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International Finance Corporation Flashes Warning Signs for Green Climate Fund
The IFC doesn’t know what a lot of its money is doing, and that’s bad. Though the subject matter might at first seem a bit dull, a recent monitoring report of the financial sector lending of…
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Five things Trumps Paris Climate Speech got wrong in his attack on Green Climate Fund
Donald Trump announced this afternoon that the United States will begin the process of withdrawing from the Paris Agreement. During his remarks, Trump made a series of inaccurate and misleading statem…
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U.S. exit from Paris Agreement will accelerate climate crisis
History will harshly judge the Trump Administration’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the Paris Agreement. By denying climate change and failing to act, Trump has put us on a path beset with…
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Leaving Paris Agreement makes U.S. foremost climate villain
WASHINGTON, D.C. – It is being reported today that Donald Trump has decided to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris Agreement. Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pica made the follo…
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Lawsuit Expands to Highlight Keystone XLs Threats to Endangered Species
Landowner and environmental-protection groups added a new claim today to their ongoing lawsuit challenging the Keystone XL pipeline project.
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Trumps NAFTA re-do threatens people and the planet
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Trump Administration submitted notice to Congress today that it intends to renegotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Mexico, according to reports. Bi…
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Trump Trade Pact Pushing Natural Gas to China
Any trade agreement that increases natural gas exports is a bad deal for the American people and the world’s climate. It’s no surprise that Donald Trump is yet again sacrificing American’s he…
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Trump Voter Suppression EO Silences Americans Seeking Environmental Change
By signing this order, Trump is using his office to silence voters and is ignoring Americans demanding action to address climate change, protect our drinking water, and ensure the food our children ea…
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Groups challenge DOE on grid study
Today six groups sent a letter to Secretary of Energy Rick Perry challenging the biased premise of a r…
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Civil Society Groups Ask U.S. Supreme Court to Reject Chevron’s Attempts to Suppress Free Speech and Undermine Historic Amazon Pollution Case
Several prominent environmental and human rights groups are demanding that the U.S. Supreme Court block Chevron’s ongoing attacks on their Free Speech rights and its use of false evidence in the hi…