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Low-Carbon Meals: A Triple Win for One of California’s Largest School Districts

Low-Carbon Meals: A Triple Win for One of California’s Largest School Districts

By Kari Hamerschlag and Christopher D. Cook What do meat-centric, cheesy-rich school lunches and climate change have in common? Both pose risks for our kids’ health and our planet’s future. In short, too much meat and dairy in our diets contributes to both chronic health problems and climate change. Research shows that we cannot avoid […]

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    Trump’s Pick for Energy Secretary Sits on Board of Dakota Access Pipeline Company

    Trump’s Pick for Energy Secretary Sits on Board of Dakota Access Pipeline Company

    By Steve Horn Former Texas Republican Gov. Rick Perry, a board member of Energy Transfer Partners—owner of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL)—has been named U.S. Secretary of Energy by President-elect Donald Trump. Perry, the former chairman of the Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission (IOGCC), ran for president as part of the Republican Party primaries […]

    Trump Taps Exxon’s Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, Confirms ‘Support of Big Oil and Putin’

    Trump Taps Exxon’s Rex Tillerson as Secretary of State, Confirms ‘Support of Big Oil and Putin’

    Following weeks of speculation, President-elect Donald Trump has officially nominated Rex Tillerson—the longtime leader of world’s largest fossil fuel company, ExxonMobil—to be secretary of state. On the president-elect’s favorite mode of communication, Trump tweeted that Tillerson is “one of the truly great business leaders of the world” and likes his “vast experience at dealing successfully […]

    Two More Trump Cabinet Picks Value ‘Fossil Fuel Profits Above All Else’

    Two More Trump Cabinet Picks Value ‘Fossil Fuel Profits Above All Else’

    Sources close to the Trump transition team told Politico that Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin is the frontrunner for the Interior secretary position. Fallin, who is a climate change denier and was one of the first governors to oppose the Clean Power Plan, met with Trump last week in New York, where their conversation focused on […]

    Canada Approves Kinder Morgan, Enbridge Pipelines Despite Fierce Opposition

    Canada Approves Kinder Morgan, Enbridge Pipelines Despite Fierce Opposition

    Canadian PM Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday that the Canadian government would approve two major tar sands pipeline projects, including expansion of the controversial Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline. “Our duty is to permit infrastructure so Canada’s resources get to market in a more environmentally responsible way, creating jobs and a thriving economy,” Trudeau said at […]

    Shocking Number of Top Retailers Sell Food Produced With Pesticides Toxic to Bees

    Shocking Number of Top Retailers Sell Food Produced With Pesticides Toxic to Bees

    A new report and scorecard grades 20 of the largest food retailers in the U.S on their policies and practices regarding pollinator protection, organic offerings and pesticide reduction. Of the top food retailers, 17 received an “F” for failing to have a publicly available policy to reduce or eliminate pesticide use to protect pollinators. Only […]

    EPA Must ‘Correct Top Claim in Major Fracking Study’

    EPA Must ‘Correct Top Claim in Major Fracking Study’

    Led by Food & Water Watch, more than 200 public interest and environmental groups sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today, urging the agency to heed the recommendation of its own independent Science Advisory Board (SAB) and clarify the seemingly unsupported top-line finding of the June 2015 draft fracking report. EPA […]

    Are U.S. Tax Dollars Financing Destruction of World’s Largest Mangrove Forest?

    Are U.S. Tax Dollars Financing Destruction of World’s Largest Mangrove Forest?

    In conjunction with the Save the Sundarbans protest today at the UN’s headquarters in New York City, we’re revealing in this EcoWatch exclusive that Friends of the Earth U.S. obtained documents that suggest the U.S. Export-Import Bank, Ex-Im Bank, which is supported by taxpayer dollars, is considering financing the Orion-Khulna coal plant near the Sundarbans […]