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As Climate Heats Up, Public Calls for Worker Protections From Heat
The federal government must establish protections for workers who are subject to extreme heat, 61,620 individuals said today in a petition (PDF) delivered to the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health…
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Lawsuit Challenges Tennessee Valley Authority’s Attack on Solar Energy in South
Five climate and energy-conservation groups today sued the Tennessee Valley Authority for imposing discriminatory electricity rates that discourage homeowners and businesses from investing in renewab…
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Canadian Appeals Court Rejects Permits for Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project
A Canadian federal appeals court today ruled that the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, which Kinder Morgan recently sold to the government of Canada, would need a far more extensive environm…
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Federal Court Rules State Dept. Must Conduct Full Environmental Review of Keystone XL in Nebraska
Today, the courts showed Trump and his corporate polluter friends that they cannot avoid the harm that Keystone XL would cause to rural landowners, farmers, ecosystems and Native communities.
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New Federal Investigation into Zinke’s Shady Land Deal Adds to Long List of Unethical Behavior
The inspector general of the Department of the Interior launched a probe yesterday evening into a real estate deal between a foundation established by Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and the chai…
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Coalition Responds to Canadian Government Plan to Nationalize the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline Project
Despite widespread opposition to the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project, which would bring in 890,000 barrels of crude oil per day across Canada and out through the international…
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Groups Challenge Trump Administration’s Rubber-stamping of Keystone XL Permit
Environmental and landowner groups today argued in federal court that the Trump administration’s rubber-stamp approval of a cross-border permit for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline violated environ…
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Herman Morris, Jr., Former Head of MLGW, Joins Friends of the Earth’s Efforts in Memphis
Former president and CEO of Memphis Light, Gas and Water and past City Attorney, Herman Morris, Jr., has joined Friends of the Earth as an adviser. Morris will work with Friends of the Earth on c…