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Green groups call on Senate to reject Manchin Ex-Im bill
A coalition of green groups plan to urge President Obama and senators to oppose a bill reauthorizing the Export-Import Bank over its roll-back of restrictions for financing overseas coal plants. Green…
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Tisa: three dangers of the new world trade liberalization agreement
[Translation]: After the transatlantic treaty TTIP / Tafta , this is a new acronym which tremble NGOs and radical left: Tisa for Trade in Services Agreement or Agreement on Trade in Services i…
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Incorporating the social cost of carbon: A coal mine stopped in its tracks
Last week, a federal district court in Colorado stopped the expansion of a coal mine in the North Fork Valley of western Colorado due to the federal government’s failure to quantify the costs of bur…
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The Assault on Organics: Ignoring science to make the case for chemical farming
With the proliferation of industry-associated scientists, websites and opinion pieces attacking organic agriculture and spinning their narratives about the safety of chemical-intensive GMO foods, repo…
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Indonesia Is Killing the Planet for Palm Oil
Indonesia is being deforested faster than any other country in the world, and it has everything to do with one product: palm oil. Indonesia Is Killing the Planet for Palm Oil -VICE News 7/4/14
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By defending against land grabs, we defend forests
Two weeks ago, we asked Friends of the Earth members to sign a petition asking British palm oil company EPO and Malaysian palm oil company KLK to respect the demand of Liberian communities to end th…
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The Costly Lobbying War Over America’s Dying Honeybees
The insect world’s biggest murder mystery is moving to K Street. The Costly Lobbying War Over America’s Dying Honeybees -National Journal 7/1/14
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Supreme Court further empowers corporations, undermines democracy
Washington, D.C. – Today the Supreme Court, in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby and Conestoga Wood v. Burwell struck down the requirement that family-owned corporations pay insurance coverage for contraceptio…
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House GOP spearheads bill to expand domestic drilling
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the House passed H.R. 4899, The Lowering Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America that Works Act by a vote of 229-185. If enacted the bill would expedite oil and gas leasing on…
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Billion dollar Big Oil leasing loophole under attack
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An amendment by Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore) to curtail royalty-free leases was defeated in the House of Representatives by a vote of 179-229. Created in the late 1990s, royalty f…