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Costco policy: limit pesticides, protect pollinators
Given the failure of our federal government to regulate the rampant use of toxic pesticides, we are encouraged by the steps Costco is taking to reduce the use of toxic pesticides in its supply chain a…
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Scott Pruitt: Errand Boy for Corruption
As head of a top government agency, Pruitt should be using our taxes responsibly to help protect the environment. Instead, he’s using them to do his dirty laundry. LITERALLY.
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Don’t scrap environmentally responsible overseas investment with reckless Senate BUILD Act
It fails to transfer to the new institution OPIC’s existing environmental, social, climate, transparency, worker rights, human rights, indigenous peoples, gender, anti-corruption and accountability…
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Senate Farm Bill Props Up Toxic Corporate Agriculture
We urge the Senate Agriculture Committee to reject this legislation that prioritizes corporate profits at the expense of consumers, farmers and the planet.
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NAFTA 2.0 Negotiations Nosedive Headed into the G-7 Summit
Trump’s bellicose behavior is sending his environmentally disastrous proposal into a nosedive. As is the typically case with a child, Trump lacks the impulse control to negotiate a new trade deal.
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Broad Coalition of More than 100 Organizations Oppose Industrial Ocean Fish Farming
More than 100 organizations today formally announced their united opposition to industrial ocean fish farming in U.S. waters. The move comes as some members of Congress are attempting to force through…
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Coalition Responds to Canadian Government Plan to Nationalize the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Project
Despite widespread opposition to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, which would bring in 890,000 barrels of crude oil per day across Canada and out through the international…
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Toxic Mega-Merger between Bayer and Monsanto gets approval from Department of Justice
The Department of Justice formally announced today its approval of the Bayer-Monsanto merger, contingent upon divestments from the two companies.
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The foreseeable end of vessel heavy fuel oil use in the Arctic
The threat posed by heavy fuel oil in the Arctic is substantial. In fragile, ice-covered marine environments, use of this fuel by ships is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Financing for Pebble Mine Collapses
By pulling out of the agreement to finance Pebble Mine, First Quantum Minerals finally listened to the overwhelming opposition from the people of Bristol Bay and throughout Alaska. The company’s dec…