth today filed a Freedom of Information Act request for all communications between the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Southern California Edison about the faulty replacement steam generators at the crippled San Onofre nuclear ...
Read More »Jul. 24, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Food and Technology, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today Friends of the Earth groups in Australia and the U.S. revealed that a product used in major sunscreen brands was falsely marketed to the companies and subsequently to their customers as a “non-nano” ingredient...
Read More »Jul. 19, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases, San Onofre News
Questions remain on Edison’s compliance with NRC Rules WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s report on the crippled San Onofre nuclear plant confirms that both of the plant’s reactors have suffered serious and w...
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