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On May 21st, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) said that justice has at last been served by the guilty verdict in the 1963 Birmingham church bombing that killed four young girls. A jury convicted former Ku Klux Klansman Bobby Frank Cherry of first-degree murder. He faces an automatic sentence Read More… NAACP Says Justice Is Finally Served By Guilty Verdict In Birmingham Church Bombing Murders On May 16th, The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) announced a major directive against states where racial disparity still exists in public school systems. This marks the first wave of direct actions to achieve equity in education as outlined last fall by the "NAACP Call for Action In Education." The Read More… NAACP Takes Direct Action Against States Where Racial Disparity Prevails In Public Schools Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) hailed the second settlement on May 9th of the voting irregularities lawsuit brought against the state of Florida and some of its counties in 2001. Mfume said, "This is another step in correcting a terrible wrong that happened in Read More… NAACP Approves Second Settlement Of Voting Reform Lawsuit In Florida Statistics compiled by the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center confirm that July and August are the most dangerous time of year for companion animals. According to 2001 data, the Center received approximately 7,000 calls in July, making it the month with the highest volume of cases for the year. The data found that over Read More… ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center Warns Pet Owners About the Dangers of Summer Pesticides Data from the 2000 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) right-to-know program were made available to the public on May 23rd by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The data indicates that 7.10 billion pounds of toxic chemicals were released to the air, water, and land in 2000 from 23,484 facilities. But because of reporting requirements Read More… EPA Issues Toxic Release Inventory For 2000 On May 10th, Environmental Defense called on the governors of Southeastern states to mount a coordinated and comprehensive attack on the region's dirty air and adopt policies to improve air quality. N.C. Governor Mike Easley is hosting an annual air summit for Southeastern governors today in Charlotte, N.C."More than 33 million people in the Read More… Environmental Defense Asks Governors To Clean Up Dirty Air On May 9th, Members of the Keep Antibiotics Working (KAW) campaignjoined the American Public Health Association (APHA) and other medical groups in endorsing a bill introduced by U.S. Senator Edward M. Kennedy, D-MA, to phase out the routine feeding of medically important antibiotics to healthy farm animals. The legislation, "The Preservation of Antibiotics for On May 8th, Environmental Defense released the following statement from senior attorney Tim Searchinger on expected final passage of the farm bill conference report by the U.S. Senate. "The farm bill represented a rare opportunity to reward farmers, ranchers and private forest landowners for taking steps to help the environment. Unfortunately, Congress decided instead Read More… Statement Of Environmental Defense On Farm Bill Passage Zambia, one of the strongest opponents of ivory trade in southern Africa, is about to turn its back on elephants. In 1992, Zambia publicly burned its entire ivory stockpile, 9 tonnes (a tonne is a metric ton), as a gesture of support for the ivory trade ban. But now, so that it can sell Read More… Zambia To Propose Downlisting Its Elephants And Trading Ivory Proclaiming that "The end of hunting is in sight," The Fund for Animals, a national animal protection group, is celebrating yesterday's release of preliminary results from a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) report showing that the number of hunters in the U.S. declined by 7% between 1996 and 2001. During the same five Read More… New Report: Hunting Still On The Decline |
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