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How can OPIC protect communities and the planet?
In the waning days of the Obama administration, government agencies are scrambling to finalize new policies before the Trump administration comes to Washington in January. One such agency is the …
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Trump to nominate pro-drilling enthusiast to manage public lands and waters
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump is reportedly expected to nominate Republican Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) to lead the Department of the Interior. In a leaked memo, Trump plan…
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Ranking Member Grijalva fights against Pruitts fracking agenda
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today House Natural Resources Ranking Member Raúl Grijalva introduced the Preventing Preventable Earthquakes Act, which would require states and the EPA to enforce provisions…
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Trump appoints Big Polluter to head Environmental Protection Agency
WASHINGTON, D.C. – According to news reports, Donald Trump will appoint Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt to head the Environmental Protection Agency. As Attorney General, Pruitt sued the…
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Victory! GE mosquitoes will not be let loose on Florida community
Citizens/environment will not be impacted by novel experiment releasing millions of GE mosquitoes WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Food and Drug Administration confirmed that Oxitec will not move forward with…
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Genetic extinction technology and digital DNA challenged at UN Convention
Civil society defends rights of indigenous peoples and small-scale farmers against big-pharma and biotech CANCUN, MEXICO —This week, international conservation and environmental leaders will meet to…
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Friends of the Earth International statement on Standing Rock
LAMPUNG, INDONESIA – Friends of the Earth International stands in solidarity with the water protectors at Standing Rock: Water is Life, and we stand for life. We, Friends of the Earth Internatio…
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Friends of the Earth International statement on the election of Donald Trump
Be it resolved, Friends of the Earth International expresses our deep solidarity with the growing resistance in the United States which refuses to normalize and legitimize Donald Trump’s inflammator…
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Princess Cruise Lines pleads guilty to dumping oil, covering its tracks
Deliberate pollution is completely unacceptable and we continue to call on the cruise industry to be transparent and clean up its act.