Obama Praised for Signing Executive Order Creating Gulf Ecosystem Restoration Task Force
President Obama’s signing of an executive order to create a Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force is a key first[…]
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Sierra Club Applauds Action to Set New Vehicle Standards
On October 1st the Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Transportation announced the intent to set fuel economy and global warming[…]
Read moreGuinea: One Year On, No Justice for Bloody Stadium Massacre
Making sure that those responsible for the massacre of more than 150 opposition supporters in a Conakry stadium are brought[…]
Read moreSierra Club Applauds New Drilling Safeguards, Calls for Aggressive Measures to End Oil Dependence
On September 31st, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar issued new regulations on offshore drilling operations. The regulations govern emergency response and[…]
Read moreCroatia: Locked Up, Limited Lives
Thousands of people in Croatia with intellectual or mental disabilities are forced to live in institutions that strip them of[…]
Read moreOntario Veterinary College Ends Terminal Surgeries, Adopts Humane Surgical Training
The Humane Society Veterinary Medical Association applauds the University of Guelph Ontario Veterinary College for moving to eliminate terminal surgeries[…]
Read moreWestern Sahara: Polisario Arrests Rare Dissenter
The Polisario Front, the Western Sahara independence movement, should release a dissident detained on September 21, 2010, if the real[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Endorses California’s Proposition 21 to Protect Parks and Wildlife
The Humane Society of the United States, the nation’s largest animal protection group with more than 1 million members and[…]
Read moreThailand: Lift Emergency Decree
Five months after violent clashes between anti-government groups and state security forces, the Thai government still uses emergency powers to[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Responds to Sentencing of NY Breeder
Patrick Kwan, New York state director for The Humane Society of the United States, issued the following statement in response[…]
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