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White House Pollinator Strategy wont solve bee crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration released its National Pollinator Health Strategy today, which failed to adequately address the impact of pesticides, including neonicotinoid insecticides…
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WTO denies consumers right to know about meat origins; TTIP promises worse
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The World Trade Organization Appellate Body ruled today that the U.S. law requiring country-of-origin labeling for meat violates international trade law. This will deny Americans…
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IMF pegs global fossil fuel subsidies at $5.3 trillion
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Monetary Fund released a working paper today estimating the 2015 global cost of fossil fuel subsidies at $5.3 trillion. The paper uses a post-tax subsidies meas…
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Friends of the Earth Out to Bury Earl Blumenauer
Environmental activists are throwing Rep. Earl Blumenauer under the zero-emission, biodiesel-fueled bus for openly embracing broader trade-promotion authority. Friends of the Earth is going after th…
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House takes aim at sage grouse
WASHINGTON, D.C. – By a vote of 269-151 the House of Representatives passed the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, which included a provision to delay Endangered Species Act protection for t…
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The TPP Could Have Disastrous Results For The Climate, Environmental Groups Warn
A wide-reaching trade agreement between the United States and several Asian nations could have catastrophic repercussions for climate change, including giving corporations the power to sue governments…
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U.N. finalizes Polar Shipping Code after six years
IMO adopts several important protections but lacks vital heavy fuel use ban in the Arctic LONDON, U.K. – The International Maritime Organization — the U.N. agency charged with establishing glo…
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Feds: Diablo nuke plant could face stronger-than-expected quakes
Diablo Canyon, California’s last nuclear power plant, must conduct another in-depth analysis of seismic risks after federal regulators concluded the facility faces the possibility of stronger earthq…
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U.S. honeybee population plummets by more than 40%, USDA finds
A growing body of evidence has pointed to one class of pesticides in particular, neonicotinoids, as the culprit to the massive bee die-offs. In fact, the European Union banned the three most widely us…
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Senate moves Fast Track legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two days after the Democratic Senate rebuffed President Obama’s push for Fast Track trade authority the Senate moved forward on the Hatch-Wyden Trade Promotion Authority bill b…