Senate Votes Down Effort to Rubber Stamp Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline
We had a victory for climate action and clean water this week. The Senate rejected an attempt to approve the Keystone XL pipeline for tar sands oil on Tuesday...
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5 Reasons the Senate Must Protect Our Communities from the Keystone XL Pipeline
On Tuesday, the Senate will vote on a bill forcing President Obama to green light the Keystone XL pipeline for dirty tar sands oil. Keystone threatens our air...
Historic Announcement Shows US and China Are Serious about Fighting Climate Change
President Obama and President Xi Jinping have announced ambitious new plans to reduce climate change pollution. This marks a turning point in the fight against...
China & US Making Progress on Climate Change, Now It's Time for More
When President Obama travels to China to talk with President Xi Jinping, climate change is certain to be on the agenda. Both nations top the ranks of climate...
Ignoring the Public, GOP Leadership Promises Worst Attack on Environmental Protection in Decades
Concerns about the economy and heath care may have dominated the midterms, but the election results have unleashed a major threat to our children’s health and...
Leading Scientists Say Cutting Climate Change Pollution Is Affordable -- and Essential
The world’s leading scientists released their gravest warning yet about the threat of climate change, saying we will face “severe, pervasive and irreversible...