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Green New Deal for farming: Address climate crisis and revitalize food system
Our agricultural system is so intertwined with the economic system that is causing the climate crisis that any Green New Deal will need to address how we produce and consume what we eat. That will req…
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Cuomo rejects Williams Pipeline
New York state Department of Environmental Conservation last night denied a permit to the Williams Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline set to connect the gas fields of Pennsylvania to the New York and Ne…
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European Commission VP’s Visit Adds Fuel to the Climate Fire
Maroš Šefčovič, the European Commission’s vice president for the energy union, today held a meeting with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, capping off a trip aimed at securing long-term fossil fuel en…
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200+ Groups Urge Senate to Oppose European Fossil Fuel Promotion Bill
More than 200 groups sent a letter to U.S. senators today, urging them to oppose the European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019 (S. 704), a bill that would provide billions of dollars of…
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Clean Energy Standard Act promotes false solutions, doesn’t do enough to address climate crisis
Friends of the Earth welcomes bold action to fight climate change and transition the U.S. to 100% renewable energy. Unfortunately, the legislation introduced by Sen. Tina Smith and Rep. Ben Ray Lujan…
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California bans brain-damaging pesticide chlorpyrifos, helps farmers transition to safer alternatives
By outlawing chlorpyrifos, California joins New York and Hawaii in putting public health and the environment over corporate profits. We call on the state to work as swiftly as possible to cancel the r…
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Vermont passes bill to ban consumer use of bee-killing neonicotinoid pesticides
The Vermont Legislature today passed a bill banning consumer use of neonicotinoid pesticides by July 2019. During the legislative session, thousands of Friends of the Earth members in Vermont called a…
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Nadler opposes Williams pipeline, groups push other members of Congress to follow his lead
At a recent Green New Deal town hall, New York Congressman Jerry Nadler publicly opposed the Williams fracked gas pipeline proposed for the New York Harbor.
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Senate Confirmation of Export-Import Bank Directors Means Billions More Dollars in Federal Fossil Fuel Financing
The U.S. Senate today voted to confirm three nominees to the Board of Directors of the U.S. Export-Import Bank. The confirmation allows Ex-Im to establish a board quorum, clearing the way for the bank…