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States act to protect animals left outside in cold weather

January 18, 2019 Blog Editor Animal Rights & Environment, Public Policy (Legal/Legislative), The Humane Society of the United States

As temperature dip punishingly low – accompanied by ice, snow and wind – the body count of animals left to freeze outside by owners begins to mount. Photo by iStockphoto

Late last year, Pennsylvania investigators found a dog named Cam dead and frozen solid on a heavy chain, wedged between a small dog house and a fence. He appeared to have been digging for warmth when he died. As heartbreaking as this story is, unfortunately, . . .

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EDF Opposes the Nomination of Andrew Wheeler to Lead EPA

January 16, 2019 Enviroshop Editor Animal Rights & Environment, Environmental Defense

Climate change is drying out parched world

January 15, 2019 Tim Radford Animal Rights & Environment, Climate News Network

5 December, 2018 – Researchers say most of the water vanishing from the Aral Sea and the Great Salt Lake is now in the oceans of this increasingly parched world.

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China confronts the effects of climate change on fisheries

January 14, 2019 Enviroshop Editor Animal Rights & Environment, Environmental Defense

How oil & gas states did (and did not) protect land and water in 2018

January 12, 2019 Enviroshop Editor Animal Rights & Environment, Environmental Defense

Organic Consumers Association Wins on Motion to Dismiss in Case Against Unilever-Owned Ben & Jerry’s for Deceptive Marketing Claims

January 11, 2019 Pam Animal Rights & Environment, Organic Consumers Association

Organic Consumers Association (OCA) today announced that the District of Columbia Superior Court rejected Ben & Jerry’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit OCA brought against the Unilever-owned brand in July 2018 under the District of Columbia Consumer Pr…

Did Dow Chemical Fake Safety Studies on Brain-Damaging Chlorpyrifos?

January 8, 2019 Julie Animal Rights & Environment, Organic Consumers Association

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We’ve known for a while that Monsanto buried the truth about Roundup weedkiller by ignoring concerns by its own scientists. Now it seems Dow Chemical Co. has been using the same playbook….

Better land use could slash US emissions

January 7, 2019 Tim Radford Animal Rights & Environment, Climate News Network

7 December, 2018 – New research confirms again that nature knows best. The US could cut a fifth of its greenhouse gas emissions through better land use.

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Pets in the workplace: Why we let the HSUS go to the dogs

January 6, 2019 Blog Editor Animal Rights & Environment, The Humane Society of the United States

Participants in our Pets in the Workplace program reflect the companion animal issues we work on. My dog Lilly was a street dog rescue from Trinidad and Tobago where HSI worked locally with a shelter partner. Photo by Corine Weiler/The HSUS

One of the great benefits of working at the Humane Society of the United States is that staff members can bring their pets to our offices. For me, that means Lilly, my sidekick, can come to work with me. She loves nothing more than visiting . . .

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Environmental Defense Fund Files Lawsuit against EPA for More Failures to Release Public Records

January 5, 2019 Enviroshop Editor Animal Rights & Environment, Environmental Defense

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