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Payroll tax deal means Obama must now reject the pipeline
Washington, D.C. — The Senate today passed a payroll tax cut deal that will force the Obama administration to decide the future of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline within 60 day…
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Disastrous outcome from international climate talks in Durban
Durban, South Africa — News release from Friends of the Earth International — The UN climate talks in Durban were a failure and take the world a significant step back by further underminin…
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Response to President Obama’s Keystone XL veto threat and remarks
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a just-finished joint press conference with Canada’s Prime Minister Harper, President Obama reaffirmed his commitment to a “rigorous” review of the Keystone XL pipeline an…
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Civil Society to World Bank: Clean Up Dirty Energy Financing
New report shows institution lacking clean energy lending strategy and instead considering a new loan for coal power in Kosovo Durban, South Africa — Civil society organizations from around the worl…
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Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary bans cruise ship wastewater discharges
SEATTLE, Wash. — On December 1, Washington’s Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary will enact regulations banning cruise ships from discharging sewage, graywater, oily bilge and other…
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As State Department begins additional Keystone XL review, new documents raise fresh concerns
Washington, D.C. — A new tranche of internal State Department documents released today by public interest groups is raising fresh concerns about pro-pipeline bias — just as the department begi…
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Obama delays Keystone XL review
WASHINGTON, D.C.– The Obama administration announced today that it will delay its review of the proposed Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline to explore a new route and conduct a new environmental i…
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Friends of the Earth U.S. statement in support of Occupy Wall Street
The hope and ambition of the Occupy movement has reminded us that we need to remake financial and economic systems so that they serve people and the planet, not the other way around. We are challen…
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Investigation launched into State Departments Keystone XL review
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica had the following response to news that the Inspector General’s office at the State Department has launched an investigation into…
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Obama takes ownership of Keystone XL decision
In a major development in the Keystone XL debate, President Obama appears to have taken ownership of the Keystone XL tar sands o…