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Trump, Lighthizer Reach Deal To Export Weak Standards, Pollution To South Korea

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. and South Korea reached an agreement “in principle” on the six-year-old U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement (KORUS) in which, among other things, South Korea has…

NEW REPORT: Global Coal Plant Development Drops For Second Consecutive Year

LINK TO REPORT WASHINGTON, D.C. â€” For the second year in a row, the number of coal-fired power plants under development worldwide dropped steeply in 2017, led by major declines in China and…

Ryan, Trump Ousting Election Assistance Commission Chairman

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, reports broke that Matthew Masterson, the chairman of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission -- which helps to protect U.S. election systems from possible cyber attacks…

ICYMI: Canadian Corporation Uses NAFTA To Threaten Proposed Protection For Puget Sound

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This week, Cooke Aquaculture, a Canadian fish farm corporation, explicitly threatened to use the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) to sue the U.S. government in a…

ICYMI: French and EU Officials Say No Trade Agreements Without The Paris Agreement

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Earlier this week, France’s Foreign Minister and the European trade commissioner both said that the European Union will not negotiate any new trade agreements with any country…

ICYMI: Donald Trump Is Undermining Clean Energy (Again)

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Less than 24 hours after Donald Trump proclaimed that he had “ended the war on American energy,” the Washington Post reported Trump will be asking for a 72 percent budget cut for…

Sierra Club on Husted v. APRI: “The importance of this case cannot be understated”

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Supreme Court heard opening arguments in the Husted v. APRI case, which is seeking to illegally purge Ohio voting rolls. This case stands to set a nationwide precedent…

ICYMI: Republicans Regain Ability To Intimidate Voters

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge John Michael Vazquez ruled that the 1982 consent decree limiting the Republican National Committee’s ability to challenge voters inside…

Sierra Club on FCC’s Net Neutrality Ruling: “The American people will not be silenced”

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 along party lines to dismantle Net Neutrality, opening up the internet to be sold off to the highest corporate bidder. The…

Exxon’s Stock Runs Dry: Koch Brothers Poised For Hostile Takeover Of Exxon’s State Department

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Earlier today, reports indicated that the Koch brothers’ planned acquisition of the State Department is well underway with Trump’s imminent replacement of Secretary of State and…