Tag: united states
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Keystone XL Export Pipeline: Bad for Americans, Bad for the Economy
The core talking points for the supporters of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline center around U.S. domestic energy security and economic growth. However …
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Republicans Attack Fed Scientist for Linking Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals to Health Effects
In the same way as physicians endeavor to understand and monitor the effect of medicines on endocrine pathways, we ought to achieve the same understanding and control of the effects on environmental chemicals …
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Pro-Hemp Legislation Introduced in House Farm Bill
Vote Hemp released an action alert encouraging support for a new bi-partisan amendment in support of industrial hemp to the Farm Bill in the House, being introduced by …
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Nobel Laureates to President Obama: Reject Keystone XL and Be On the Right Side of History
Recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize are calling for the rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline. A letter from 10 Nobel Peace Prize winners addressed to both the President and Secretary of State Kerry announced …
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Game-Changing Fracking Wastewater Report Leaves Little Wiggle Room For Industry Deceptions
Alberta-based environmental consultant Jessica Ernst just released the first comprehensive catalog and summary compendium of facts related to the contamination of North America’s ground water sources resulting from the oil and gas industry’s controversial practice of fracking …