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For Arctic Indigenous people, is foresight 2020?
It is important for Arctic Indigenous peoples to be heard at this crucial meeting, to help people understand why we need the Arctic to remain cool by reducing emissions from shipping and other sectors…
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Environmental groups applaud EPAs proposal for Puget Sound No Discharge Zone
As shipping traffic and ship size continues to increase, vessels are generating a growing volume of air and water pollution. Without the protection of a No Discharge Zone Puget Sound would be facing e…
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Activists appeal to Gov. Inslee to seek federal opposition to Trans Mountain tar sands pipeline expansion
Friends of the Earth sent a letter to Governor Jay Inslee today from eight environmental organizations and accompanied by more than 35,000 supporting letters, urging him to inform Canadian officials o…
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Activists submit over a quarter million public comments against largest coal export terminal in North America
Friends of the Earth activists generate more than 38,000 of the comments expressing strong concerns over fossil fuel transport given recent oil train derailment on Columbia River WASHINGTON, D.C. –…
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Canadian energy board recommends Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
The Trans Mountain pipeline currently carries 300,000 barrels per day of diluted bitumen or tar sands oil from Alberta, Canada to Burnaby, British Columbia for export through U.S. waters in the Salish…
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Millions of barrels of tar sands oil barged within the Salish Sea since 2010
Proposed expansion of Trans Mountain Pipeline exceeds the capacity of defunct KXL pipeline proposal; will result in 7x more tar sands traffic by tanker SEATTLE, WASH. — A new report details an alar…
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U.S. Coast Guard sued for failing to release public records of shipping incidents in the Salish Sea
Friends of the Earth files lawsuit on the eve of the 27th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez disaster WASHINGTON, D.C. – Friends of the Earth sued the Coast Guard in federal court on Tuesday for failin…
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USG gives Shell clear sailing to exploit the Arctic Ocean
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement approved Shell’s final drilling permits, which was the final hurdle before the company can begin drilling exploration wells in…
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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…
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Murkowski tries to end 40-year-old crude oil export ban
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Chair Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) introduced a bill to repeal the 40-year-old ban on exporting crude oil. The ban was a response to the…