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House attempts to undermine DOE and the environment by expediting natural gas exports
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House of Representatives passed H.R. 351, LNG Permitting Certainty and Transparency Act by a vote of 277-133. The bill would expedite liquefied natural gas export application…
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Coalition statement on EPAs response to address aviation lead pollution
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a response to a petition filed by environmental groups urging the agency to address lead emissions from aviation gasoline �…
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Obama administration gifts Outer Continental Shelf to oil and gas interests
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today released the draft 2017-2022 program for new oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf. The current five-year program, set t…
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Progressive coalition encourages EPA to mandate strong GHG reductions from power plants by 2020
WASHINGTON, D.C. – 28 local, state and national public interest groups from the Climate Reality Check network submitted a letter to Assistant Administrator Janet McCabe for the Office of Air and Ra…
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President takes important climate step in Alaska
WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Obama announced a Department of the Interior plan to protect Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in a video released yesterday. Outlining the plan, the presi…
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Senate votes to dismiss climate science
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States Senate voted 56 to 42 to table an amendment offered by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on climate science. If approved, the amendment would have been attached to…
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Obama administration urged to fast-track airplane carbon cuts
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Six national environmental organizations today called on the Environmental Protection Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration to move quickly to set emission standards to c…
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State of the Union: President Obamas trade deal would undercut income inequality reductions, while doubling down on climate inaction
WASHINGTON, D.C. — During his 2015 State of the Union Address, President Obama set forth a broad spectrum of initiatives on issues ranging from economics and education to competitiveness and the env…
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EPA lays out weak plan to regulate methane from the oil and gas industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Environmental Protection Agency released a ”strategy” for regulating methane from the oil and gas industry. This document outlines one part of the Obama Administrat…
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Businesses to President Obama: Protect pollinators from bee-toxic pesticide
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, more than 100 businesses including Clif Bar, Nature’s Path, Organic Valley and Stonyfield Farm urged the Obama administration to immediately suspend neonicotinoid pestici…