On Tuesday (7/13), the U.S. House of Representatives approved by voice vote an amendment, offered by Congressmen Earl Blumenauer (D-OR)[…]
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We humans are for the most part, joiners. What? You're not a joiner? No book clubs, social clubs, not even[…]
Read moreParticulate Spewing Power Plant Smokestacks Public Health Enemy No. 1
Environmental Defense recently called on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to swiftly curtail the harmful particulate pollution resulting from[…]
Read moreEconomically Viable Modern Hog Waste Systems Reduce Pollution
Modern hog waste management technologies identified by an N.C. State University (NCSU) report will do a better job of protecting[…]
Read moreEnvironmental Defense And EPA Agree To Close Diesel Loophole
Environmental Defense and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) agreed in mid July to a proposed legal settlement requiring the[…]
Read moreRaisins and Grapes Can Be Toxic To Dogs
The ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center continues to caution dog owners that raisins and grapes may be toxic to some[…]
Read moreNAACP Calls To End Racial Disparities In Healthcare
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Health Advocacy Division will launch an unprecedented national campaign to[…]
Read moreNAACP To Ask U.S. Attorney General To Stop Florida Voter Purge
On July 2nd, Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), said he will[…]
Read moreUSDA'S Own Audit Slams Mad Cow Plan
The USDA's overly confident audit of its Mad Cow (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy or BSE) testing policies and procedures has backfired.[…]
Read moreCo-Existing With Our Wild Neighbors
Urban sprawl has brought humans and wild animals into close proximity, leading to a rise in human-animal conflicts as well[…]
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