Chemical Security Bills Fail To Remove Nation’s Chemical Plants From Terror Targets
On March 4, Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), Representatives Dan Lungren (R-CA) and Timothy Murphy (R-PA) introduced three chemical security bills.[…]
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HSUS Releases Update on Missouri’s Worst Puppy Mills
The Missouri Senate gave its preliminary approval to SB 113, sweeping legislation that repeals every core provision of Proposition B,[…]
Read moreHuman Rights Campaign Statement on Death of Rev. Peter Gomes
On March 1st, Rev. Peter J. Gomes, theologian, author, Harvard professor of Christian Morals, and Minister in Boston’s Memorial Church[…]
Read moreWaldo’s Recovery: Helping One Horse Overcome a Rough Past
by Julie Hauserman Kathleen Megill-Strek says she can hardly imagine the terrible trauma that the rescued horse named Waldo must[…]
Read moreReport Urges Congress to Clarify U.S. Jurisdiction Over Civilian Contractors
The independent Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan issued its second interim report to Congress concluding that the[…]
Read moreFlorida Students Learn To Give A Hoot About Burrowing Owls
Florida’s burrowing owls are a fascinating species. Besides starring in the well-known Carl Hiassen mystery book and movie “Hoot,” the[…]
Read moreGreenpeace response to NRC relicensing of Vermont Yankee
On March 10, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission announced that it will approve the relicensing of the Vermont Yankee nuclear power[…]
Read moreVictory! NASA Cancels Plans for Monkey Radiation Experiments
Following public outcry, the nation’s space agency backed down from plans to expose male squirrel monkeys to high doses of radiation.[…]
Read moreMonsanto’s Roundup-Ready Crops Devastate Soil Life and Mammal Fertility
In a letter to USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack, made public by the Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance, Dr. Don Huber,[…]
Read moreFilm “Born To Be Wild 3D” Debuts
“As our world expands into theirs, more and more wild animals lose their families, and their very existence on Earth[…]
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