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Statement: TransCanada suit illustrates problem with TPP, trade deals
For immediate releaseJanuary 6, 2016 WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Canadian pipeline company TransCanada gave notice that it intends to sue the U.S. government for over $15 billion under the North Ame…
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EPA assessment finds common pesticide harms bees
Friends of the Earth calls for agency to suspend bee-toxic pesticides WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released its preliminary pollinator risk assessment for the p…
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The holidays come early for Big Oil as Congress agrees to lift crude oil export ban
WASHINGTON D.C. – Late last night, Republicans in Congress struck a deal to hand Big Oil and the Koch brothers their biggest legislative priority of the year and lift the longstanding ban on cr…
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Despite Paris agreement, Congress aims to restrict climate policies of Ex-Im and OPIC
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 2013, the Obama administration implemented measures to restrict financing of fossil fuel plants abroad. These measures included restrictions on the Export-Import Bank’s finan…
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Anti-GMO labeling rider excluded from Omnibus
WASHINGTON D.C. – Friends of the Earth praised congressional leaders today for rejecting efforts of the food and chemical industries to attach a rider to the omnibus spending bill that would block l…
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Response to Green Climate Fund and appropriations package
Washington, D.C. – The appropriations package released late last night does not block funding for the Green Climate Fund. Karen Orenstein, senior analyst at Friends of the Earth U.S., had the fo…
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Omnibus spending bill environment attacks revealed
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Congressional negotiators have released the text of a $1.1 trillion spending bill that must pass this week to avert a government shutdown. The omnibus package includes numerous ant…
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United States undermines ambitious and just climate deal
PARIS, FRANCE – Negotiators at the Conference of Parties in Le Bourget are nearing a climate agreement. In response, Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pica issued the following statement: Th…
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Friends of the Earth & local activists attempt last ditch rescue of President Obamas sinking climate legacy
Protest presidential failure to secure fair and sound climate deal in Paris WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth and other local climate activists rallied in front of the White House Saturday to…
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House passes Customs Bill: climate change deniers embarrass U.S. delegation in Paris
WASHINGTON, D.C – As world leaders seek to negotiate a global agreement on climate change in Paris, the U.S. House of Representatives today passed a Customs Bill that undermines effective U.S. acti…