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House pledges allegiance to Canadian oil with Keystone XL vote
WASHINGTON, D.C. — This Friday the House passed H.R. 5682 by a vote of 252-161 to approve the Keystone XL pipeline. This sets up the tenth attempt by the House to bypass presidential authority and…
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House Passes Bill to Approve Keystone Over Objections From Obama
Nov. 14 (Bloomberg) — The House of Representatives passed a bill to approve building the Keystone XL pipeline in defiance of President Barack Obama, who today challenged supporters’ arguments…
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Three things Big Oil wants to buy with its new Congress
Last Tuesday was the most expensive midterm in U.S. history, with an estimated price tag of nearly $4 billion. Exactly who spent what is still a little unclear. What is known is that in the final week…
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Public excluded, industry welcomed at North Carolina meeting about offshore drilling
For those who remember the closed-door secrecy and fossil fuel bias of the Bush-Cheney Energy Task Force, then last Thursday, November 6, was like déjà vu. An invite-only meeting, closed to the publ…
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No podemos construir este proyecto y luchar contra el cambio climico
La posible construcción del oleoducto Keystone XL ha movilizado a los ecologistas estadounidenses como pocos proyectos energéticos en los últimos años. Numerosas organizaciones han rechazado la in…
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U.S.-China agreement will not fix the climate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In response to the announcement of a negotiated deal between the United States and China on greenhouse gas reductions, Friends of the Earth U.S. President Erich Pica made the foll…
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Infographic: The high cost of hurricanes
Over the last ten years, damage from hurricanes has resulted in the loss of 2,334 lives and more than $310 billion in damages. UNC@MPA, the online component of the Master of Public Administration prog…
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Despite worse-than-coal emissions, Obama administration finds yet another natural gas export facility environmentally insignificant
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s draft environmental impact statement on the Jordan Cove Energy Project’s proposed liquefied natural gas export plant in Coos Bay, Or…
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The midterms are no excuse: Why Obama still needs to act on climate
Last Sunday, Secretary of State John Kerry took the release of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report as a chance to do a little pre-midterm electioneering. Drawing an implicit co…
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President Obama, listen to the people and reject Keystone XL
Opposition to the Keystone XL pipeline has always been about people power. Led by farmers and ranchers, tribal communities and everyday Americans, the fight over the pipeline has brought thousands of…