11 hours ago by Chris, selected from NewsLook

A coalition of 20 health organizations have found wind farms are not detrimental to the health of people living within their vicinity. Health Videos by NewsLook var nl_rand = "JU8Ml2j9FZyQAewA", NewsLook = NewsLook || {}; NewsLook.embeds = NewsLook.embeds || {}; NewsLook.embeds[nl_rand] = { video_id ...

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1 day ago by Chris Owen

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved a new rule banning ships from discharging their sewage into the sea within 3 miles of the California coast this week, beginning a prohibition that will begin next month. Cruise and cargo ships will no longer be able to discharge treated , untreated o ...

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1 day ago by NVRDC

We just managed to eke out a small victory for the environment when the President didn’t give the OK for the Keystone XL Pipeline project. Now, when one would hope things wouldn’t get any worse, it should be no surprise … it has. To make up for the fact that rapid tar sands oil mining [...]

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6 days ago by btchakir

German chemicals giant BASF is closing its biotech division in Germany. The move was prompted by massive resistance to genetically modified food among both the public and politicians. GM opponents are jubilant, while some researchers are complaining this is another case of German hostility to techno ...

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8 days ago by Chris, selected from NewsLook

German chemicals giant BASF is closing its biotech division in Germany. The move was prompted by massive resistance to genetically modified food among both the public and politicians. GM opponents are jubilant, while some researchers are complaining this is another case of German hostility to techno ...

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13 days ago by Geoffrey Lean

"Good gracious” exclaimed the newly retired ambassador, surveying my bald pate. “It’s Geoff Lean, isn’t it? We last saw each other when we exposed the illegal selling of a tiger skin in 1979.” Thursday evening was that kind of an occasion. Friends of the Earth – which I have been covering since its ...

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14 days ago by Pertinent Penguin

Emperor penguins in Antarctica. Photo by StormPetrel1. Some rights reserved. ANTARCTICA - New Zealand conservation groups have condemned the shipping of ten young emperor penguins from Antarctica to SeaWorld in California in November 2011. Friends of the Earth NZ director Bob Tait told the NZ Herald ...

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15 days ago by Tim Worstall

Some years ago I coined "Worstall's Law". I should be honest and admit that it wasn't an attempt to get into the reference books (although it is getting there, slowly [1]) but a hook on which to hang a piece of freelance writing. In full the formulation is [2]: Any Organization Will, In the End, Be ...

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17 days ago by admin

As Friends of the Earth calls their bluff in court… Following on from the Government halving the feed-in tariff of 43p per kilowatt-hour paid to owners of solar panels in December, a successful court action by Friends of the Earth has forced them to restore the rate to its original level. But only f ...

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18 days ago by Carmelo

Press Release 12 January 2012 For immediate release More information about the Friends of the Earth Europe sustainable finance campaign Back NEW REPORT: European banks fuelling food price volatility and hunger Read the full report 'Farming Money’ here: http://www.foeeurope.org/publications/2012/Farm ...

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