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Lawmakers side with the fossil fuel industry in push for online lease sales for drilling on public lands and oceans
President Obama has a clear choice: stand up for the climate or cater to fossil fuel interests This week, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed a bill that would require lease sales for offs…
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Polluter-friendly Interior bill crosses House finish line
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House voted to pass HR 5538, the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, by a margin of 231-196. The measure includes dozens of policy riders attackin…
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In solidarity with Black Lives Matter
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the two senseless killing of African Americans by police in Baton Rouge and Falcon Heights, Minn., the deadly attack that killed five police officers in Dallas…
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Time runs out on Clean Coal myth in Texas
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal support for the long-troubled carbon capture and sequestration plant proposed for Penwell, Texas is set to come to an end when the U.S. Department of Energy’s cooperativ…
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Groups decry new carbon capture subsidies
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Over 20 environmental groups sent a letter to Congress today, opposing tax credits for carbon capture and sequestration. This is in response to a variety of industry-led proposals…
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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…