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Friends of the Earth Responds to Supreme Court Overturning Chevron Deference
Today the U.S. Supreme Court issued an opinion that wipes the longstanding legal principle of Chevron deference off the books.
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70+ Organizations Oppose CARB Chair Mary Nichols for EPA
Over 70 organizations, led by California-based environmental justice groups, sent a letter to President-Elect Biden on Tuesday urging him to reject Mary Nichols as a prospective nominee to head the En…
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Lawsuit Threatened Over Trump Administration’s Failure to Cut Airplane Climate Pollution
Environmental groups today threatened to sue the Trump administration for failing to fulfill its obligation under the Clean Air Act to curb planet-warming pollution from airplanes.
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WOTUS repeal lets polluters endanger communities and the environment for a profit
The EPA’s callous decision endangers communities and threatens our environment. Corporations will now be given free to rein pollute our waterways and put millions of American lives at risk.
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Legal petition seeks ban on plastic pollution from petrochemical plants
More than 270 community and conservation organizations filed a legal petition today that demands the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency adopt strict new water-pollution limits for industrial plants…
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Trump speech on environment, sponsored by fossil fuels
Trump’s delusional speech was full of fraudulent claims taking credit for the benefits of the very rules and agencies he is working to dismantle — all of which is intended to keep us shackled to fo…
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Progressives stand fast for just spending levels
Thanks to demands from progressive members of Congress, Democratic leaders were forced to cancel a vote on the House budget bill slated for later in the week.
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Fossil fuel lobbyist Wheeler is unfit to serve as EPA Administrator
As Acting Administrator of the EPA, Andrew Wheeler has served the interests of corporate polluters at the expense of our public health and environment.
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Senate EPW must reject Wheeler
Andrew Wheeler is a threat to our clean air and water and the absolute wrong choice to lead the EPA. As acting administrator, Wheeler handed the EPA over to the corporate polluters the agency is suppo…
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Undoing the damage Pruitt and Zinke did to our environment
Scott Pruitt and Ryan Zinke seemingly handed the EPA and DOI over to corporate polluters. They debased these agencies and endangered public health. Americans are relying on the Democrats to stand up…