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Canadian energy board recommends Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
The Trans Mountain pipeline currently carries 300,000 barrels per day of diluted bitumen or tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to Burnaby, British Columbia for export through U.S. waters in the Salish…
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80 NGOs ask Japan to end fossil fuel financing by 2017
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a letter released today in Tokyo, 80 civil society organizations urged Japan to announce a commitment at the G7 summit to end all fossil fuel financing by 2017. Such a commitme…
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Potentially hazardous nanoparticles found in powdered baby formula
It’s of real concern that these tiny particles are used in hundreds of consumer products, and now in infant formula, with minimal to no oversight. Companies and regulators must take extra care with…
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1000+ rally against offshore drilling
Representatives from coastal communities in the Arctic, Atlantic and Gulf gather in Washington to call on President Obama to end offshore drilling WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today more than 1,000 people gat…
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Sustainable palm oil controversy escalates as international NGOs call for customers to drop palm oil giant IOI Group
IOI responds to the suspension of its sustainability certification by denying wrongdoing, fighting back with lawsuit against the RSPO San Francisco, CA – Today, Rainforest Action Network joined…
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Left-right coalition pushes Moniz on carbon capture giveaway
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Texas Clean Energy Project, a long-troubled carbon capture and sequestration facility planned for Penwell, Texas, faces the expiration of its cooperative agreement with…
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130,000 call on Olive Garden to adopt ethical Good Food practices
Demonstrations across country urge company to improve treatment of workers, animals, environment WASHINGTON, D.C. — Advocates across the United States are demonstrating at Olive Garden restaurants…
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USDA says U.S. beekeepers lost 44 percent of colonies last year
Bee losses heighten urgency for immediate action on pesticides WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Bee Informed Partnership, in collaboration with the Apiary Inspectors of America and the United States De…
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Army Corps denies coal export permits and upholds Lummi Nation treaty rights
Pacific Northwest communities celebrate tribe’s leadership in landmark victory BELLINGHAM, WASH. – After careful review, the US Army Corps of Engineers issued a landmark decision to deny feder…
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European financiers seek to exit Agua Zarca
WASHINGTON D.C.- In an announcement today, FMO stated that it took the decision after a court in Honduras decided on May 8th to press charges against four individuals in connection with the murder of…