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U.S.-China agreement will not fix the climate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the announcement of a negotiated deal between the United States and China on greenhouse gas reductions, Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pica made the foll…
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Good News: Trans Pacific trade deal continues to stall
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, at the start of the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit, countries negotiating the TransPacific Partnership failed to produce even a “framework agreement…
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Despite worse-than-coal emissions, Obama administration finds yet another natural gas export facility environmentally insignificant
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s draft environmental impact statement on the Jordan Cove Energy Project’s proposed liquefied natural gas export plant in Coos Bay, Or…
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Republican-controlled congress will not make passing Fast Track easier
WASHINGTON, D.C. – During his post-election news conference, President Obama said that he expects to cooperate with congressional Republicans on his trade agenda: a sentiment echoed by future Senate…
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Midterm election results: Greatest Congress the Kochs ever bought
WASHINGTON, D.C. – With the election votes tallied to reveal a Republican Senate majority, many progressive groups are bracing for an assault on environmental protections, clean air and water, and a…
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Friends of the Earth, citing IPCC report, calls for a new era of renewable energy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the final report of its Fifth Assessment Report, a synthesis of three previous IPCC reports. The synthesis report sum…
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Climate activists march 3,000 miles to demand action on climate
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Dozens of climate activists participating in the Great March for Climate Action from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., arrived today at the White House, having walked over 3,000 mi…
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Bloated oil profits and corporate welfare: a trick to taxpayers, a treat to polluters
WASHINGTON, D.C. —This morning, ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) reported its third quarter earnings for 2014 — an eye-popping $8.07 billion. Yet, ExxonMobil paid an effective tax rate of only 10.2 perc…
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Energy East Pipeline: Concerned Citizens in U.S. and Canada Pledge to Block TransCanadas Latest Tar Sands Scheme
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This morning, Canadian oil giant TransCanada filed an official application with the Canadian National Energy Board for permits to build its proposed Energy East tar sands pipelin…
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Gardeners tell Lowes: Dont be a little shop of horrors for bees
More than a million people ask Lowe’s to stop selling bee-killing pesticides WASHINGTON, D.C.—This week, more than 30,000 people across the U.S. and Canada will swarm Lowe’s (NYSE:LOW) stores to…