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Bad idea: Shells gearing up to start drilling in the Arctic again
Despite major risks and the dropping price of oil, the company plans to resume oil exploration this summer Neither risk of an oil spill nor global climate change nor the falling price of oil will keep…
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Despite dropping crude prices, black gold still buoys Shell in the Arctic
WASHINGTON, DC. — The Financial Times reported Shell’s (NYSE: RDS) annual profits for 2014, and even as oil prices came down from record highs, Shell’s 14 percent rise to $19.04 billion in profi…
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Coalition sues EPA for failing to address factory farm air pollution
Environmental, humane and community organizations seek action to protect public health, animals, and the environment WASHINGTON, D.C. –A coalition of environmental, humane and community organizatio…
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Coalition statement on EPAs response to address aviation lead pollution
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a response to a petition filed by environmental groups urging the agency to address lead emissions from aviation gasoline �…
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US Loans Fueled Insider Deal, Failed Power Plan in Liberia
The auburn-red soil and lush green vegetation lured the foreign investors to Liberia’s third-largest city with visions of environmental gold. They formed a company, Buchanan Renewables, and set…
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Obama administration gifts Outer Continental Shelf to oil and gas interests
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today released the draft 2017-2022 program for new oil and gas leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf. The current five-year program, set t…
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The State of the Union and cognitive dissonance
In thinking through President Obama’s sixth and penultimate State of the Union address, I’ll admit to having wildly mixed thoughts and emotions. Generally, I thought this was one of his best State…
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28,000 comments submitted on Whatcom oil dock marked ‘spam’
About 28,000 public comments submitted by environmentalists about a controversial oil-shipping dock in Whatcom County went missing after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ email system marked the…
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A better way: What we would’ve liked to hear in the State of the Union
In Tuesday night’s State of the Union address, President Obama set an aggressive tone on a number of key progressive issues, from education to equal pay. And while his speech featured strong points…
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Ahead of Super Bowl XLIX, GMO Inside Urges Sabra, Official Hummus of NFL, to Pass on GMOs
Green America’s GMO Inside campaign announced on Thursday a major new push to get Sabra, the world’s largest manufacturer of hummus, to drop genetically modified organisms (GMOs) from its…