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Extreme bee losses highlight urgent need to restrict pesticides to protect pollinators
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Bee Informed Partnership, in collaboration with the Apiary Inspectors of America and the United States Department of Agriculture, released its annual report on honey…
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House continues extreme anti-environmental rampage
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives passed Rep. Bill Shuster’s (R-Pa.) bill, H.R. 1732, that would undermine the Environmental Protection Agency’s Clean Water Rule by a vote of 261-1…
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Senate blocks discussion of Trade Authority
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell failed to get the 60 votes necessary to begin debate on the Hatch-Wyden trade promotion authority bill. If passed the bill would grant Pres…
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Advocates for public health and environment chide Rep. Blumenauer for trade vote
Groups launch TV ad buy in Portland, Ore. and Washington, D.C. condemning Rep. Blumenauer’s trade vote WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today Food & Water Watch, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace began…
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Interior approves Shells dangerous drilling exploration plan
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of the Interior gave conditional approval of Shell’s revised Exploration Plan for oil and gas drilling in the Chukchi Sea, pending receipt of drilling permits fro…
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Department of Interior leasing policies responsible for one quarter of U.S. energy-related carbon emissions
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An analysis completed by the Climate Accountability Institute for the Center for Biological Diversity and Friends of the Earth finds that federal leasing for oil, natural gas and…
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DOEs rubberstamp cooks the planet
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Department of Energy gave final approval to Cove Point, a liquefied natural gas export terminal in Maryland. Studies by the Department of Energy and the European Commission ha…
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150,000 Americans call for less meat, more plants in new U.S. diet guidelines
WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than 150,000 Americans signed a petition being delivered today urging Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to adopt…
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Groups urge USDA to launch thorough investigation into scientist censorship
USDA scientists’ research about bee-killing pesticides compromised WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmentalists, beekeepers, farmworkers, farmers, fisheries, and food safety advocates sent a letter to the…
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House approves $279 million renewable energy cut
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives passed H.R. 2028, “The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2016,” by a vote of 240-177. The bill sets funding…