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Friends of the Earth and 62 other US groups urge Secretary Clinton to support – not disparage – Robin Hood Tax
Yesterday, Friends of the Earth sent a letter signed by 63 U.S. organizations, to Secretary of State Clinton regarding misinformation spread internationally by State Department representatives about f…
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Dems capitulate on Keystone XL while activists organize in Texas and Oklahoma
The dog days of summer haven’t done much to slow down TransCanada’s propulsion towards construction of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline. The Canadian oil corporation last week unveiled its �…
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Protest Trans Pacific trade negotiations in Leesburg Virginia
For 10 days, the Trans-Pacific Partnership — a colossal, job-destroying free trade agreement — will be negotiated in secret in Leesburg, Virginia. This massive trade agreement would threat…
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Reactions to Obama administration rubber-stamping of Keystone XL southern segment
Canadian oil corporation TransCanada today announced that it has received the last of the three permits it needs from the Army Corps of Engineers to break ground on the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipel…
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Tar Sands Blockade sends a message to President Obama: Stop Keystone XL
Yesterday, activists with Tar Sands Blockade met President Obama’s motorcade in Austin, Texas wielding banners and signs with one simple message: stop the Keystone XL pipeline, no more tar sands thr…
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TPP trade negotiations in San Diego: a dagger through the heart
“The trade ministers get together to set the rules of trade. They don’t worry about the environment; that’s somebody else’s agenda. Trade above all — that’s the way the…
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The Renewable Fuel Standard: the (un)holy grail of U.S. biofuel policy
Tomorrow morning the House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold what will likely be the only Congressional hearing on the Renewable Fuel Standard this year. The hearing, titled “The American En…
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New report on China Development Bank shows the bank lagging behind its peers
Over the past several years, Chinese overseas investments have had a powerful global impact, from the Gibe 3 dam in Ethiopia, to the Alberta tar sands in Canada, to the Shwe oil and gas project in Mya…
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New report details risks of China Development Bank’s global footprint
SAN FRANCISCO — A new report, China Development Bank’s overseas investments: An assessment of environmental and social policies and practices, released today by Friends of the Earth U.S. and B…
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Save the dolphins: the 40 year battle is renewed
Who will join the fight to save the dolphins? Consumer boycotts and “save the dolphin” demonstrations over the course of many years resulted in a U.S. program for dolphin safe labeling for tuna pr…