Dec. 7, 2010 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Economics for the Earth, News Releases
Washington, D.C. -- This week, the White House and the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) proposed a plan to eliminate the nation’s gas tax of $0.184 on each gallon and instead replace it with an 8.4 ...
Read More »Dec. 7, 2010 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: Economics for the Earth, News Releases
TIANJIN, CHINA -- Experts on the dangers posed by carbon markets warned delegates at the UN climate talks here today against including carbon trading and offsets in any global climate agreement.
Read More »Sep. 22, 2010 / Posted by: Karen Orenstein / Categories: Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, News Releases
United Nations climate negotiations will resume in Tianjin, China, on October 4, 2010. This is the first time formal international climate negations are taking place in China. Several stories are developing that you may wish to cover. Friends of t...
Read More »Aug. 25, 2010 / Posted by: Michelle Chan / Categories: Economics for the Earth, News Releases
Washington, D.C. – After bowing to political pressure to reverse its rejection of the 3,960 MW Sasan coal-fired Ultra Mega Power and Mine Project, the United States Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) voted on Wednesday to provide a “final...
Read More »Aug. 5, 2010 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, News Releases
Washington, D.C.—Last week, the World Bank’s independent grievance mechanism, the Inspection Panel, was authorized to conduct a full investigation into alleged policy violations in the Bank’s $3.75 billion loan to South African p...
Read More »Jul. 22, 2010 / Posted by: Ben Schreiber / Categories: Economics for the Earth, News Releases
Washington, DC -- The Green Scissors Campaign, a diverse coalition of taxpayer, environmental and consumer groups, today released Green Scissors 2010, a report highlighting government programs and subsidies that are wasteful to taxpayers, harmful ...
Read More »Jul. 14, 2010 / Posted by: Michelle Chan / Categories: Economics for the Earth, News Releases
Washington, DC – Tomorrow, the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank) board is scheduled to reconsider an application to provide hundreds of millions of dollars in financing to India’s Reliance Power Ltd. for the 4,000 megawatt Sasan coa...
Read More »Jul. 1, 2010 / Posted by: Ben Schreiber / Categories: Economics for the Earth, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.-- This week, the House of Representatives is expected to vote on supplemental appropriations for the war in Afghanistan and several domestic programs. The domestic program funding preserves $9 billion in loan guarantees for nuclea...
Read More »Jun. 21, 2010 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C.—On Friday, Southern Company announced it has accepted a preemptive bailout by the Department of Energy for the construction of nuclear reactors in Georgia. Friends of the Earth responded today by criticizing the bailout and ...
Read More »Jun. 17, 2010 / Posted by: Nick Berning / Categories: Economics for the Earth, News Releases
Washington, D.C. -- The nuclear industry could end up facing no risk under massive tax break subsidies in the Kerry-Lieberman climate bill, according to an important new analysis conducted for Friends of the Earth by the research organization Eart...
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