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The Inflation Reduction Act: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
This weekend, the Senate passed the long-awaited reconciliation bill, now called the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Let’s be clear — the IRA is a deeply compromised bill that makes necessary…
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Inflation Reduction Act is Historic Climate Investment, but Pours Gasoline on the Flames
The Inflation Reduction Act includes much needed investment in renewable energy, and a down payment on the union jobs we need to propel a green economy. But it is also…
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Activists Deliver 16-foot “Earth” into Biden’s Hands as Nearly Half A Million Demand He Declare Climate Emergency
Calls for President Biden to follow through on his climate promise continue to grow as the death tolls and long-term impacts from heatwaves, drought, floods, and other climate disasters rise. …
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Reconciliation Deal Fails to Address Cause of the Climate Emergency
Our boat is sinking and this bill is bailing out water without plugging the hole. In response to the most recent reconciliation developments, John Noël, Senior Climate Campaigner at Greenpeace…
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Greenpeace USA Condemns Joe Manchin’s Decision to End Climate Talks
Joe Manchin has proven once again that he doesn’t care about the planetary destruction that will cause immeasurable death. When the floods come, I hope they carry away his yacht…
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Congress Urged to Boost Appropriations for Biden’s Clean Energy Orders
Rising Energy Prices, Climate-fueled Disasters Require Urgent Renewable Energy Investment Dozens of environmental and labor groups urged House and Senate leaders to increase funding for President Biden’s historic executive orders…
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New Ad Campaign Demands President Biden Stop Leasing Public Lands to Polluters
Leasing lands to oil and gas companies like ExxonMobil and Chevron will only lead to more pollution, cancer, and ruined lands while driving irreversible climate change. Washington DC (July 12,…
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Greenpeace USA Condemns Supreme Court “Radicals in Robes” for West Virginia v EPA Decision
It is unconscionable that 6 Supreme Court Justices have ruled in favor of sacrificing more lives to enrich millionaire coal and oil barons. In response to the Supreme Court’s ruling…
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Asking a Fox How to Protect Chickens: Sec. Granholm Meets with Seven Big Oil Executives Profiting from High Gas Prices
The industry’s massive profits and push to expand oil and gas infrastructure shows they will go to any lengths to keep fossil fuels alive no matter the impacts on the…
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Repealing the federal gas tax isn’t guaranteed to ease pain at the pump
Congress can help everyday people, right now, by returning much of these ill-gotten profits to consumers by passing the Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax. In response to the Biden administration’s…