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Environmental Leaders Sitting In on Capitol Hill to Protest Schumer/Manchin Permit Deal
Civil disobedience by directors of national and community environmental groups comes the day after the text of Manchin’s bill is released A group of 13 environmental and community leaders are…
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Manchin’s Dirty Deal Would Sacrifice Lives And The Planet
This is not permitting reform. This is permitting a giveaway that benefits those who continue to line their pockets at the expense of those affected by climate disasters. Washington DC…
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Destruction of Brazil’s forests and Indigenous Peoples’ lands highlighted in New York City ahead of Brazil President’s speech at the UN
Indigenous leaders from Brazil and civil society groups alert world leaders about deforestation and escalating violence at the hands of the current government | The Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of…
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Climate groups to bitcoin: Cut the pollution, and the B.S.
Ethereum’s energy-efficient ‘merge’ leaves bitcoin as lone cryptocurrency climate polluter while new $1M ad campaign, pressure on bitcoin investors to meet or beat ethereum’s standard Ethereum’s long-awaited “merge” to a…
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Representative Jamie Raskin Introduces the First Federal Bill to Deter Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs)
New landmark bill to protect free speech from baseless legal attacks and combat Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation, commonly referred to as “SLAPPs. | Representative Jamie Raskin (MD-8) today introduced…
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As Investigations Into Big Oil Continues, Manchin And Schumer Try To Push A Dirty Permitting Deal
This week three Congressional committees held hearings investigating Big Oil’s shady tactics to delay climate action, silence those who protect their communities, and sacrifice lives to grow their profits. Meanwhile,…
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Greenpeace USA Slams Shock Decision to Green-light Deep Sea Mining
Deep sea mining could begin in the Pacific as early as this month after a shock decision from regulators to allow The Metals Company (TMC) to start mining the seafloor. Greenpeace…
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Amazon deforestation hits second highest rate ever recorded in August
“Time is of the essence for the Amazon and its people.” São Paulo, Brazil–According to new data from Brazilian Space Agency’s Program DETER (INPE), the month of August recorded 1,661…
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Greenpeace USA Supports Calls From Members Of Congress To Stop Dirty Permitting Deal
Let’s be perfectly clear, Manchin and Schumer’s Dirty Deal would allow the oil and gas industry which is responsible for over 1 in 5 premature deaths to fast track projects…
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Democracy and Climate: The Clock is Ticking
There are two existential threats facing the country: the attack on democracy and catastrophic climate change. WASHINGTON, DC (September 1, 2022)–In response to President Joe Biden’s primetime address to the…