Nov. 29, 2011 / Posted by: Ben Schreiber / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth
Now that the Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, better known as the super committee, has officially announced that they are not going to reach a deal we can let out a sigh of relief. That’s because, as Paul Krugman wrote, failure is good...
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Nov. 22, 2011 / Posted by: Ben Schreiber / Categories: Blog, Climate and Energy, Economics for the Earth, Oceans and Forests
On Friday November 18, 2011, Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica testified in the House Committee on Natural Resources hearing titled ANWR: Jobs, Energy and Deficit Reduction. The hearing was called by the Republican majority to promote dril...
Read More »Aug. 25, 2011 / Posted by: Ben Schreiber / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth
The recently released Green Scissors 2011 report identifies environmentally beneficial spending cuts that could save taxpayers more than $380 billion. Recommended cuts range from giveaways to big oil companies to road projects to environmentally d...
Read More »Feb. 25, 2011 / Posted by: Ben Schreiber / Categories: Blog, Economics for the Earth
Friends of the Earth joined more than 240 state, local, regional and national groups across the country urging Senate Majority Leader Reid to reject the idea of a so-called “clean electricity standard” that would call dirty energy sour...
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