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Approval of Disastrous Keystone XL Pipeline Imminent 
WASHINGTON, March 23, 2017 — In a reversal of yet another Obama administration environmental action, reports surfaced today that the Trump administration will approve the Keystone XL pipeline by Monday. The State Department, now headed by former ExxonMobil CEO Rex Tillerson, will apparently grant a permit for the pipeline....
Posted: Thu, Mar 23, 2017 4:59pm PDT
Zinke Announces Plan to Axe Fracking Rule 
Secretary of Interior directs the Department of Justice to file a motion in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals announcing that BLM intends to start a new rulemaking process to rescind the rule...
Posted: Fri, Mar 17, 2017 6:47pm PDT
Scientific Panel Criticizes EPA Assessment of Glyphosate Criticism of Pesticide Program Comes on Heels of Breaking Scandal Over Its Cozy Relationship With Monsanto...
Posted: Fri, Mar 17, 2017 5:43pm PDT
Californians Not “Roundup-Ready”: Citizens Triumph over Monsanto in Cancer-Causing Pesticide Listing 
Court upholds Constitutional right of Californians to protect themselves from toxic chemicals...
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 2:07pm PDT
13 Arrested at Fracking Protest in Annapolis, Maryland 
On the 16th of March, 13 anti-fracking activists were arrested in front of the Maryland statehouse as they demanded the Senate pass a statewide, permanent ban on gas fracking....
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 2:01pm PDT
Campaña Destaca Necesidad de que México Tome Medidas de Emergencia Lanzan Llamado a Consumidores y Empresas de Mariscos de Estados Unidos a Boicotear el Camarón Mexicano para Salvar a la Vaquita Marina...
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 1:59pm PDT
U.S. Consumers, Seafood Companies Urged to Boycott Mexican Shrimp to Save Vaquita Porpoise Campaign Highlights Need for Mexico to Take Emergency Action...
Posted: Thu, Mar 16, 2017 1:50pm PDT
San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors Denies Phillips 66's Oil Trains Project SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., March 14, 2017 — The San Luis Obispo Board of Supervisors today voted to reject Phillips 66’s proposed oil train offloading terminal. The project was denied with a 3-1 vote, with one supervisor recusing himself in a conflict of interest....
Posted: Tue, Mar 14, 2017 2:49pm PDT
EPA Opens Civil Rights Investigation Over Pesticide Use In Hawai`i 
Community groups had asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to investigate whether Hawai`i agencies are violating Title VI of the Civil Rights Act...
Posted: Mon, Mar 13, 2017 5:35pm PDT
Court Clears California to Require Cancer Warning on Roundup FRESNO, Calif.. March 11, 2017 — A court has ruled that the state of California can move forward with plans to designate glyphosate — the main ingredient in Monsanto’s widely used herbicide Roundup — as a known carcinogen. The Friday decision, which finalizes a preliminary ruling, sets the stage for the California Environmental Protection Agency to be the first regulatory body in the United States to recognize glyphosate as a carcinogen....
Posted: Mon, Mar 13, 2017 4:56pm PDT
On First Day Trump Appointee Rolls Back Protections for Wildlife, Hunters From Toxic Lead Secretary Zinke Revokes Obama Phaseout of Lead Ammo, Sinkers on National Wildlife Refuges...
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2017 5:32pm PST
Third Jaguar Detected in Arizona 
TUCSON, Ariz., March 2, 2017 — Another new jaguar has been photographed in southeast Arizona, the third detected in the state in the past year and a half. The animal was captured on a Bureau of Land Management trail camera in the Dos Cabezas Mountains, about 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2017 5:26pm PST
Far From Gone: A Timeline of NoDAPL and Other Pipeline Resistance and What YOU Can Do 
Near the Standing Rock Reservation, the largest camp is now shut down, its members evicted by a heavily militarized force of cops, Border Patrol/US Customs, and National Guard police using armored cars, armed with batons, pistols, AK 47s, AR 15s, and in previous cases used water cannons, tear gas, pepper spray, concussion grenades, and razor wire against peaceful protesters, including elderly.
Yet the struggle is far from over. Do not be discouraged, as the water protectors are not. For th...
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2017 7:49am PST
Landmark Report: Hundreds of Native Bee Species Sliding Toward Extinction 
PORTLAND, Ore., March 1, 2017 — In the first comprehensive review of the more than 4,000 native bee species in North America and Hawaii, the Center for Biological Diversity has found that more than half the species with sufficient data to assess are declining. Nearly 1 in 4 is imperiled and at increasing risk of extinction....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2017 5:25pm PST
Nuclear Shutdown News February 2017 Nuclear Shutdown News chronicles the decline and fall of the nuclear power industry in the US and abroad, and highlights the efforts of those who are working for a nuclear free world. Here is out February 2017 report:...
Posted: Sun, Feb 26, 2017 9:14pm PST
Cook Inlet Gas Pipeline Leak Shows Risks of Offshore Drilling Hilcorp Alaska Has Been Fined for Disregarding Regulations, Seeks to Build Massive Liberty Project in Beaufort Sea...
Posted: Wed, Feb 15, 2017 5:44pm PST
Army Greenlights DAPL Completion 
The Trump administration threw down the gauntlet. Our movement must hold together and strengthen itself in the face of the president’s onslaught. We will not be silenced!...
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2017 5:45pm PST
We cannot let media and social media divide us 
For Immediate Release. 2/4/17...
Posted: Tue, Feb 7, 2017 2:06pm PST
If we are to fight for treaty rights, then we must all work together 
February 1, 2017 - Last night, a group of campers moved materials onto private land. This group’s actions do not represent the tribe nor the original intent of the water protectors. If we are to fight for treaty rights, then we must all work together. Tribes came to Standing Rock in support of our tribe’s effort with the recognition that it will reflect back on us all. This type of action was not undertaken in that spirit, because instead of empowering us, it undermines us....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2017 8:13pm PST
House Repeals Dodd-Frank Transparency Provision; Senate Prepares to Vote by Friday The US House of Representatives repealed a bipartisan transparency initiative that affects the oil, gas and mining sector by a vote of 235-187....
Posted: Wed, Feb 1, 2017 2:45pm PST
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