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Big Oil scores $1.5 billion in COVID tax scam
According to a review of over 40 quarterly filings, at least 12 oil and gas companies are expected to claim a total $1.4 billion in tax breaks.
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Steny Hoyer backs Big Oil
Majority Leader Steny Hoyer publicly supported the idea of filling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve today — a giveaway to the fossil fuel industry that Trump and the GOP had previously pursued.
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Groups call on Harvard University to stop land grabs as new report exposes harm done to communities in Brazil
Rural communities in Brazil are suffering from food shortages, chemical pollution and violent human rights abuses because of large land deals made by Harvard University in the years following the 2008…
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Trump Exploits COVID-19 to Advance Corporate Agenda
Today, amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, the White House issued a controversial Executive Order to streamline offshore aquaculture permitting and gut other protective regulatory processes. The move th…
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Public interest groups unite to form Duke Energy watchdog
A coalition of public interest, social justice, watchdog and environmental groups are joining forces to hold Duke Energy, the largest investor-owned U.S. electric utility, accountable for its policies…
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Amid coronavirus crisis, federal approval of genetically engineered mosquito ignores risk
Earlier this month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the release of millions of genetically engineered (GE) mosquitoes in Monroe County, Florida and Harris County, Texas.
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NEW REPORT: Former energy exec warns Dominion, Duke investors to abandon high-risk gas pipeline
Dominion Energy and Duke Energy should stop trying to build the Atlantic Coast Pipeline. The project is already billions over budget, and construction has been stalled since 2018 by an onslaught of le…
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Federal Reserve bows to Big Oil
This morning the Federal Reserve announced changes to the so-called Main Street Lending Facility, a $600 billion program established with money from the stimulus.
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Coalition of Farmer, Environmental, and Antitrust Groups Urge Mnuchin to Ban Large Agribusinesses from CARES Act Aid
A coalition of 68 farmer, environmental, and antitrust groups across the country sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin today, urging the U.S. Department of the Treasury to ensure that…