Audubon and Sierra Club Win Major Environmental Benefits for Arkansas in Turk
Audubon and Sierra Club announced a legal settlement with Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), a subsidiary of American Electric Power[…]
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Secretary Clinton Delivers Landmark Speech on LGBT Human Rights
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, praised Secretary of State Hillary[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Helps Rescue 43 Animals from North Carolina Breeder
The Humane Society of the United States’ Animal Rescue Team was called in by the Davie County Sheriff’s Department to[…]
Read moreHRC to NBA, WNBA and NHL: Time is Now for Non-Discrimination Protections
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender civil rights organization, called on the National[…]
Read moreColorado Sets the Bar on Hydraulic Fracturing Chemical Disclosure
Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) praised the State of Colorado for adopting a fracturing fluid chemical disclosure policy that, in many[…]
Read moreU.S. Senate Bill Introduced to Crack Down on Animal Fighting Spectators
The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Legislative Fund applaud U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Mark Kirk,[…]
Read moreChild Poverty: A Moral Outrage and Wake Up Call
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “A country that does not stand for and protect its children[…]
Read moreConservation Groups Challenge U.S. Forest Service’s Plan for Dirty Coal Strip Mining in National Grassland
WildEarth Guardians, the Sierra Club and the Powder River Basin Resource Council issued a legal challenge to the U.S. Forest[…]
Read moreShocking: These Collars Hurt Dogs
By Karen Porreca I was recently walking my dogs at the beach when I came across a woman with a[…]
Read moreNAACP Strongly Supports “End Racial Profiling Act of 2011”
The NAACP has released the following statement on the End Racial Profiling Act of 2011, which comprehensively addresses the insidious[…]
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