EPA Issues Toxic Release Inventory For 2000
Data from the 2000 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) right-to-know program were made available to the public on May 23rd by[…]
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Environmental Defense Asks Governors To Clean Up Dirty Air
On May 10th, Environmental Defense called on the governors of Southeastern states to mount a coordinated and comprehensive attack on[…]
Read moreKeep Antibiotics Working Campaign Praises Kennedy's Introduction of Bill to Fight Antibiotic Resistance
On May 9th, Members of the Keep Antibiotics Working (KAW) campaignjoined the American Public Health Association (APHA) and other medical[…]
Read moreStatement Of Environmental Defense On Farm Bill Passage
On May 8th, Environmental Defense released the following statement from senior attorney Tim Searchinger on expected final passage of the[…]
Read moreZambia To Propose Downlisting Its Elephants And Trading Ivory
Zambia, one of the strongest opponents of ivory trade in southern Africa, is about to turn its back on elephants.[…]
Read moreNew Report: Hunting Still On The Decline
Proclaiming that "The end of hunting is in sight," The Fund for Animals, a national animal protection group, is celebrating[…]
Read moreCourt Grants Temporary Restraining Order To Stop Makah Whale Hunt
On May 3rd, Judge Franklin D. Burgess of U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington granted a temporary[…]
Read moreSay ‘No’ To Trade In Marine Mammals
In 1992, a baby orca, dubbed “Kshamenk,” was stranded, along with three other orcas, off the Argentine coast. While the[…]
Read moreOrganic Labeling Victory
Thanks to persuasive comments from the public and others to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) opposing the factory farming[…]
Read moreUpdate: Don't Let Texas Animal Killers Run Free
Last December, as reported in the San Antonio Express-News, two men cruelly stabbed to death four trapped, feral pigs on[…]
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