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U.S. exit from Paris Agreement will accelerate climate crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – In a highly dramatized Rose Garden event, Donald Trump today announced that the U.S. will begin the process of leaving the Paris climate agreement. Erich Pica, President of Friends of the Earth, U.S., issued the following statement: Today, Donald Trump turned the fate of the planet into a reality T.V. show hosted …

Lawsuit Expands to Highlight Keystone XL’s Threats to Endangered Species

Pipeline Would Place Whooping Cranes, Other Wildlife at Risk GREAT FALLS, Mont.— Landowner and environmental protection groups added a new claim today to their ongoing lawsuit challenging the Keystone XL pipeline project. The claim highlights the project’s threats to critically endangered whooping cranes and other threatened species. The additional claim is against the U.S. Fish …

Tillerson and Exxon environmental record: statement and background

Tillerson and Exxon environmental record: statement and background WASHINGTON, D.C. – Donald Trump may choose Rex Tillerson, CEO of ExxonMobil, as his Secretary of State. Friends of the Earth President Erich Pica issued the following statement and backgrounder: As head of the State Department, Tillerson would have the ability to shape foreign policy to enrich himself and …