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Chairman “Frack” Pallone opens door for natural gas, false climate solutions
Chairman Pallone needs to do far more to protect communities and the climate. The proposed starting point for his clean electricity standard is startlingly high.
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New California bill would address products linked to deforestation and climate change
California State Assembly Member Ash Kalra today introduced the California Deforestation Free Procurement Act (AB2002). If the bill were to become law, it would tap the enormous purchasing power of Ca…
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New Legislation Could Make Maryland the First State to Set GHG Reduction Target for its Food Purchases
Senator Clarence Lam (D-Howard County) and Delegate Jim Gilchrist (D-Montgomery County) introduced first-of-its-kind state legislation this week to set a target of reducing emissions from the food the…
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New analysis finds fracked gas, biomass in Pallone’s 2050 plan
A new analysis from Friends of the Earth and the Partnership for Policy Integrity shines a critical light on the CLEAN Future Act, a policy framework to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 recently re…
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Company withdraws request for key permit on Jordan Cove Energy Project
Under heavy grassroots pressure, the Jordan Cove Energy Project today announced it has withdrawn its application for a key permit for the natural gas project.
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California budget boosts healthy food for kids and markets for farmers
School food advocates cheered earlier this month when California Governor Gavin Newsom announced a major boost in state funding for California school food.
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USMCA and China trade deals combined push planet towards climate crisis
Senate approval of USMCA comes just as the Trump Administration signed a trade agreement with China in which China agrees to buy $52.4 billion of additional U.S. energy products, which will result i…
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Applause for Schumer over USMCA opposition
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) today voted against the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, aka Trump’s NAFTA, a deal that will make climate change worse and strip citizens of the right to c…
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With 2019 the second-hottest year ever, Democratic leadership must do magnitudes more to tackle climate crisis
Researchers at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration released analyses today revealing that 2019 was the second hottest year o…
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BlackRock’s bold new approach to climate must include deforestation
BlackRock Larry Fink today released his annual letter where he announced a series of policies aimed at putting climate change and sustainability at the center of the company’s business model.