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How are environmentalists reacting to Obamas Clean Power Plan?
Now that President Obama’s Clean Power Plan has been finalized, environmentalists are practically dancing in the streets. Their public statements range in tone from celebratory to exultant. But s…
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Whats Really Inside The Senates New Bill To Modernize The Energy System
On Thursday afternoon, the Senate’s energy committee sent the first wide-ranging energy bill in over six years to the senate floor, but not before weighing it down with an array of provisions that e…
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Senate committee omits renewables from energy package
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s final mark-up of the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 includes five titles: efficiency, infrastructure, supply, accoun…
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Clean water advocates win court victory to tighten water discharge limits for BP oil refinery
Ruling seen as a precedent for other facilities throughout the state OLYMPIA, WA— On Tuesday, July 28, the Court of Appeals for the State of Washington published its opinion on an appeal challengin…
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Shell continues Arctic invasion amidst profit announcement, merger talk
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Shell is expected to release its Q2 profits report tomorrow, amidst efforts to drill in the American Arctic Ocean and plans for a merger with liquefied natural gas giant BG Group. F…
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The federal coal program must end or seriously reform
Earlier this year, Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell called for “an honest and open conversation about modernizing the federal government’s coal program.” Today I am speaking at the Washing…
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Senate agrees to reauthorize Ex-Im as part of the transportation bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last night the Senate voted 64 – 29 to attach Senator Mark Kirk’s (Ill.) amendment to the transportation bill to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States.�…
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Groups demand rejection of anti-climate provision in Customs Bill
WASHINGTON, D.C. – As Congress prepares to go to conference to resolve differences between the House and Senate versions of the Trade Facilitation and Enforcement Act of 2015, a coalition of enviro…
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Senate reauthorization of Ex-Im Bank discriminates against climate and communities
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Senate voted to invoke cloture on an amendment to the multi-year transportation bill that would reauthorize the Export-Import Bank. This amendment includes language fro…
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Senate energy package offers weak attempt at compromise
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee released the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015. Chairwoman Lisa Murkowski (Alas.) and Ranking Member Maria Cantwell (Wash…