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Shell drilling plans must allow for walrus protection
Shell will have to change its summer oil-exploraton plans in the Chukchi Sea to comply with a letter of authorization released Tuesday by the Interior Department’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, To…
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Shell secures new authorization in pursuing Arctic drilling
Royal Dutch Shell has secured another federal authorization as it pursues plans to drill exploration wells in the Arctic waters off the Alaska coast. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday issu…
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Big food and chemical corporations spend millions to attack organic
This onslaught of industry-sponsored spin is aimed at stemming the growing tide of consumers seeking healthier food produced without GMOs, toxic pesticides or routine antibiotics.
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Without climate protections, the Ex-Im Bank shouldn’t continue
The Export-Import Bank is set to expire on June 30, and concerns for its reauthorization have sparked one of the hottest debates in Congress. In a desperate attempt to reauthorize the agency, some Ex-…
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A former Keystone XL lobbyist just joined Team Hillary
Hillary Clinton’s newest campaign consultant is Jeffrey Berman, the strategistcredited with her 2008 primary defeat and who, in the time since, has worked as a lobbyist for TransCanada, the company…
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Hillary Clinton Has Hired a Former Keystone Pipeline Lobbyist
Hillary Clinton has hired a former lobbyist for the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline, further upsetting environmentalists who have long been wary of her commitment to fighting climate change…
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House prepares to gut EPA, Interior
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House begins debate today on HR 2822, The Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies funding bill of 2016. The bill would cut funding for the Environmental Protection Agency…
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House delays critical climate action
WASHINGTON, D.C. – By a vote of 247-180, the House of Representatives passed Rep. Ed Whitfield’s (R-Ky.) bill H.R. 2042, which would delay implementation of the Clean Power Plan until the courts…
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Senate ignores mass opposition to Fast Track
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Senate voted 60 to 37 to jump a procedural hurdle on the path that will send Fast Track trade promotion legislation to President Obama for his signature. Senators voted…
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Highway to Shell
The Arctic is ground zero for climate disruption, and now it’s under threat from Shell’s plan to drill. Shell’s drilling rigs are making their way from Seattle, past Fairbanks and Dutch…