Tag: nebraska
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Taking Big Coal to Court
The suit was filed in U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Seattle, where coal dust has been identified in and along multiple waterways. Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, a co-founder of the Leadership Alliance Against Coal comprised …
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New Fracking Rules Leave Drought-Ridden States High and Dry
Proposed standards that the U.S. Department of Interior announced last week for hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands are hugely important, especially in the arid West where water is gold. Unfortunately, water protection gets short shrift in…
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New Fracking Rules Leave Drought-Ridden States High and Dry
Proposed standards that the U.S. Department of Interior announced last week for hydraulic fracturing on federal and Indian lands are hugely important, especially in the arid West where water is gold. Unfortunately, water protection gets short shrift in…
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Tennessee Governor Vetoes Ag-Gag Anti-Whistleblower Bill
EARTH ISLAND JOURNAL — Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has vetoed his state’s “ag-gag” bill that would have criminalized undercover investigations at horse stables and factory farm facilities …
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Mayflower Residents to John Kerry: Listen to Joe Biden, Reject Keystone XL
“ALL RISK, NO REWARD” COALITION —Residents of Mayflower, AR who were victims of Exxon’s Good Friday tar sands spill that coated their neighborhood in toxic tar sands traveled to DC to hand-deliver a letter to Secretary Kerry asking …