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This land is our land
Our global climate is warming due to the unprecedented amounts of carbon dioxide we are emitting through the combustion of fossil fuels. I have seen the impact of this firsthand in the degradation of…
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EPA Won’t Finalize Renewable Fuel Standard in 2014, Cites Lengthy Delays
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Nov. 21 that it won’t issue a final renewable fuel standard for 2014 by the end of the year. Instead, the EPA plans to issue a new rule in 2015 to s…
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The fight over the Renewable Fuel Standard, explained
Back in 2007, Congress passed a law requiring the US to use more and more biofuels — like corn-based ethanol — each year. This is known as the Renewable Fuel Standard. In recent years, gasoline re…
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EPA declares Renewable Fuel Standard dysfunctional
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the EPA announced that it would not finalize the 2014 biofuel volumes under the federal Renewable Fuel Standard before the end of 2014. Friends of the Earth Climate and en…
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Stakeholders baffled, angry as Obama admin punts 2014 RFS
Stakeholders baffled, angry as Obama admin punts 2014 RFS -GreenWire 11/21/2014
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Polar Code too weak to properly protect polar environments from increased shipping activity
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Responding to today’s adoption by the International Maritime Organisation of the long-awaited Polar Code, aimed at regulating shipping in Polar Regions, a coalition of environ…
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Friends of the Earth International: Green Climate Fund pledging session important start but nowhere near actual need
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a sign of moderate progress, a pledging session held today in Berlin, Germany, for the United Nations Green Climate Fund raised up to $9.3 billion USD in much needed funds for…
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Giving thanks to those born to give
From about as long as I can remember, Thanksgiving in my family has really been about food first and foremost. Of course, immediately followed by family. (If not for family, both real and adopted, who…
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The Next Climate Policy Fight Could Be All About Airplane Emissions
Environmental groups are pledging to intensify their push on the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from aircraft in the wake of a new report showing no improvement i…
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McDonalds, Beef Industry Slammed for Greenwashing
McDonald’s and the rest of the Global Roundtable on Sustainable Beef are “greenwashing” beef production with their principles and criteria for global sustainable beef, according to consumer, wor…