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Strange bedfellows launch new database targeting over $250 billion in polluter subsidies
WASHINGTON, D.C. — As the 115th Congress begins its work, Green Scissors — a coalition of free-market, taxpayer and environmental groups — has launched a new online database targeting…
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Peer reviewed study exposes potentially hazardous nanoparticles in baby formula
We are urging federal regulators to establish clear and binding rules around use of nanoparticles in food and consumer products and demand that all companies immediately remove nanoingredients from ba…
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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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Buyers Bee-ware: Municipal Purchasers’ Guide to Protecting Pollinators
This report outlines how government agencies and institutions can change their purchasing policies and practices to protect honey bees and other pollinators
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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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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…
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Trump pick of Dow Chemical chief for American Manufacturing Council may pose conflicts of interest
Despite his promise to ‘drain the swamp,’ his actions prove he is more concerned with advancing corporate interests than protecting the American people, workers and farmers.
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Coal champion Zinke will use Interior to plunder public lands
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump nominated Representative Ryan Zinke (R-Mt.) to lead the Department of the Interior, the agency responsible for managing our public lands and waters. Rep. Zinke’s si…
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Trump picks Department of Energy critic to determine U.S. energy policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump has tapped Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to lead the Department of Energy. Trump has publicly prioritized increasing fossil fuel projects during his first 100 days in…