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OPIC: Financing for the sake of development or corporate welfare?
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation provides financing to projects in the name of helping countries develop. The problem is that often these projects seem to help large corporations more than…
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Rep. Huffman introduces bill to keep fossil fuels in the ground
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Jared Huffman (D-Calif.) today introduced the Keep It in the Ground Act along with 16 original cosponsors. The bill would prohibit the issuance of new leases or renew…
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President Obama highlights need for political reform
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama spoke today in Springfield, Illinois on the need to reform our democracy so that the voices of every American count, and not just those of a handful of rich famil…
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Supreme Court delays climate action
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Supreme Court issued a stay on the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan. This effectively freezes implementation of the most significant action any president has taken t…
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President Obama sends Congress farewell budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama sent his final budget to Congress, proposing to spend a total $4.1 trillion in FY2017. Once again, congressional Republican leadership has indicated that this pro…
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President Obama proposes new oil fee
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In his final budget to Congress, President Obama proposed a new $10 per barrel fee on oil to fund sustainable transportation infrastructure. In his first budget President Obama pr…
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Investigation sought of Obama administrations approval of Shells Arctic drilling
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Conservation groups have filed an administrative complaint urging the Obama administration to investigate last summer’s controversial approval of Shell’s oil drilling in the Ch…
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Rally Tally: Environmentalists protest TPP trade deal
On February 3 and 4 across the nation and around the world, Friends of the Earth, Flush & the TPP, the Citizens Trade Campaign and other allies coordinated rallies to protest the signing of the…
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ICYMI: Upon signing, environmental groups denounce TPP
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a casino in Auckland, New Zealand yesterday, U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman signed the Trans Pacific Partnership trade deal, setting the clock ticking for President…
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Rally Tally: Over 2 million say NO to new offshore drilling
Yesterday, Friends of the Earth was joined at the White House by over a dozen other environmental groups and grassroots community leaders to deliver over 2 million petitions to President Obama that ca…