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Arctic shipping report advocates immediate cleanup of vessel fuel to combat emissions
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A new report by the International Council on Clean Transportation finds that emissions from Arctic shipping traffic could rise 150-600 percent by 2025. As global warming intensif…
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Congress dances for the applause of Canadian oil company
WASHINGTON, D.C. — By a vote of 270-152, the House passed the Senate’s Keystone XL bill, sending it to President Obama’s desk. The White House has repeatedly affirmed the president’s intent to…
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Geoengineering: Unjust, unproven and risky
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, the National Academy of Sciences released two reports on climate intervention through geoengineering. These reports assess two categories of geoengineering: carbon dio…
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Coalition tells U.S. Export-Import Bank: don’t use U.S. dollars to finance coal project that threatens the Great Barrier Reef
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, a coalition of scientists, business owners, Australian elected officials, and civil society groups from the U.S. and Australia — including the Sierra Club and Fri…
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Rep. Upton pushes official policy of climate denial
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chairman Fred Upton (R-Mich.) and the House Energy and Commerce committee released a framework for a package of energy reforms, apparently intended to open discussion on a compreh…
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Public rally to oppose expanding offshore drilling
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management released its draft 2017-2022 program for oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf. The proposed program offers 10 new le…
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Green leaders urge president to ban bee-killing insecticides
EPA moving too slowly, letter says WASHINGTON, D.C. — Top officials of leading environmental groups representing millions of Americans today urged President Obama to take strong and swift action aga…
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Powerful lobby attacks food safety at Brussels trade talks
WASHINGTON, D.C. – An analysis released today by Friends of the Earth-Europe and other respected food safety watchdog groups reveals disturbing news: U.S. and European Union trade negotiators meetin…
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Bill to fix broken RFS re-introduced in House
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A bipartisan bill to reform the federal renewable fuel standard was reintroduced in the House. Sponsored by Rep. Goodlatte (R-Va.) with cosponsor support from Reps. Welch (D-Vt.)…
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Energy Department dispels myth of clean coal
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citing project delays, the Department of Energy announced it would cease funding FutureGen 2.0, an experimental coal facility in Meredosia, Illinois that was intended to capture a…