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Our news releases are where you can find some of the latest news and breaking updates from our campaigns for climate and energy solutions, safe food and technology, healthy oceans and ecosystems and economic policies that put people before polluters, as well as statements on behalf of our organization made by our president, Erich Pica.
Journalists who wish to arrange an interview or to acquire more information are encouraged to contact our media team at the phone number and email address in the box to the right.
Oct. 4, 2012 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases, San Onofre News
Southern California Edison’s plan to restart one of its crippled San Onofre reactors is a reckless gamble that flies in the face of the utility’s claim
Read More »Oct. 3, 2012 / Posted by: Becca Connors / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests
Food & Water Watch and Friends of the Earth, represented by Columbia Law School’s Environmental Law Clinic, filed a joint lawsuit today to force the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Read More »Oct. 1, 2012 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases, San Onofre News
Many believe Edison puts profits ahead of public health and safety LOS ANGELES, CALIF. -- Southern California Edison is expected to submit a plan any day to restart the crippled San Onofre nuclear power plant, maintaining that one of its ailing t...
Read More »Sep. 28, 2012 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: News Releases, Oceans and Forests
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -– A coalition of environmental groups moved to intervene in a court case today to support a low-sulfur fuel requirement for ships in most U.S. waters, including southern Alaska. The State of Alaska filed suit in July ...
Read More »Sep. 14, 2012 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today the House of Representatives passed H.R. 6213, the "No More Solyndras Act," which allows uneconomical and dirty coal and nuclear projects to remain eligible for loan guarantees through the Department of Energy’s Tit...
Read More »Aug. 22, 2012 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Legal, News Releases, Oceans and Forests
On Monday, the Superior Court issued an “Order to Compel” to the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation for failing to address challenges brought by Campaign to Safeguard America’s Waters and Friends of the Earth to the ...
Read More »Aug. 17, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals today dismissed challenges to the Environmental Protection Agency’s approval of a partial waiver for E15 -- a 15 percent ethanol fuel blend -- allowing it to be used in light-duty ve...
Read More »Aug. 16, 2012 / Posted by: Kelly Trout / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The State Department recently announced on its website that it has chosen a new third-party contractor to conduct the next round of review for TransCanada’s controversial re-application to build the Keystone XL tar sands ...
Read More »Aug. 15, 2012 / Posted by: Adam Russell / Categories: Climate and Energy, News Releases, San Onofre News
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. -- Last night, the Santa Monica City Council voted unanimously to urge the state to fully investigate the costs and reliability of the crippled San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and to compare it to other available energy ...
Read More »Aug. 10, 2012 / Posted by: Lisa Matthes / Categories: Legal, News Releases
Klingle Road -- closed to motor vehicles since 1991 -- is one step closer to becoming the hiking and biking trail approved by the D.C. Council in 2008 and supported by Friends of the Earth WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday the U.S. District Cour...
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