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The Obama Administration Just Blew Off Human Trafficking Concerns to Pass the TPP
This spring, investigators discovered mass graves of human trafficking victims in Malaysia. How did the U.S. State Department respond? By upgrading its assessment of Malaysia’s human rights effo…
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Friends of the Earth decries sinister manipulation of government trafficking report
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth and other organizations held a demonstration before Thursday’s Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on the State Department’s recent Trafficking…
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Groups demand President Obama put human rights before trade
Trade watchdogs will protest downplaying of human trafficking during TPP negotiations WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth and other concerned groups will demand answers as to whether Malaysia�…
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As EPA finalizes Clean Power Plan, Senate committee aims to destroy it
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s (R-W.Va.) bill S. 1324, which allows states to opt out of the Clean Power Plan if they find…
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The humble bumble gets its own day of gratitude
Lisa Arkin is the executive director of Beyond Toxics, a Eugene, Ore.-based non-profit that works to protect communities and the environment from toxic pollution. Have you been enjoying watching the f…
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Dirty tax break, dirtier fuel
The U.S.’s operable refinery capacity — that is, the amount of crude oil that can be processed and sold to consumers as liquid fuel — is a whopping 18 million barrels per day. The Un…
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EPA includes carbon tax in final power plant rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants, under the Clean Air Act. The final rule has explicitly allow…
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EPA takes historic climate action, but its only a down payment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules to reduce carbon pollution from new and existing power plants, under the Clean Air Act. Electric power plants produce…
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Obama unveils sweeping cuts to power plant emissions: ‘We have to get going’
Six years after first promising to “roll back the spectre of a warming planet”, Barack Obama finally committed the US to unprecedented action against climate change on Monday, with sweeping new…
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How are environmentalists reacting to Obamas Clean Power Plan?
Now that President Obama’s Clean Power Plan has been finalized, environmentalists are practically dancing in the streets. Their public statements range in tone from celebratory to exultant. But s…