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New online ads highlight inappropriately cozy relationship between TransCanada and State Dept
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A series of online ads are educating Nebraskans about the cozy relationship between a TransCanada lobbyist and State Department officials. The ads relate to recent documents…
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Complaint filed re illegal Keystone XL lobbying by TransCanada’s Paul Elliott
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The State Department’s review of a proposed tar sands oil pipeline faced a new setback today as an environmental group called on the Justice Department to investigate a top…
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Internal State Department emails provide evidence of bias in Keystone XL pipeline review
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Email correspondence between State Department employees and a TransCanada pipeline lobbyist who served as a top aide on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s presidential cam…
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WTO rules that Dolphin Safe Tuna labels are illegal
Washington D.C.—A World Trade Organization tribunal in Geneva, Switzerland ruled yesterday, September 15, that the U.S. labeling system intended to prevent dolphins from being killed by commercia…
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New ‘super bug’ threat: Nano-silver
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Public health and environmental experts are warning that the increasing use of nano-silver as an antimicrobial agent in consumer products may be hastening the spread of resista…
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Super committee can avoid harmful cuts by protecting the environment
As a result of this summer’s debt ceiling agreement discretionary spending will be slashed by $900 billion over the next ten years. A congressional super committee has been charged with reduci…
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Friends of the Earth opposes NAFTA-style investment chapter in Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement
CHICAGO, ILL. — As representatives from the United States and eight other Pacific countries gathered behind closed doors in a Chicago hotel to negotiate the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agre…
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Obama trashes smog protections
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama today announced he is blocking standards that would have protected Americans from excessive ground-level ozone pollution, which is the primary constituent of…
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State Department Keystone XL pipeline impacts analysis slammed as inadequate
WASHINGTON, D.C. — An Environmental Impact Statement for the controversial Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline was slammed by experts today shortly after its release by the U.S. State Department…
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Nations largest environmental organizations stand together to oppose oil pipeline
Washington, D.C. — The heads of the nation’s largest environmental organizations — often at odds on the best strategy for combating climate change — released a letter today calling on Pre…