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Ahead of KXL NAFTA claim, environmental groups deliver voided $15 billion check to TransCanada office
Experts available to discuss future of NAFTA case, TPP WASHINGTON, D.C. – Earlier this year, TransCanada announced plans to sue the United States under NAFTA in a private, unaccountable tribunal…
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Protesters tell BLM to stop auctioning Wyoming public lands for oil and gas drilling
Obama administration called on to ‘Keep it in the Ground’ CHEYENNE, WY- Protestors with signs and banners staged a climate rally today outside of the Bureau of Land Management’s oil and gas lea…
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Greenpeace Netherlands releases explosive documents on just concluded U.S.-Europe trade talks
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Greenpeace Netherlands released leaked documents comprising approximately half of the draft negotiating text for the massive U.S.- European Union trade deal as of the time…
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Friends of the Earth Europe report exposes U.S.-EU trade deal threat to sustainable family farms
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations between the U.S. and the European Union wind down in New York City today, Friends of the Earth Europe has published…
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Nigerian environmental and human rights advocate visits Sacramento to urge Air Board to reject international forest offsets for state Cap-and-Trade program
Expanding California’s cap-and-trade program to enable polluters to buy REDD credits also harms Californians — overwhelmingly low-income communities and communities of color — those who live near…
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U.S.-EU trade talks threaten climate, spark German protest
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As the latest round of trade negotiations in New York City move toward conclusion today, it is increasingly clear that the public, especially in Europe, takes a dim view of the T…
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Nigerian environmental and human rights advocate visits Sacramento to oppose expanding cap-and-trade
Fyneface Dumnamene Fyneface joined by California environmental justice and environmental advocates for rally at Air Board Hearing on controversial plan to add international forest offsets to Californi…
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Offshore drilling opponents rally outside D.C. hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) appeared yesterday with a crowd of concerned citizens from around the country at a rally in Washington to oppose offshore drilling. The gathering t…
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Offshore drilling opponents rally outside D.C. hearing
WASHINGTON, D.C.- On Tuesday, April 26, the Obama Administration is holding a meeting to hear feedback on the proposed 2017-2022 offshore drilling program. Advocates concerned about climate change an…
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Earth Day marks one-year anniversary of POPLA Bill, which would ban fracking on all public lands
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Earth Day, marks the first anniversary of the Protect Our Public Lands Act — POPLA — federal legislation introduced by Reps. Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) and Jan Schako…