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Analysis: Leased fossil fuels on public lands, oceans will be producing decades beyond Paris climate targets
Study supports the calls on President Obama to ‘Keep It in the Ground’ WASHINGTON — A new analysis finds that coal, oil and gas already under lease on public lands and oceans in the Unit…
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500,000 petitions to Congress demand rejection of TPP
Today, June 29, Friends of the Earth, Sierra Club, Food and Water Watch and other environmental advocates delivered more than 500,000 petitions to Congress demanding the rejection of a Trans Pacific P…
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Despite protests, Japan gives lifeline to dangerous fossil fuel projects
As other countries move away from coal and increase their renewable energy capacity, Japan is doubling down on fossil fuels, and continues to heavily finance coal and gas projects both domestically an…
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Over 150,000 call on U.S. Export-Import Bank to reject coal, #SaveSundarbans
U.S. Ex-Im Bank Has Been Linked To Toxic Coal Projects In Bangladesh, Threatens UNESCO World Heritage Site PHOTOS AVAILABLE HERE WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. environmental groups, U.S-based So…
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TransCanada sues U.S. taxpayers for $15 billion over KXL
Late last week, the tar sands pipeline company TransCanada officially filed suit against the United States under the North American Free Trade Agreement investment chapter, claiming $15 billion in dam…
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Senate GMO labeling compromise bill discriminatory, denies Americans their right to know
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Thursday,Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Ranking Member Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) announced a deal on legislation related to genetically engineered in…
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Activists appeal to Gov. Inslee to seek federal opposition to Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion
Friends of the Earth sent a letter to Governor Jay Inslee today from eight environmental organizations and accompanied by more than 35,000 supporting letters, urging him to inform Canadian officials o…
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Ryan tax plan a coup for corporations, the super-rich
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) unveiled a broad plan for tax reform this morning. The blueprint includes a call for slashing the tax on capital gains, repealing the estate tax, loweri…
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Millions of dead bees, millions more signatures highlight threat to bees & other pollinators
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A truck full of dead bees will make its final stop at a rally outside the headquarters of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this afternoon, culminating a coast-to-coast tou…
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Diablo Canyon nuclear plant to be shut down, power replaced by renewables, efficiency, storage
California, world’s sixth largest economy, going nuclear-free BERKELEY, CALIF. – An historic agreement has been reached between Pacific Gas and Electric, Friends of the Earth, and other enviro…