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Rep. Ro Khanna announces hearing on ending fossil fuel subsidies on call with climate activists
On an Our Revolution call yesterday with climate experts and activists, U.S. Representative Ro Khanna announced a hearing in the Oversight Environmental subcommittee on ending fossil fuel subsidies.
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Closing the Dirty Energy Gap
The amount fossil fuel-reliant communities require to decouple from the federal leasing program pales in comparison to the bailouts the failing fossil fuel industry receives. As we build back better…
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NEW REPORT: Closing the Dirty Energy Gap
WASHINGTON– Friends of the Earth released a new report today, showing that the federal government could cover decades worth of the state share of revenue from federal fossil fuel leasing with the mo…
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Environmental Groups call out Facebook Climate Change Disinformation
While Facebook admits climate disinformation on its platform is a problem, it continues to fail to stop the spread of disinformation, most recently illustrated by the rampant disinformation surroundin…
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Lawsuit Challenges Trump Administration Oil, Gas Leases in Central California
Conservation groups sued the Bureau of Land Management today over the Trump administration’s rushed sale of seven oil and gas leases on public lands in Kern County, California.
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Nearly 450 Organizations Call on Biden Administration to End Public Finance for Fossil Fuels
In a letter released today, nearly 450 organizations called on the Biden Administration to immediately end all US public financing for fossil fuels, including natural gas.
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Letter on CLEAN Future Act
The CLEAN Future Act (H.R. 1512) is a prime example of the type of half-measure we must avoid. The CES in the newly proposed bill is defined broadly enough to allow “natural” gas (fossil gas), bio…
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300+ environment and justice groups demand Congress remove fossil fuels and false solutions from Clean Energy Standard
Sacrificing the very definition of ‘clean’ in order to achieve 100 percent clean energy is self-defeating.
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FOE applauds confirmation of Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior
The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior today. She will be sworn-in in the coming days, following an unusually hostile senate hearing.
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FOE applauds confirmation of Michael Regan as Environmental Protection Agency administrator
We call upon Michael Regan to take bold and visionary steps to rebuild the EPA and address the very real climate crisis we face in the U.S and globally.