Nov. 3, 2012 / Posted by: Erich Pica / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy
This week, Hurricane Sandy fulfilled what many of us had been dreading as we watched it move up the coast: its landfall on the coast of New Jersey and a merger with a massive cold front left millions in the East without power, shelter, or worse. A...
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Nov. 2, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy
Hurricane Sandy tore through more than just the eastern states this past week; the power of the megastorm is also forcing the media and candidates to break their silence on climate change. Hurricane Sandy is the latest tragedy on the long list of ...
Read More »Oct. 25, 2012 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases, San Onofre News
Friends of the Earth: Continued operation of San Onofre is not cost effective IRVINE, Calif. -- The California Public Utilities Commission will announce today that it is launching an investigation assessing key economic issues relating to the crip...
Read More »Oct. 24, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases
This morning the National Research Council released a new report titled
Read More »Oct. 22, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases, San Onofre News
A reactor at the crippled San Onofre nuclear power plant is leaking hydrogen gas into the environment, according to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Although it is not yet known if the leaking gas is radioactive, Friends of Earth said the l...
Read More »Oct. 16, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases, San Onofre News
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s continued refusal to consider a legally binding hearing on the future of the San Onofre nuclear plant has prompted Friends of the Earth to accuse the agency of failing to protect the public and of failing ...
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Oct. 12, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Publications
In November, the EPA will make a decision that could mitigate the higher food prices and job losses we're seeing across the country and abroad right now thanks to our federal biofuels mandate–the Renewable Fuel Standard. In August, eight sta...
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Oct. 9, 2012 / Posted by: Bill Waren / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth
“These are the first international trade disputes which create the potential for conflict between a nation’s commitments under the WTO and its obligations under the Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol. It rais...
Read More »Oct. 9, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases, San Onofre News
Tonight’s “roundtable discussion” on the current shutdown of the San Onofre nuclear reactor site is a disappointing and unacceptable effort by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to make a show of public participation while denying...
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Oct. 5, 2012 / Posted by: Michal Rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Publications
When Congress established the Renewable Fuel Standard –our federal biofuels mandate – they probably weren’t hoping to incentivize invasive species, choke rivers, or increase wildfires. But, if the EPA approves giant reed (Arundo ...
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