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Feds approval of GE mosquito release doesnt account for risk
FDA’s assessment and testing was inadequate. How will GE mosquitoes thrive in the wild and what will the inevitable unintended consequences be? These questions have not been responsibly answered.
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Strange bedfellows file FOIA request to IRS on clean coal subsidy
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Green Scissors — a coalition of free-market, taxpayer and environmental groups — announced today it has filed a request under the federal Freedom of Information Act se…
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Bee Safe Gardening Tips
Plant bee-friendly plants using only organic starts or untreated seeds in organic potting soil for your home vegetable and flower gardens to help provide safe food and habitat for bees.
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Fuelling the fire: new coal technologies spell disaster for climate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new report by Friends of the Earth International demonstrates how Underground Coal Gasification — or UCG — and Coal Chemical technologies threaten to destabilise…
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Keep It in the Ground movement under government surveillance
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by The Intercept reveal that the Lakewood Police Department and federal agents went undercover to spy on members of th…
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Groups rebut inaccurate Obama administration statements on ‘Keep It in the Ground’ movement
Ending new federal fossil fuel leasing is common sense, science-based and would align U.S. energy policy with its climate goals WASHINGTON, D.C. — Climate, community and environmental-justice groups…
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Fox News rejects parody ad about climate denial
Satirical ad shows Fox anchor slowly submerged while reporting weather disasters WASHINGTON, D.C. – A new, humorous television ad criticizing Fox News for its notorious climate science denial an…
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Lawmakers side with the fossil fuel industry in push for online lease sales for drilling on public lands and oceans
President Obama has a clear choice: stand up for the climate or cater to fossil fuel interests This week, the House Committee on Natural Resources passed a bill that would require lease sales for offs…
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Polluter-friendly Interior bill crosses House finish line
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House voted to pass HR 5538, the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill, by a margin of 231-196. The measure includes dozens of policy riders attackin…
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Time runs out on Clean Coal myth in Texas
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal support for the long-troubled carbon capture and sequestration plant proposed for Penwell, Texas is set to come to an end when the U.S. Department of Energy’s cooperativ…