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President Obama sends Congress farewell budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama sent his final budget to Congress, proposing to spend a total $4.1 trillion in FY2017. Once again, congressional Republican leadership has indicated that this pro…
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President Obama proposes new oil fee
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In his final budget to Congress, President Obama proposed a new $10 per barrel fee on oil to fund sustainable transportation infrastructure. In his first budget President Obama pr…
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Investigation sought of Obama administrations approval of Shells Arctic drilling
WASHINGTON, D.C.— Conservation groups have filed an administrative complaint urging the Obama administration to investigate last summer’s controversial approval of Shell’s oil drilling in the Ch…
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Rally Tally: Over 2 million say NO to new offshore drilling
Yesterday, Friends of the Earth was joined at the White House by over a dozen other environmental groups and grassroots community leaders to deliver over 2 million petitions to President Obama that ca…
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More dirty fuels stay in the ground as BLM postpones yet another oil and gas auction
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday afternoon, the Bureau of Land Management announced the postponement of yet another oil and gas lease sale, this time in Lakewood, Colorado, slated for February 11. The…
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Yet another oil and gas auction postponed, boosting momentum of Keep It in the Ground movement
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The recent postponement of the Bureau of Land Management’s oil and gas lease sale in Cheyenne, Wyoming — one of many recently canceled or postponed auctions — highl…
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Obama administration to sign Pacific trade deal, undermining climate policy
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Mchael Froman, the U.S. Trade Representative, and the trade ministers of 11 other Asia-Pacific countries will sign the Trans Pacific Partnership trade agreement in Auckland…
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Senate rejects amendment to phase-out fossil fuel subsidies
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Senate rejected an amendment to phase-out some of the largest fossil fuel tax incentives on the books by a vote of 45-50. Sponsored by Senator Schatz (D-Hi.), the measure was…
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Friends of the Earth praises President Obama’s decision to keep coal in the ground
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Obama administration announced today it will conduct a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement to examine the impacts that the federal coal leasing program has on the env…
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Greens send letter to Obama post fossil fuel mention in SOTU
Now we’ve got to accelerate the transition away from old, dirtier energy sources…And that’s why I’m going to push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources so that they better ref…