Environmental Defense Fund Welcomes EPA Clean Air Standards To Reduce Hazardous Diesel Pollution
Environmental Defense Fund welcomes new clean air standards proposed by EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson to protect public health from about[…]
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DOT Adviser Praises Congressional Commission Proposal To Reform Transportation Financing
Environmental Defense Fund praised a new report that identifies under-investment in transportation and dependence on the federal gas tax as[…]
Read moreU.S. Senate Introduces Captive Primate Safety Act
On the heels of a highly publicized attack of a Connecticut woman by a chimpanzee, U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.,[…]
Read moreCalif. Court Grants Meat Industry Request To Allow Sick, Disabled Animals Into Food Supply
The Humane Society of the United States, Farm Sanctuary, the Humane Farming Association and the Animal Legal Defense Fund criticized[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Calls On US Government To 'Hop To It' And End Rabbit Skin Tests
>The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund issued a challenge to U.S. agencies to make[…]
Read moreThe Eyes Of The World Are On Canada As 200 Baby Grey Seals Are Slaughtered
Feb 18th, 2009 – Despite processing plants' statements that there is no market for grey seal skins, 200 grey seals[…]
Read moreCalif. Bill Takes Aim At Dairy Cow Mutilation
In the nation's number-one dairy state, animal welfare and public health experts and agriculture scientists have urged support for a[…]
Read moreNAACP Celebrates 100 Years, Ushers In New Era Of Advocacy With First Year Challenge To Congress And Administration On Human And Civil Rights
February 11th, 2009 On February 12, 2009, the NAACP celebrates its 100th anniversary–which coincides with the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's[…]
Read moreStatement Of NAACP President And CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous On Public Apology From News Corporation Executive K. Rupert Murdoch
We welcome Rupert Murdoch's statement that the New York Post will endeavor to be more sensitive to the communities it[…]
Read moreNAACP Congratulates Eric Holder On Being Confirmed U.S. Attorney General
The NAACP congratulates Eric Holder as U.S. Attorney General and is excited about the potential his confirmation means to the[…]
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