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Legislation would marginalize public input on offshore fossil fuel leases
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Natural Resources will vote on a bill today that could alter the longstanding practice of holding offshore fossil fuel lease sales…
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Senator Cantwell moves forward with dirty energy bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Senate voted to conference an energy bill, S.2012, with the House of Representatives. Currently there are significant differences between the House and the Senate…
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Groups oppose rider-laden, fossil-friendly Interior bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House is scheduled to begin debate today on HR 5538, the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill. As the measure goes to the floor, it is laden with ov…
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U.S.-EU trade deal promises Climate Armageddon
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The 14th round of negotiations begin in Brussels today for the European Union-US trade agreement (Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership). A leaked EU document obtaine…
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Study supports Keep It in the Ground call to President Obama
Our public lands and water are “over-leased” according a new study from EcoShift Consulting, for the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth. The study – Over-Leased: How Produc…
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Getting the GCF We Fought For
I’ve just returned from attending the 13th meeting of the Board of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). Many of us GCF old-timers[1] can’t help but feel a sense of sincere disappointment. How can anyone…
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Friends of the Earth statement on the DARK Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Dana Perls, senior food and technology campaigner for Friends of the Earth, made the following statement about the DARK Aact: Friends of the Earth denounces the Senate’s pa…
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Can Organic Farming Feed the World?
Compared with industrial agriculture, organic farming is less energy intensive, helps pollinators and other beneficial insects flourish and promotes biodiversity.
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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…