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Obama moves to protect millions of acres of ocean from Trump
Today’s announcement is a major victory for our oceans and climate. Our offshore areas need permanent protection in the face of Donald Trump’s pledge to expand offshore drilling and his cabinet’…
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Dakota Access Pipeline Divestment Action in San Francisco
San Francisco, CA — Idle No More SF Bay, Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty Signers and Friends of the Earth will hold a peaceful action in downtown San Francisco on Mond…
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Groups demand ExxonMobil be debarred
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday the Waterkeeper Alliance petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency asking it to debar ExxonMobil for its effort to intentionally mislead the American public about c…
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Trump pick of Dow Chemical chief for American Manufacturing Council may pose conflicts of interest
Despite his promise to ‘drain the swamp,’ his actions prove he is more concerned with advancing corporate interests than protecting the American people, workers and farmers.
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Guatemalan land defenders are under threat and need justice
The best way to defend our lands, rivers and forests is to speak out for the defenders—the people at the front lines of these struggles—so they may live on to continue fighting for all of us.
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Environmental and human rights groups appeal to Guatemalan government to protect land defenders
Today we are calling on government officials to take urgent action to address threats against the Commission for the Defense of Life and Nature and other civil society groups that are peacefully deman…
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Coal champion Zinke will use Interior to plunder public lands
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump nominated Representative Ryan Zinke (R-Mt.) to lead the Department of the Interior, the agency responsible for managing our public lands and waters. Rep. Zinke’s si…
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Trump picks Department of Energy critic to determine U.S. energy policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump has tapped Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to lead the Department of Energy. Trump has publicly prioritized increasing fossil fuel projects during his first 100 days in…
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Tillerson and Exxon environmental record: statement and background
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump has chosen Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, as his Secretary of State. Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica issued the following statement and backgroun…
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Exxon for State Department would be disaster for environment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump has chosen Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, as his Secretary of State. Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pica issued the following response: Donald Trump…