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250+ groups call on House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis to heed Green New Deal
More than 250 groups today sent a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Select Committee on the Climate Crisis Chair Kathy Castor (D-Fla.) demanding the committee take additional p…
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Energy extenders exclude dirty nuclear bailout
While we applaud the House for its climate leadership, we look now to the Senate to follow suit. The Senate must reject this massive nuclear boondoggle.
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House approves EXIM reauthorization that allows uninhibited support for climate polluting projects
The U.S. House of Representatives today voted to approve the United States Export Finance Agency Act of 2019, putting the chamber’s stamp of approval on a 10-year reauthorization of the U.S. Export-…
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Groups oppose “massive new subsidy” for nuclear industry in tax extenders
In a letter sent to the House Ways and Means and Senate Finance Committees, the groups called on Congressional tax writers to oppose an industry-backed proposal to subsidize existing reactors with a n…
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Senate Democrats release Clean Cars for America plan
By focusing on workers and communities, Senate Democrats’ proposal would help us justly transition away from dirty fossil fuels. This is a winning combination for clean air, the climate and the Amer…
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Failing nuclear industry pushing for $23 billion federal bailout
As the nuclear industry lobbies Congress for a bailout, a new analysis commissioned by Friends of the Earth shows that their favored tax proposal would entail massive costs for taxpayers, ratepayers a…
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Environmental organizations support striking United Autoworkers, urge General Motors to agree to a fair contract
A coalition of environmental organizations today sent a letter to Mary Barra, CEO of General Motors, expressing solidarity with the nearly 50,000 autoworkers striking against the corporation.
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Centrist Democratic bills lack leadership and action on climate crisis
With the Senate under Republican control, bills introduced into the U.S. House of Representatives do nothing but send a message. If Democratic centrists stop at half solutions, the climate crisis is o…
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New Expert Report Highlights Potential Value of Leaving TVA For Renewable Energy Alternative
A new expert analysis reports that a growing trend of lower market prices for solar and wind power could enable Memphis Light, Gas, and Water to achieve energy generating costs lower than were identif…
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Conservation Groups Expand Legal Challenge to Keystone XL Pipeline Approval
We’re still fighting Trump’s attempt to ram through this dirty fossil fuel project. This destructive pipeline should never get the chance to ruin clean water that’s crucial to people and endange…