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Millions of barrels of tar sands oil barged within the Salish Sea since 2010
Proposed expansion of Trans Mountain Pipeline exceeds the capacity of defunct KXL pipeline proposal; will result in 7x more tar sands traffic by tanker SEATTLE, WASH. — A new report details an alar…
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Obama administration urged to do fair share to fight climate crisis
U.S. must transition to clean energy future, provide climate finance to developing nations NEW YORK — Secretary of State John Kerry plans to join world leaders in the celebratory signing of the Par…
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Clean water advocates win major victory to protect aquatic species from toxic wastewater discharge
SEATTLE, WA — Three major Washington state oil refineries and an aluminum smelter will now have to more tightly regulate the cleanliness of their wastewater discharge into Puget Sound waterways. The…
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Business leaders ask IRS employees to give up coffee buzz for bees
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Businesses and advocates are calling on the IRS to go one day without coffee — which benefits from pollination — to create urgency about a future without pollinators…
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Lawsuit challenges Obama administrations failure to curb airplane carbon pollution
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Environmental groups today sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for a nearly decade-long failure to set emission standards that curb greenhouse gas pollution from the na…
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BP clinches Deepwater Horizon tax break
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in Louisiana finalized a $20 billion civil settlement between BP, the Justice Department, and the five states of the Gulf Coast. Despite protests from both Congres…
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Aviation industrys offset plans distracts from urgent need to reduce emissions, say environmental NGOs
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As member countries of the International Civil Aviation Organisation — ICAO, the United Nations’ specialised aviation agency — gather in Utrecht to discuss ways…
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Travel ban for Gustavo Castro Soto lifted
WASHINGTON D.C.- Today, the First Courthouse of Letters of Intibucá, Honduras, acting on instructions from the judge Victorina Flores Orellana, decided to lift the measure prohibiting Gustavo Castro…
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Activists protest Japans controversial coal financing during Prime Minister Abe’s visit
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Japanese Prime Minister Shinz? Abe visits the U.S. this week, activists rallied outside the Japanese Embassy earlier this afternoon to highlight the growing concern and interna…
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Comments to OPIC on Natural Gas and Methane in the ESPS
Friends of the Earth is greatly concerned about OPIC’s support of natural gas and aims to dispel the myth that it is a clean energy and a bridge fuel. Friends of the Earth recommends that OPIC take…