Nov. 7, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases
Congratulations to President Obama on his re-election and thanks for his acknowledgement in his acceptance speech of the ‘destructive power of a warming planet.’
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: Adam Russell / Categories: Economics for the Earth, News Releases
As California lawmakers prepare to launch the state’s cap and trade program as part of its Global Warming Solutions Act, or AB32, indigenous leaders traveled to Sacramento to urge officials not to include an international forest-based carbon...
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. 19, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Food and Technology, News Releases
After two weeks of talks, the United Nations Biodiversity Conference comes to a close here today with Friends of the Earth International criticizing negotiators for focusing on false solutions to biodiversity loss and favoring corporate polluters ...
Read More »Oct. 17, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Advocacy, Economics for the Earth, News Releases
Leaders of indigenous forest peoples warned today that California’s proposed carbon credits trading scheme – intended to help reduce global warming – could in fact threaten the survival of those who live there.
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 ...
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...
Read More »Oct. 5, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases, San Onofre News
Southern California Edison’s controversial plan to restart one of the damaged San Onofre nuclear reactors is rolling the nuclear dice -- a dangerous experiment that gambles with the safety of millions in Southern California.
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