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Obama campaign hires Keystone lobbyist

By | 10.24.11 | 3:41 pm | More from The Michigan Messenger

President Obama’s 2012 campaign has a new senior adviser — and he is a former lobbyist for the Keystone XL pipeline, according to the environmental group Friends of the Earth.

DOJ asked to investigate TransCanada lobbyist

By | 09.29.11 | 9:13 am | More from The Michigan Messenger

Friends of the Earth, which released a series of emails between the State Department and TransCanada lobbyist Paul Elliott last week, is now asking the Department of Justice to investigate possible legal violations based on those communications.

‘Green Scissors’ report says Congress should cut subsidies that are environmentally harmful

By | 08.25.11 | 1:31 pm | More from The Michigan Messenger

A quarter of the cuts required under the recent Congressional debt deal could be beneficially achieved through cuts to environmentally harmful federal subsidies, according to a report produced by a politically diverse coalition.
McClatchy reports that Friends of the Earth, Public Citizen, Taxpayers for Common Sense and the More…

Groups FOIA U.S. data on Fukushima radiation

By | 03.28.11 | 1:56 pm | More from The Michigan Messenger

Friends of the Earth, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, and Physicians for Social Responsibility have filed a Freedom of Information Act request demanding U.S. government data on radiation releases from the Fukushima nuclear complex.

On March 16 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner Gregory B. Jazcko told Congress that More…

Doggett Switches, Will Vote for Climate Bill

By | 06.26.09 | 4:48 pm

Earlier this afternoon, Friends of the Earth, an environmental group that opposes the Democrats’ soon-to-be-voted-on climate change bill, shot out an email commending Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) for his shared opposition.

They’ll want to take that back. Doggett just took to the House floor to announce that he’s now supporting More…