Tag: News
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SEC, Get Money Out of Politics
It’s easy to see the effects of big corporations on our environment in places like Ohio and North Dakota, where fracking is spoiling farmland, or Arkansas, where the Mayflower oil spill is still causing havoc, or Alaska, where carbon pollution is pushing polar bears to the brink of extinction. It can be harder to see it here…
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Americans Speak Out Against Stripping Federal Protections From Wolves
Approximately one million Americans stated their opposition to the Obama Administration’s proposal to strip endangered species protections from gray wolves in a comment period that closed today. This is one of the largest numbers of comments ever submitted on a federal decision involving endangered species and reflects broad dissatisfaction with the Obama Administration’s politically driven…
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Drop in Demand From China Threatens Australian Coal Mining Projects
Major Australian coal projects risk losing value due to falling demand from China, where leaders are increasingly concerned about growing public anger over severe air pollution, a new analysis from Oxford University has found. [caption id="attachment_315669" align="alignnone" width="500"] Australia’s coal investments may become stranded if China develops new energy policies. Photo courtesy of Shutterstock[/caption] Future coal mining…
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Groups Expose UK for Subsidizing Biomass and ‘Clean Coal’ as Renewable Energy
Campaigners representing groups working on issues of opencast coal and biomass have jointly called on Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) yesterday to end to subsidies and industry support for Drax Power Station. The statement follows an announcement by DECC and Drax claiming that “Britain’s largest coal-fired power station is set to become one of…
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700+ March Against Monsanto and GMOs in Hawaii
By Maureen Nandini Mitra Slashing rain, rolling thunder, lightening flashes—the island of O‘ahu woke Sunday morning to a severe storm advisory and warnings of flash floods. But the crummy weather that kept most people away from the beaches didn’t deter a spirited crowd of local citizens and activists from gathering in the town of Hale‘iwa on…