By EnviroEditor, on April 24th, 2013%
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
By EnviroEditor, on April 23rd, 2013%
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
By EnviroEditor, on April 22nd, 2013%
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
Read More… No Future for Coal-Fired Power Plants in Florida
By EnviroEditor, on April 21st, 2013%
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
By EnviroEditor, on April 20th, 2013%
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
Read More… Coal and Climate on the Table for BofA in 2013
By EnviroEditor, on April 19th, 2013%
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
By EnviroEditor, on April 18th, 2013%
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
By EnviroEditor, on April 17th, 2013%
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
By EnviroEditor, on April 16th, 2013%
Marc Morial President and CEO National Urban League
“No voting qualification or prerequisite to voting, or standard, practice or procedure shall be imposed or applied by any State or political subdivision to deny or abridge the right of any citizen of the United States to vote on account of race or color.” Voting Rights
Read More… Hear Ye Hear Ye Justice Scalia – Voting is a Right
By EnviroEditor, on April 15th, 2013%
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
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