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Friends of the Earth decries sinister manipulation of government trafficking report
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth and other organizations held a demonstration before Thursday’s Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on the State Department’s recent Trafficking…
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Groups demand President Obama put human rights before trade
Trade watchdogs will protest downplaying of human trafficking during TPP negotiations WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth and other concerned groups will demand answers as to whether Malaysia�…
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As EPA finalizes Clean Power Plan, Senate committee aims to destroy it
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed Sen. Shelley Moore Capito’s (R-W.Va.) bill S. 1324, which allows states to opt out of the Clean Power Plan if they find…
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EPA includes carbon tax in final power plant rule
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule to reduce carbon pollution from existing power plants, under the Clean Air Act. The final rule has explicitly allow…
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EPA takes historic climate action, but its only a down payment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized rules to reduce carbon pollution from new and existing power plants, under the Clean Air Act. Electric power plants produce…
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TPP trade negotiations in Maui fail
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and the trade ministers of other Pacific Rim countries meeting in Maui failed to reach agreement on the Trans Pacific Partnership trad…
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Senate committee omits renewables from energy package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s final mark-up of the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 includes five titles: efficiency, infrastructure, supply, accoun…
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Hawai’i activists break world record for conch shell blow, reverberating a global kahea (call) to stop the TPP
KA‘ANAPALI, MAUI — In a galvanizing call-to-action, hundreds gathered yesterday outside of secret Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations to put out a global kahea (call) to stop the corporat…
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Clean water advocates win court victory to tighten water discharge limits for BP oil refinery
Ruling seen as a precedent for other facilities throughout the state OLYMPIA, WA— On Tuesday, July 28, the Court of Appeals for the State of Washington published its opinion on an appeal challengin…
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Shell continues Arctic invasion amidst profit announcement, merger talk
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Shell is expected to release its Q2 profits report tomorrow, amidst efforts to drill in the American Arctic Ocean and plans for a merger with liquefied natural gas giant BG Group. F…