Friends of the Earth’s blog is a staff-run blog that provides policy analysis, insight and commentary about the environment and other progressive issues, advances our campaigns, and builds momentum for a healthy and just world.
Nov. 18, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors
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For the first time in decades, the nuclear power industry is considering building new nuclear reactors in the United States. They claim that nuclear power is a solution to global warming, but that’s just not true. Indeed, nuclear power costs...
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Nov. 18, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors
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Automobile, Insurance, Oil & Gas, Petrochemical, and Utilities Companies This report is Friends of the Earth’s fifth annual review of climate change reporting in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings of automobile, manufacturi...
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Nov. 11, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors
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The members of the women's
organization COHAPAZ in
Honduras won the
Friends of the Earth International
community award for their work to
educate neighborhoods in and
around Tegucigalpa about
environmental and public health
issues.
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Nov. 10, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors
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Friends of the Earth member
groups vote during the
2008 Biannual General Meeting.
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Nov. 3, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors
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Oceans and Forests
Cruise Ships Generate Vast Quantities of Waste
Cruise ships generate hundreds of thousands of gallons of human sewage and offer a host of amenities that create pollutants, including dry-cleaning, pools, hair salons, restaurants, photo processing, ...
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Oct. 24, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors
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In September, the Port of Seattle adopted Friends of the Earth's proposal to dispose of 20,000 cubic yards of PCB-tainted sediment dredged from Puget Sound into a waste management facility (the alternative was to dump it back into the Sound).
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Oct. 14, 2008 / Posted by: RConnors
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Friends of the Earth strongly welcomed the IMO’s formal adoption of revisions to MARPOL Annex VI last Thursday, which will bring about a substantial reduction in air pollution from ships. Currently, the average sulfur content of ship fuel is...
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