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Whats in a baseline? Why starting in 2005 matters a lot
The Obama administration has finally announced new rules to tackle the largest single contributor to climate change in the United States: carbon emissions from power plants. The headlines after the re…
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Obama administration delays critical action to protect bees until at least 2016
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, at the 14th annual North American Pollinator Protection Campaign International Conference, the White House announced a several month delay in the release of its pollinato…
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Ex-Im Bank Inspector General Investigating Financing of 4,000 MW Coal Project in India
The Inspector General of the U.S. Export Import Bank is investigating the bank’s financing of a 4,000 megawatt coal-fired power plant that environmentalists say is associated with “catastrophi…
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The nations bee crisis
Tiffany Finck-Haynes of Friends of the Earth talks to Moose about the nations bee crisis. The nation’s bee crisis [@20:40] -CBS Radio, Jordana Green Show with Moose Miller 10/20/14
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The secret to lower emissions and higher revenue is a carbon tax
While the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed Clean Air Act 111(d) regulation did not explicitly allow a carbon price, it acknowledges the need to consider a carbon tax before the final rul…
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Are U.S. Taxpayer Dollars Supporting Coal Industry Human Rights Violations Overseas?
Today, a fact finding team of five non-governmental organizations (NGOs) — the Sierra Club, 350.org, Carbon Market Watch, Friends of the Earth U.S. and Pacific Environment — released a sca…
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World Trade Organization veils meaty information
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A World Trade Organization tribunal ruled today that the U.S. law requiring country-of-origin labeling for meat violates international trade law, essentially denying Americans the…
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World Trade Organization veils meaty information
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A World Trade Organization tribunal ruled today that the U.S. law requiring country-of-origin labeling for meat violates international trade law, essentially denying Americans…
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Climate change — whose security?
There is no doubt that climate change is going to cause widespread social disruption. Nevertheless, focusing too hard on the national security aspect probably isn’t the best idea. Higher walls are n…
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EPA finds neonicotinoids no benefit to U.S. soybean production
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Environmental Protection Agency released an analysis today confirming that neonicotinoid seed treatments offer little or no increase in economic benefit to U.S. soybean produc…