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Statement on imminent approval of Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Before Monday, State Department undersecretary for political affairs Tom Shannon is expected to sign the cross-border permit allowing the Keystone XL oil pipeline to move forward…
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Sonny Perdue wrong choice to lead the USDA
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tomorrow, the Senate Agriculture Committee will begin confirmation hearings for Sonny Perdue, the Trump administration’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Perd…
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Gorsuchs Stolen Supreme Court Seat Imperils Environment
The possible confirmation of Neil Gorsuch will have a devastating impact on our government’s ability to protect our environment and public health. If Majority Leader McConnell is able to steal a spo…
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Trumps proposed budget an all-out assault on our planet
Trump’s proposed budget guts funding for environmental protection and climate research.
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Statement on Senate Homeland Security Committee’s attempts to gut environmental regulatory system
Eviscerating the regulatory system is an extreme step and sends a clear signal that Congress is more interested in protecting corporate interests than safeguarding public health.
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Trump rollback of CAFE standards will accelerate climate change
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During a meeting with auto industry executives today in Ypsilanti, Mich., Donald Trump is expected to announce a weakening of the Corporate Average Fuel Economy Standards. Known a…
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Perry unfit to serve as Secretary of Energy
Friends of the Earth objects to Perry’s climate change denial and glaring conflicts of interest WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate will soon vote on the confirmation of former Texas Governor Rick Perry…
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Zinke hand public lands to fossil fuel industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate confirmed Ryan Zinke (R-Mont.) as Secretary of the Interior. During Sec. Zinke’s single term in Congress, he pushed to expand logging, drilling and coal mining…
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Friends of the Earth statement on Trump address
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tonight Donald Trump is giving an address just hours after signing an executive order to gut the Clean Water Rule. Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica offered the followi…
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Trump to dismantle clean water protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Trump administration ordered a review of the Clean Water Rule, which could roll back critical protections for streams and wetlands and put the drinking water sources f…