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Oil spreads along California coast after pipeline rupture
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In 1969, one of the nation’s largest oil spills occurred off the coast of Santa Barbara and helped galvanize the modern environmental movement. Today, an oil spill from a ruptur…
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Wall Street Journal casts doubt on Clintons role in Keystone XL
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.S. Department of State, under then Secretary Clinton, blocked the release of politically sensitive records from Freedom of Information A…
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Court rejects State Department foot dragging over Clinton e-mails
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A federal judge has rejected the U.S. Department of State’s request to delay release of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s personal emails. The court found that the S…
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White House Pollinator Strategy wont solve bee crisis
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration released its National Pollinator Health Strategy today, which failed to adequately address the impact of pesticides, including neonicotinoid insecticides…
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WTO denies consumers right to know about meat origins; TTIP promises worse
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The World Trade Organization Appellate Body ruled today that the U.S. law requiring country-of-origin labeling for meat violates international trade law. This will deny Americans…
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IMF pegs global fossil fuel subsidies at $5.3 trillion
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Monetary Fund released a working paper today estimating the 2015 global cost of fossil fuel subsidies at $5.3 trillion. The paper uses a post-tax subsidies meas…
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House takes aim at sage grouse
WASHINGTON, D.C. – By a vote of 269-151 the House of Representatives passed the 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, which included a provision to delay Endangered Species Act protection for t…
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U.N. finalizes Polar Shipping Code after six years
IMO adopts several important protections but lacks vital heavy fuel use ban in the Arctic LONDON, U.K. – The International Maritime Organization — the U.N. agency charged with establishing glo…
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Senate moves Fast Track legislation
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Two days after the Democratic Senate rebuffed President Obama’s push for Fast Track trade authority the Senate moved forward on the Hatch-Wyden Trade Promotion Authority bill b…
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NRC demands proof from PG&E that Diablo Canyon nuclear plant is safe from earthquakes
Friends of the Earth: Reactors not licensed for stronger quakes, must be shut down WASHINGTON, D.C. – Despite repeated assertions by Pacific Gas & Electric Co. that the Diablo Canyon nuclear pla…