May. 10, 2012 / Posted by: Michelle chan / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Publications
Friends of the Earth has long been at the forefront of the effort to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies. These subsidies perpetuate our dependence on the dirty energy sources of the past, rob us of our capacity to fund energy solutions of the future,...
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May. 1, 2012 / Posted by: Lisa matthes / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Publications
Bob Alvarez serves as a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy Studies and as a senior analyst at Friends of the Earth, focusing on nuclear disarmament, the safety risks of nuclear reactors and, in particular, the vulnerability of radioactive ...
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Apr. 18, 2012 / Posted by: Joel scata, Michal rosenoer / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Publications
Washington is beautiful in the Spring: the cherry trees are in full bloom, children flock to the White House lawn for a century-long tradition of rolling eggs on Easter Monday, and hundreds of office workers breakout their well-worn leather mitts ...
Read More »Mar. 27, 2012 / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases, Publications
New report reveals reactor operator SoCal Edison misled federal regulators A new analysis released today by one of the nation's leading independent nuclear engineers has revealed that serious unresolved safety problems at Southern California Ediso...
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Mar. 27, 2012 / Posted by: Shaun burnie / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Publications
Friends of the Earth released today a new analysis by one of the nation’s leading independent nuclear engineers, Arnie Gunderson. The report has revealed serious unresolved safety problems at Southern California Edison’s San Onofre nuc...
Read More »Mar. 18, 2012 / Posted by: Michal rosenoer / Categories: Advocacy, Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Publications
Friends of the Earth works to bring together diverse interests opposed to ethanol subsidies. We work with other environmental advocates, organizations that advocate against hunger and poverty, industries whose economic profitability is hurt by inc...
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Mar. 13, 2012 / Posted by: Eric hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology, Publications
Friends of the Earth is thrilled to release the Principles for the Oversight of Synthetic Biology, the first global declaration from civil society to outline principles that must be adopted to protect public health and our environment from the ris...
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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 ...
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Feb. 17, 2012 / Posted by: Michelle chan / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth, Publications
The growing power of Chinese multinational corporations around the world, particularly in developing countries, is drawing a lot of attention. International companies complain that they are losing out to Chinese businesses benefiting from state s...
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Dec. 21, 2011 / Posted by: Eric hoffman / Categories: Blog, Food and Technology, Publications
A private firm is planning to release potentially harmful genetically engineered mosquitoes in the Florida Keys as early as January, endangering human health and the environment in what would become the first-ever U.S. release of these engineered ...
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