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Dirty energy financed by the Green Climate Fund? Should we worry?
Many governments and financial institutions support the deployment of “less dirty” fossil fuels to fight climate change both domestically and internationally, and claim this is a sane, sensible ap…
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An Earth Day call to end polluter welfare
Here’s an Earth Day calculation: If we ever want to stop burning fossil fuels, we need to stop subsidizing the giant corporations doing the burning. That’s the gist of the End Polluter Wel…
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Hatch, Wyden introduce same old Fast Track model
Plan would close the hatch on democracy and widen income inequality WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), introduced a plan to grant expedited Executive authority…
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Civil society asks three critical questions of the World Bank at its 2015 spring meetings
OAKLAND, CA – As the World Bank prepares for its annual Spring Meetings, members of Our Land Our Business, a campaign of more than 260 NGOs, farmer groups and trade unions from around the world, ar…
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Banks cautioned to examine high risks in palm oil finance
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Credit Suisse, Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation and Mitsubishi UFJ Securities are acting for Golden Agri-Resources — one of the world’s largest palm oil companies and a…
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The nightmare outcome environmentalists fear from Obama’s trade deal
In the fall of 2013, American oil and gas company Lone Pine Resources sued Canada over a moratorium on fracking under the St. Lawrence River in Quebec. Lone Pine claimed that the moratorium violated i…
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Tax Day: A reminder of taxpayer-subsidized pollution through corporate welfare
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate Finance Committee is expected to release recommendations for tax reform by late May. Meanwhile, the Committee has set an April 15 deadline for stakeholder comments to…
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A review of McConnells first 100 days
WASHINGTON, D.C. – On April 15, the McConnell Senate will hit a significant legislative benchmark: 100 days. The first 100 days of Mitch McConnell’s leadership of the U.S. Senate has been a failur…
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Lowe’s to stop selling bee-killing pesticides to protect pollinators
After two years of pressure by the hard-hitting campaign by Friends of the Earth and partners, Lowe’s Home Improvement announced yesterday it will begin to eliminate neonicotinoid pesticides—a lea…
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Court finds that Maryland failed to protect rivers from pollution
Last Thursday, the Maryland Court of Special Appeals, the second highest court in the state, ruled that the state’s environm…