European Commission Misled Over Nuclear Safety on Eve of New Directive
Highly radioactive waste from power stations could poison groundwaters European leaders are being misled over the safety of underground disposal[…]
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Americans Call For Tighter Regulation of Hydraulic ‘Fracking’ in Oil and Gas Drilling
Overflow Crowds of Concerned Residents Attend EPA Public Meetings across the Country Thousands of Americans are calling on the Environmental[…]
Read moreSierra Club Presents Obama with Vision for Managing America’s Great Outdoors
Last Friday, the Sierra Club presented the Obama administration with its vision for how America’s public lands should be managed[…]
Read moreCo-op Grocers to Stop Organic Cosmetics Fraud
Thank you to the thousands of Organic Consumers Association members who have been participating in our Coming Clean campaign to[…]
Read moreFederal Court Declares “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” Unconstitutional
The Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization – on September 10th praised the[…]
Read moreStop the Frankenfish!
Deadline: September 16, 2010 On the Friday before Labor Day, despite limited and inadequate safety-testing, the Food and Drug Administration[…]
Read moreWill Obama Allow 60-Year-Old Space Program Veterans To Retire?
By Ingrid E. Newkirk New Mexico’s Governor Richardson met with National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials recently in a last-ditch[…]
Read moreUS: European Corporate Hypocrisy
Many European companies that publicly embrace workers’ rights under global labor standards nevertheless undermine workers’ rights in their US operations,[…]
Read moreHuman Rights First Praises Clinton’s Commitment to U.S. Human Rights Leadership
Following Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy speech at the Council on Foreign Relations, Human Rights First’s Elisa Massimino[…]
Read moreEnvironmental, Science Coalition calls on President to Raise Fuel Efficiency Standards to At Least 60 MPG by 2025
As the deadline nears for the Department of Transportation and the Environmental Protection Agency to issue their first decisions on[…]
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