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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…
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Low-Carbon Meals: A Triple Win for One of California’s Largest School Districts
Research shows that we cannot avoid the worst impacts of climate change unless we dramatically scale back our consumption of animal foods. That’s because producing meat and cheese generates large amou…
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Trump budget sacrifices public health to war machine
WASHINGTON, D.C. – It is being reported that Donald Trump is set to release a budget that would slash funding to important agencies like the Environmental Protection Agency and boost military spendi…