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The Rainforest Alliance, an international conservation organization, and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) — through the Environmental and Labor Excellence Program for CAFTA-DR (ELE) — launched today the Standard for Sustainable Cattle Production Systems, a tool that will help cattle farmers implement good environmental, social and animal-welfare practices and enable them Read More… A New Standard for Cattle Farms Promotes Sustainable Production The Humane Society of the United States praised a unanimous decision by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to prohibit the cruel practice of chasing of foxes and coyotes by dogs inside a fenced enclosure. In this practice, called fox penning, foxes and coyotes are trapped from the wild, often shipped long distances Read More… The HSUS Applauds Fla. Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission for Fox Pen Ban  Leave a comment  162, 2010, Animal Rights & Environment, Issues 160 - 169, Oct 2010, The Humane Society of the United States  cruel practice of chasing of foxes and coyotes by dogs inside a fenced enclosure, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, fox penning, inhumane, packs of dogs, The Humane Society of the United States In the most significant judicial decision to date to address selenium pollution from coal mines in Appalachia, a federal judge has ordered Patriot Coal to prepare $45 million in secured credit to cover the costs of treating the pollutant at two of its coal mines in West Virginia. Judge Robert Chambers of the United Read More… Court Orders Patriot Coal to Pay $45 Million to Treat Toxic Selenium from West Virginia Coal Mines The Humane Society of the United States is helping the Wibaux County Sheriff’s Department remove nearly 100 dogs from an overrun property in Wibaux, Mont. The HSUS was asked to assist in the rescue after neighbors raised concerns that the dogs were living in unsanitary and substandard conditions. All of the animals have been Read More… The HSUS Assists in Rescue of Nearly 100 Dogs in Montana Hoarding Situation The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International are announcing the results of a 10-year research project that demonstrates that contraception can be used to humanely and effectively control reproduction in African elephants in small to medium private game reserves. HSUS/HSI have been funding the research in the Makalali Game Reserve Read More… HSI Announces New Elephant Immunocontraceptive Method Leave a comment 162, 2010, Animal Rights & Environment, Issues 160 - 169, Oct 2010, The Humane Society of the United States animal rights, birth control, contraceptive, control reproduction in African elephants in small to medium private game reserves, cow, dart, elephant, humane, immune response to prevent fertilisation, Immunocontraception, vaccination The Humane Society of the United States is spreading the message to young people about chimpanzees in laboratories through a drawing contest launching Sept. 1. The 2010 Chimps Deserve Better Drawing Contest opens up a conversation about chimpanzees while sparking creativity and compassion among students in kindergarten through 12th grade. (View images from 2009 Read More… ‘MUTTS’ Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell to Judge Chimpanzee Drawing Contest On Friday, August 27, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and Environmental Integrity Project (EIP) filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit brought by Attorney General Greg Abbott and the State of Texas against the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the EPA’s June 2010 disapproval of a portion of Texas’ air permitting program. The Read More… Two Environmental Groups Seek to Participate in Texas-EPA Air Pollution Lawsuit Leave a comment 162, Animal Rights & Environment, Environmental Defense, Oct 2010 5th Circuit in New Orleans, Air Pollution, air quality protections, air toxics, Clean Air Act, EIP, enforce air pollution laws that protect citizens from harmful pollution, Environmental Integrity Project, Governor Perry, industry lawsuit, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Texas Flexible Air Permitting program  His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has issued a statement in the wake of the largest egg recall in United States history. In a letter, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate decries the egg industry’s cruel treatment of hens and urges egg buyers to switch to cage-free eggs: “The abuse we inflict on hens has Read More… The Dalai Lama Condemns Cage Confinement of Egg-Laying Hens Leave a comment 162, 2010, Animal Rights & Environment, Issues 160 - 169, Oct 2010, The Humane Society of the United States abuse, animal rights, battery cages, confinement, Dalai Lama, defenseless animals, egg-laying hens, eggs, reduce the suffering of these animals, spreading their wings, tiny cages Baffin Bay, Greenland – Campaigners have evaded a huge military security operation to scale a controversial oil rig in the freezing seas off Greenland. At dawn this morning four expert climbers in inflatable speedboats dodged Danish Navy commandos before climbing up the inside of the rig and hanging from it in tents suspended Read More… Climbers Scale Rig in Freezing Seas as Energy Giants Eye Arctic Oil Rush Plans to redesign fuel economy labels for cars will help Americans save both money and gas, and protect the planet at the same time, said Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). EDF praised an announcement today by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that they plan to overhaul fuel Read More… Proposed New Fuel Economy Labels Will Help Americans Save Gas, Save Money, Cut Pollution Leave a comment 161, 2010, Animal Rights & Environment, Environmental Defense, Issues 160 - 169, Sep 2010 addiction to oil, cars, climate change, DOT, envionment, EPA, fuel economy, gas, greenhouse gas emissions, label, light trucks, Passenger cars, pollution, save both money and gas, U.S. oil consumption |
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