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Corporate Congress rejects progressive budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The House of Representatives rejected the Congressional Progressive Caucus’ People’s Budget by a vote of 96-330. The People’s Budget was offered as a substitute amendment to the GOP budget resolution by Congressional Progressive Caucus. It would have ended sequestration, implemented a carbon tax, and closed Big… Read More
Reps. Pompeo and Butterfield will introduce industry bill to deny states right to label GMOs
World Health Organization: Pesticide used with GMO crops ‘probable carcinogen’ WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representatives Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) and G.K. Butterfield (D-N.C.) will introduce legislation this afternoon, dubbed by critics the “Deny Americans the Right to Know (DARK) Act,” that would block states from requiring labels for foods made with genetically-engineered… Read More
EPA agrees to regulate novel nanotechnology pesticides after legal challenge
This important decision is part of the transformation our government agencies must continue to pursue in order to protect the public from potentially dangerous products containing nanoscale ingredients. Read More
Environment and health groups support Dietary Guidelines sustainability focus at Public Meeting
More than 100 organizations and experts urge Obama administration to embrace Scientific Report’s recommendations for more plants, less meat WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services hear public testimony today on the Scientific Report of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee,… Read More
National organizations to deliver more than 150,000 petition signatures urging Congress to support the Peoples Budget
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A dozen national organizations representing tens of millions of Americans will deliver a petition with more than 150,000 signatures supporting the Congressional Progressive Caucus People’s Budget to CPC Co-chair Congressman Raúl Grijalva (D-Ariz.), tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. The People’s Budget offers up a vision that prioritizes justice for people… Read More
Greens ask Hillary Clinton where she stands on fossil fuels
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth and the Center for Biological Diversity attended the award celebration of The Toner Prize for Excellence in Political Reporting, where former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was a keynote speaker, to express their concerns regarding her history on fracking, the Keystone XL tar sands… Read More
Consumer, environmental groups call on fast food companies to reject GMO apples in wake of FDA approval
Last month, the new genetically engineered Arctic Apple® was approved by the USDA to enter the U.S. market, allowing the Arctic® apple to be planted and sold without specific oversight. Read More
Kirk-Heitkamp Bill discriminates against local communities and the environment
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senators Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) introduced S. 819 to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank which includes a provision sought by Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) that “prohibits the Bank from promulgating policies that discriminate against any type of energy source, or deny financing of an application,… Read More
Obama admin. releases toothless fracking rules; giveaway to oil and gas Industry
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management finalized rules regulating the practice of hydraulic fracturing — commonly called fracking — on public lands. As the BLM itself admits, this rule advances the Obama administration’s all-of-the-above energy policy, which aims to expand domestic oil and… Read More
White House rally to remember the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster
Coalition urges administration to halt risky and reckless Arctic drilling WASHINGTON, D.C. – Activists from Alaska Wilderness League, Sierra Club, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, World Wildlife Fund, climate change experts, and others will gather Tuesday to remind the White House about the lingering impacts of the 1989 Exxon Valdez… Read More