Holiday Carriage Rides: A Tragic Tradition
By Jennifer O’Connor Determined to get an early start on my holiday shopping, I headed to the mall with list[…]
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Humanely Raised? Challenging Perdue’s Claims
The Humane Society of the United States announced the filing of a class action lawsuit against the nation’s third-largest poultry[…]
Read moreFood Safety Modernization Act: A Step Forward
The Humane Society of the United States commends the U.S. Senate and lead sponsor Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) for approving the[…]
Read moreMessage to the White House: Do Not Cave on Tax Cuts
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Sounds like voodoo economics.” George H.W. Bush in 1980 commenting on[…]
Read moreMcDonald’s and Environmental Defense Fund Mark 20 Years of Partnerships for Sustainability
Twenty years ago, McDonald’s Corp. and Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) embarked on a groundbreaking collaboration to change the way environmental[…]
Read morePublic School Financing – Broke, Busted and Disgusted
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Simply put, many states do not provide sufficient funding or distribute[…]
Read moreFifth Circuit Court of Appeals: Texas Agency Unlawfully Failing to Protect People from Toxic Air Pollution
The United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that the Texas Commission on Environmentally Quality (TCEQ) unlawfully approved the[…]
Read moreSalazar Announces New Offshore Wind Initiative
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced a new initiative by his agency to encourage development of offshore wind energy along the[…]
Read moreTropical Forests Protection Pact Hailed for Protecting Climate
A plan to reduce deforestation in the Acre state in the Brazilian Amazon and in Chiapas, Mexico that would be[…]
Read moreHundreds of Concerned Citizens Protest Poison Tar Sands Oil Pipeline
On Thursday, November 18, the Sierra Club released a new report, “Toxic Tar Sands: Profiles from the Front Lines,” exposing[…]
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