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Rally Tally: Activists urge Japan to stop funding fossil fuels
This is your formal invitation to a recurring blog post dubbed Rally Tally. What: Record of the rallies we coordinate and attend Where: This very blog When: After every rally For our first installment…
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Activists to protest Japanese financing of coal projects
Media Advisory for: November 13, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Energy activists will hold a demonstration outside of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation to demand that Japan end public financing…
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International coalition of NGOs says murder, intimidation and the devastation of community livelihoods tied to rampant palm oil plantation expansion must be stopped
The murder of human rights defender Rigoberto Lima Choc on September 18, 2015 is yet another shocking example of the violence that plagues the palm oil sector.
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Groups to Obama: Keep It in the Ground, cancel Colorado oil and gas sale
DENVER, COLO. — Local, regional and national organizations sent a letter today to President Obama calling on him to “keep federal fossil fuels in the ground” and cancel the Bureau of Land Manage…
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President rejects Keystone XL pipeline
WASHINGTON, D.C. — After seven years of intense public campaigning on the Keystone XL, a pipeline that would have bisected the United States carrying the world’s dirtiest oil, President Obama has…
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Trans Pacific Partnership text exposes threat to environment and climate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – After years of secret negotiations, the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement was released today. The text confirms the worst fears of environmentalists. The envir…
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KXL: State Department rejects TransCanadas permit delay
WASHINGTON, D.C.: It has been reported that the State Department rejected Canadian oil company TransCanada’s request that the review of its permit application for the controversial Keystone XL pip…
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Keep it in the Ground bill could curb 450 billion tons of carbon
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate climate leaders Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) today introduced the Keep it in the Ground Act of 2015. The bill would prohibit the issuance of new leases…
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Gardeners and beekeepers swarm Ace and True Value stores
More than 400,000 people urge garden retailers to stop selling bee-killing pesticides WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 5,000 people in 10 cities across the U.S. will swarm Ace Hardware and True Value Ha…
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Senate climate leaders unveil landmark climate legislation
Media advisory for November 4, 2015 WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senators Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) will today introduce the Keep it in the Ground Act of 2015. The bill prohibits the is…