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Screaming for (real) ice cream
Ever wondered why Häagen-Dazs vanilla ice cream tastes intense, rich and exotic, while some run-of-the-mill supermarket brands taste like fire extinguisher foam with pretensions? Part of the answer i…
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Six years of powerful resistance to Keystone XL
Today we celebrate six years of successful campaigning against the Keystone XL pipeline. Every day we succeed in keeping fossil fuels in the ground is a victory for humanity and our planet. The fact t…
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Greens celebrate six years of blocking the Keystone XL pipe dream
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today marks six years that climate activists, ranchers and indigenous people have blocked the construction of TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline, which would carry tar sa…
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Senator Markey in pursuit of coal lease suspension on public lands
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) announced this week that he will draft legislation to suspend new lease sales of coal from public lands until the Bureau of Land Management institutes reforms to the…
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House GOP champions climate disaster Frankenbill
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, by a vote of 226-191 the House passed H.R. 2, the American Energy Solutions for Lower Costs and More American Jobs Act. The bill repackages 13 separate energy bills already…
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Ban Ki-moon urged to champion public funds for climate finance
118 civil society groups ask UN chief to ensure private finance is not counted towards climate finance goals, and to prevent greenwashing in the green bond market WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ahead of next…
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Robin Hood Tax rally will kick off Peoples Climate March
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) will join registered nurses, community, labor, student and environmental groups to launch the People’s Climate March and United Nations Clim…
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Five awful things in the House zombie energy bill
In preparation for Election Day — or maybe Halloween? — the House leadership has assembled a Frankenstein’s monster of bad energy policy. Pieced together from the remains of 13 separate…
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Did PG&E and the NRC work together to spin news on Diablo Canyon quake safety?
Friends of the Earth files Freedom of Information Act request WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week the Nuclear Regulatory Commission denied a dissent by the former chief inspector at the Diablo Canyon nucle…
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Why I’m going to the People’s Climate March
This Sunday, September 21, thousands of people will gather in New York City for the People’s Climate March. Americans who want to see a future filled with healthy families, clear air, clean wate…