Mar. 12, 2012 / Posted by: Erich Pica / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy
One year ago I, like many people across the United States and around the world, watched as the horrible images flooded in from Japan and the Fukushima Province after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami devastated the coastline. News...
Read More »Mar. 9, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, Legal, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Under pressure from Friends of the Earth, the State Department today made public the third-party contract and conflict of interest documents for the environmental review of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. The docum...
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Mar. 8, 2012 / Posted by: Marcie Keever / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Oceans and Forests
In an in depth piece in Crosscut, Friends of the Earth's Northwest consultant, Fred Felleman, wades into the need to fully investigate the safety and environmental record of BP after a fire broke out at BP's Washington state refinery at Cherry Poi...
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Mar. 8, 2012 / Posted by: Shaun Burnie / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Publications
We have analyzed the Fukushima disaster, seeking to explain the accident, and in particular the current status of the reactors, the human health impacts, the environmental contamination and the effect of the radioactive fallout on agriculture and ...
Read More »Mar. 7, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, Legal, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Friends of the Earth, a leading advocate for a healthy environment, filed a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency today after the agency did not reply to a May 2011 Notice of Intent to sue. The lawsuit challenges ...
Read More »Mar. 7, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Advocacy, Climate and Energy, News Releases
DES MOINES, IOWA — A TV ad highlighting the risks of a bill that would allow MidAmerican Energy to raise electric rates for Iowa consumers in advance to pay for new nuclear reactors began airing today in Des Moines, Sioux City and Cedar Rapids.
Read More »Mar. 6, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Legal, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Friends of the Earth and the Sierra Club filed papers in federal court in Washington, D.C. opposing a lawsuit seeking to compel the reconstruction of Klingle Road through Klingle Valley in Rock Creek Park.
Read More »Mar. 5, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Environmental Protection Agency today withdrew a previous direct and final rule to amend the Renewable Fuel Standard after environmental groups, including Friends of the Earth, submitted comments about the agency's fai...
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Mar. 1, 2012 / Posted by: John Kaltenstein / Categories: Blog, Oceans and Forests
As shipping continues to expand in the Arctic, whales in the region are expected to experience increased impacts as a result of underwater noise and ship strikes. A recent study looking at stress levels of right whales in Canada’s Bay of Fun...
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