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Global demonstrations protest coal plant threatening worlds largest mangrove forest
Photos and videos are available upon request NEW YORK, N.Y. – As part of a global day of action and in solidarity with the Save the Sundarbans movement, New York-based Bangladeshi environmental gro…
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Trump picks corporate lobbyist Robert Lighthizer to head U.S. Trade Representatives office
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Donald Trump picked corporate lawyer Robert Lighthizer to serve as the U.S. Trade Representative, responsible for the day-to-day negotiation of new trade agreements. Friend…
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House Republicans alter course on ethics committee but not Trump
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night the House Republican Conference voted 119-74 to weaken the independent Office of Congressional Ethics during a closed door meeting. After significant push back Hous…
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Palm Oil Divestment Goes Mainstream
There’s a lot more to be done by Dimensional and every other US investment firm – but this signals an important first step in moving away from funding destructive palm oil practices
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Trump picks Peter Navarro to head new White House Trade Council
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Donald Trump picked eccentric economist, author and filmmaker Peter Navarro to head a new National Trade Council in the White House. Friends of the Earth Senior Trade A…
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Trump taps billionaire regulatory foe Icahn for special role
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Donald Trump has chosen billionaire investor Carl Icahn as a special advisor on regulatory matters. Friends of the Earth Climate and Energy Director Ben Schreiber issued the follo…
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DOE one step closer to $2B polluter giveaway
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Energy announced a $2 billion conditional loan guarantee to Lake Charles Methanol, a carbon capture and sequestration facility proposed for Louisiana. The facil…
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Obama moves to protect millions of acres of ocean from Trump
Today’s announcement is a major victory for our oceans and climate. Our offshore areas need permanent protection in the face of Donald Trump’s pledge to expand offshore drilling and his cabinet’…
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Dakota Access Pipeline Divestment Action in San Francisco
San Francisco, CA — Idle No More SF Bay, Indigenous Women of the Americas Defending Mother Earth Treaty Signers and Friends of the Earth will hold a peaceful action in downtown San Francisco on Mond…
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Groups demand ExxonMobil be debarred
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday the Waterkeeper Alliance petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency asking it to debar ExxonMobil for its effort to intentionally mislead the American public about c…