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Major Cruise Lines receive Fs from WatchDog Group
Friends of the Earth released the 2020 edition of its Cruise Ship Report Card today, documenting the environmental footprint of the cruise industry and grading 18 cruise lines and their 193 ships.
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Federal Government Steps Forward On Approving Harmful Aquaculture Facility Off San Diego, CA
NOAA announced its intent to prepare an EIS for a facility off the coast of San Diego, bringing this risky project one step closer to reality
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COVID-19 and Oil Workers’ Dangerous Conditions: 40+ Organizations Urge Secretary Bernhardt to Reduce Disease Risk
Over 40 organizations sent a letter today to Interior Secretary David Bernhardt, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, U.S. Coast Guard, and the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Admin…
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Largest U.S. Retailers Reject Genetically Engineered Salmon Ahead of Potential First U.S. Sales
People across the country have made it clear that they don’t want to eat genetically engineered salmon, and food retailers are clearly listening
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Oil transportation in Rosario Strait Gets Safety Boost
A new measure to improve oil transportation safety will be implemented tomorrow in Puget Sound’s Rosario Strait, a critical habitat for the 72 whales of the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whale…
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Lumbee Tribal Council passes resolution opposing Robeson LNG Pipeline
Duke Energy and Piedmont Natural Gas must stop the silencing of indigenous people and the mistreatment of their territories
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Over 65 Organizations Call on Home Depot and Lowe’s to End Sales of Cancer-linked Roundup
Home and garden stores can make a significant difference in reducing the use of this toxic product.
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Senate Climate Report full of backwards, false solutions
Instead of embracing bold climate solutions endorsed by the climate movement it relies on backward-looking propositions that prop up the dying fossil fuel industry
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Report shows DFC’s energy portfolio still investing billions in fossil fuels
Climate change’s disproportionate impact on less developed countries will only worsen if finance institutions continue to pour billions of dollars into dirty fossil fuel projects.
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Two federal agencies rush industrial aquaculture development, threatening fishing, communities, and ecosystems
Today, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will move to designate federal waters off Southern California and in the Gulf of Mexico as “Aquaculture Opportunity Areas” (AOA).