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Want to get involved in a GMO labeling campaign in your state? You can join Right to Know GMO, the coalition of 37 states collaborating on statewide GMO labeling laws. Right to Know GMO is a grassroots movement of mothers, farmers and citizens dedicated to regaining our basic right to know what we’re eating Read More… Join the Right to Know GMO Fight A federal court in New Jersey has cleared the way for a class action lawsuit against the nation’s third-largest poultry producer, Perdue Farms, Inc., over the company’s alleged false advertising of factory farmed chicken products as “humane.” The suit—filed by two members of The Humane Society of the United States on behalf of consumers duped Read More… Court Allows Lawsuit Over Perdue’s “Humane” Claims to Proceed In its latest filing with state regulators, Progress Energy agreed with clean air advocates that retiring units 1 and 2 of the Crystal River coal-fired power plant in Citrus County and replacing it with cleaner sources is the most affordable choice for the utility. Progress Energy’s analysis showed that retiring the plant and replacing Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and the Citizens Utility Board (CUB) have announced that they have reached an agreement with Illinois utilities ComEd and Ameren Illinois (Ameren) to move one of the nation’s largest efforts to date ($3.2 billion) forward to track customer, including environmental, benefits from smart grid deployment plans in the state. These Read More… Pioneering Smart Grid Energy Metrics Will Help Measure Customer Benefits In Illinois Bank of America announced plans to host its Annual shareholder’s meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina on May 8 amid strong opposition to the bank’s ongoing funding of the coal industry, the leading contributor to climate change pollution in the U.S. While the Charlotte-based bank invests heavily in strategies to bolster its green public Court documents reveal a Fayette County Grand Jury has indicted infamous horse abuser Jackie McConnell and two co-defendants on 38 counts of animal cruelty for illegally soring and torturing horses as documented in a Humane Society of the United States undercover investigation conducted in 2011. A nationally recognized walking horse trainer, McConnell is now Read More… Tennessee Grand Jury Indicts Former Tennessee Walking Horse Trainer Jackie McConnell Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) released a report titled “The State of the Energy Crunch in Texas,” highlighting the pressures facing the Texas electric grid, which include a shrinking water supply, growing population and rising summer temperatures. The report provides solutions to help keep the lights on in Texas, which is critical to retain and attract Read More… EDF Releases “The State of the Energy Crunch in Texas” Report The Humane Society of the United States and Front Range Equine Rescue filed a legal petition with the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board requesting that it adopt a rule that renders any horse “unqualified” for use as food for human consumption. The petition states that horses are different than traditional food animals because Americans Read More… Animal Welfare Groups to New Mexico Regulators: Horsemeat May Be a Risk to Human Health A coalition of health and environmental organizations appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider a controversial appeals court ruling in a lawsuit over the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule. American Lung Association, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, and the Clean Air Council filed the appeal – officially called a petition for Read More… U.S. Supreme Court Asked To Hear Cross-State Air Pollution Case The Port of Coos Bay stands alone in its efforts to develop a terminal for coal exports, as the last project proponent, California-based Metro Ports allowed its exclusive negotiating contract with the Port to expire 3/31/13. Last month, Metro Ports filed a 30-day extension of the negotiating contract after learning that the last two companies being courted Read More… Northwest Communities Score Major Victory: Coos Bay Coal Export Project Derailed |
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