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Bernhardt’s confirmation as DOI Deputy Secretary a victory for oil and gas interests
The U.S. Senate is expected to confirm David Bernhardt as Deputy Secretary of the Department of Interior today, despite his long history working as a lobbyist for Big Oil and Big Ag.
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Food safety and environmental organizations call on EPA to ban bee-killing pesticides
A coalition of food safety and environmental groups will deliver hundreds of thousands of public comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday, urging the agency to ban neonicotinoid…
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Trump nominates anti-science climate denier to lead USDA Science, violating 2008 Farm Bill
Trump’s nomination of Clovis violates the 2008 Farm Bill, which states that the nominee “shall be appointed by the P…
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What Kroger Can Do To Protect People, Pollinators and the Planet
Beekeepers, farmworkers, and concerned Cincinnati residents gathered outside of Kroger’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, June 22, to urge Kroger to stop selling food grown with bee-killing p…
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Trump tax agenda threatens the planet
As the House Leadership unveils its FY2018 Budget Resolution, including instructions to push ahead with tax reform and to raise revenue from drilling, a new analysis from Friends of the Earth hig…
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Report Calls for Abandoning Bungled Nuclear Project in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. – An in-depth economic analysis released today documents that a problem-plagued nuclear reactor construction project in South Carolina must be abandoned. The report concludes that mon…
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Trumps NAFTA renegotiation objectives indicate possible stealth attack on public health, food, agriculture
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer released the Trump Administration’s objectives for renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Trade promot…
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California cap-and-trade bill is a giveaway to polluters
The California legislature has passed a climate deal for billionaires that targets the most vulnerable while giving handouts to Big Oil.
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Friends of the Earth and Sierra Club Conference Call: Failed Economics of South Carolinas Nuclear Reactor Construction
Friends of the Earth and the Sierra Club on Tuesday, July 18 will release an in-depth analysis in advance of a hearing before the South Carolina Public Service Commission on the troubled nuclear react…