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Trump Instantly Sued After Making Largest Cut To Public Land Protections In American History
Trump’s move will pave the way for this cherished land to be used for mining, oil drilling and other energy industry projects.Â
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President Obama Erects a Firewall Against Trump’s Plan To Wipe Out Environmental Protections
“Because of new and legally inventive strategies, Mr. Obama… may well have built firewalls around environmental policies that could hold off his successor.”
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Scott Walker and House GOP Pollute the Spirit of Earth Day
It appears that although Earth Day is an annual event celebrated worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection, only Republicans are capable of using the day to perpetuate their anti-environment agenda in service to the Koch brothers.
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Dark Red Oklahoma Angers Big Oil And Gas: Energy Practices Causing State’s Earthquakes
As the nation commemorates Earth Day 2015 this week with a variety of observances, activities and awareness campaigns, it’s the perfect time to renew calls for bipartisan cooperation to address climate change.
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California Suffers Historic Drought While Oil Industry Wastes 2 Million Gallons of Water Daily
To make matters that much worse, the over 2 million gallons of toxic water the oil and gas industry disposes of daily is pumped into the aquifer and poisons the diminishing underground supply at an alarming rate; so much so that well over a hundred (at last count) drinking-water wells have been shut down by state water regulators and the EPA due to oil waste-water contamination.
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The House That Kochs Bought Passes Bill Muzzling EPA Scientists
To ensure that the “right kind of scientists” are doling out advice on environmental protections, Republicans in the House passed legislation to guarantee that oil industry scientists loyal to the Kochs, and not independent scientists, serve on the Environmental Protection Agency’s Science Advisory Board.
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George W. Bush Returns As The Statute of Limitations on His War Crimes Expires in 2 Months
George W. Bush, has made his presence known with two appearances over the past week, and it is likely because the statute of limitations to convict the war criminal are set to expire in two months.
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In the Midst of Historic Flooding Colorado Secessionists Deny Climate Change
Two Weld County commissioners supporting secession made statements that have a direct correlation to why the state is experiencing a event that is bound become a regular occurrence across America.
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Crybaby GOP Senator Throws a Tantrum Over Being Called Out As a Climate Change Denier
Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) is throwing a fit that the League of Conservation Voters is including him in an ad campaign because he questions the validity of global climate change.
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Republicans Have Created a World Where Going to Work Can Get You Killed
The consequences of Republican deregulation and their weakening of OSHA has been an ongoing threat of death for American workers.
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House Republicans Praise Exxon for Arkansas Oil Spill That Taxpayers are Cleaning Up
House Republicans praised Exxon and expect Americans to give them a “pat on the back” for saddling taxpayers with the cost of cleaning up their tar spill.
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The Republican Vision for Government is Corporate Owned and Operated
The government Romney and Republicans propose is not business friendly, it is business-owned and operated, and the people are expendable assets.
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Fracking Debate May Get a Chance to Use Science As a Reason for a Ban
No other state that’s allowed fracking has imposed a moratorium to study environmental and health effects. Can New York use these to ban it?