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Friends of the Earth welcomes scuttling of trade package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. House of Representatives deferred a final decision on a legislative trade package including Trade Adjustment Assistance, Fast Track trade promotion authority, and Cust…
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Friends of the Earth calls for House to reject Trade Promotion Authority
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At the urging of President Obama, Speaker John Boehner and Congressman Paul Ryan are asking the U.S. House of Representatives to approve “Fast Track” or trade promotion author…
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Paul Ryan Adds Amendment to Trade Bill to Block Climate Deals
If House Republicans get their way, President Obama won’t be able to use any trade pact to strike a deal on climate change. Late Tuesday evening, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Paul Rya…
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Customs bill amendment directs USTR to ignore climate change
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last night the House Rules Committee ruled on an amendment by House Ways and Means Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Ohio) to the customs bill that would modify the negotiating objectives in…
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Doggett challenges USTR for not enforcing environmental obligations in past trade agreements
New evidence casts doubts on White House claims that TPP will benefit the environment WASHINGTON, D.C. – In the run-up to the controversial vote on Fast Track trade promotion authority, the adminis…
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Aboriginal Australians to Ex-Im Bank: don’t fund our destruction
Representatives ask Ex-Im Bank to refrain from funding controversial coal mine on ancestral land WASHINGTON, D.C. – It’s not every day that the U.S. Export-Import Bank is the site of striking…
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Its not only sewage you have to worry about
Pro Publica’s “Cruise Control” reveals crimes, deaths and emerging infectious diseases Friends of the Earth issues an annual report card, grading the environmental aspects of cruise ships incl…
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World Environment Day: Celebrating community management
The below blog post, by Friends of the Earth International Forests and Biodiversity program coordinator Isaac Rojas, was originally posted on foei.org. Friends of the Earth International has celebrate…
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Back off, Alaskan energy group tells Shell activists
With pressure building on Shell’s port activity in Seattle, an Alaskan energy coalition said the state’s economy won’t be held hostage by external activists. Back off, Alaskan energy…