Shareholder Resolution Urges Smithfield To Help Decrease Suffering Of Butterball Turkeys
The Humane Society of the United States submitted a shareholder resolution on December 22nd asking Smithfield, Va.-based Smithfield Foods, which[…]
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Canadian Government Opposes Stronger Protection For Polar Bears
Humane Society International/Canada condemns an announcement by Canadian government officials that Canada will oppose a crucial proposal to ban international[…]
Read more2009: A Banner Year For Animals
As the year wound down, The Humane Society of the United States reflected on some of its major achievements for[…]
Read moreThe HSUS, HSI Comment On Polar Bear Critical Habitat Designation
The Humane Society of the United States/Humane Society International have submitted a letter praising the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service[…]
Read moreFirst-in-Nation California Program Praised For Addressing Pollution Worse Than Carbon Dioxide
Environmental Defense Fund praised the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for adopting the nation's first comprehensive regulation to reduce refrigerant[…]
Read moreEDF Applauds New National Catch Share Policy
A policy released on December 10th by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) charts an historic new course for[…]
Read more9,000 NYC Buildings Burning Dirty Heating Oil Identified In New Report
Eighty-seven percent of the city's heating oil soot pollution is created by burning the dirtiest heating oils available in only[…]
Read moreFederal Action To Prevent Fatal Bird Collisions With Western Public Land Structures Praised
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is taking action to reduce fatal collisions with thousands of miles of public land[…]
Read moreEDF Hails Island Nations’ Plan To Join Global Carbon Market
Copenhagen (Dec 18)—Environmental Defense Fund today hailed the move by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to cap greenhouse gas emissions[…]
Read moreObama Administration Action Plan For Bay Delta Praised By EDF
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) welcomed a Federal Action Plan on December 22nd that shows how the federal government will coordinate[…]
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