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Guatemalan Palm Oil Supplier REPSA Caught up in Corruption and Bribery Scandal
A Guatemalan palm oil company called Reforestadora de Palmas AC (REPSA) was charged with corruption last week in a high-profile investigation of systemic tax fraud in Guatemala.
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Polluting Pruitt testifies at Senate EPW Committee Hearing
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt is scheduled to appear today before the Senate Environment and Public Works committee.
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State of our union under Trump is an environmental, public health disaster
Trump’s words at the State of the Union don’t matter, what matters are his actions.
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Four things Scott Pruitt is hoping Senators will not ask him today.
The most scandal-plagued Administrator in the history of the EPA isn’t a big fan of testifying under oath, which is exactly why Senators need to make the most of his infrequent appearances to demand…
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After shutdown surrender, why should progressives ever trust Chuck Schumer again?
When Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) took a stand against Merrick Garland, it lasted 293 days. When Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) took a stand for the Dreamers, it lasted less than 72 hours.
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Montreal Round of NAFTA Negotiations Threatens Health, Family Farms and the Environment
The decision to continue talking on NAFTA is bad news for our environment. While trade ministers make secret deals, we can be assured what they see as progress will no doubt put our environment and pu…
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Export credit agencies must not fund Vietnam’s Long Phu 1 coal plant
Through the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im), Trump is pushing developing countries toward dependence on coal for decades to come.
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Karen Budd-Falen is the wrong choice to oversee our public lands
As the director of BLM she could have the power to sell off our public lands to fossil fuel interests, embolden militant ranchers, gut critical environmental safeguards, pollute our vulnerable waterwa…
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NOAA Falls Short on Industrial Ocean Fish Farm Funding
The National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) decision to fund industrial ocean fish farms without performing environmental reviews is illegal
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Trump to Place Tariff on Solar Panels
Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imported solar panels is recklessly irresponsible and a thinly veiled attack on clean energy.