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Expanded Offshore Drilling Threat Brings New Attention to Oil Tanker Spill Risks
Voicing opposition to the Phillips 66 oil tanker onslaught in SF Bay is a logical extension to opposing the greed of the Trump-Zinke plan to pursue new offshore oil drilling in federal waters off the…
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Trump and Abe’s pro-coal agenda disastrous for the planet
Despite Trump and Abe’s regressive pro-coal agendas, coal is the energy of yesterday, while renewables are the energy of today and tomorrow.
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D.C. Rally to Urge Governor Brown to Halt New Oil and Gas Projects, Protect Californians’ Health
Activists will greet Gov. Brown with banners outside his scheduled appearance at the National Press Club to demand an end to new fossil fuel projects in California and a plan to phase out the state’…
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Trump’s revisions of U.S. – Korea trade deal promise more air pollution and global warming
Donald Trump has coerced South Korea into accepting changes in the U.S.-Korea trade agreement that would increase exports of U.S. cars that fail to meet Korea’s auto emissions standards.
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The Alaskan Arctic to California Crude Connection
This dynamic is on the verge of changing, as the threat of increased oil tanker traffic in California to feed the refinery sector is raising awareness about the sources of that crude oil.
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This Week’s Round of NAFTA Talks in Mexico Promises Dangerous Regulatory Review Chapter
A new regulatory review chapter in a new NAFTA deal would likely hamstring agricultural, food safety, and other environmental regulations.
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Montreal Round of NAFTA Negotiations Threatens Health, Family Farms and the Environment
The decision to continue talking on NAFTA is bad news for our environment. While trade ministers make secret deals, we can be assured what they see as progress will no doubt put our environment and pu…
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Export credit agencies must not fund Vietnam’s Long Phu 1 coal plant
Through the U.S. Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im), Trump is pushing developing countries toward dependence on coal for decades to come.
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Trump to Place Tariff on Solar Panels
Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imported solar panels is recklessly irresponsible and a thinly veiled attack on clean energy.