The Meat Industry Endangers Motorists And Animals Alike
By Dan Paden Out along highways and rural roads throughout the U.S., you’ll see tractor-trailers loaded with pigs—or cattle, turkeys[…]
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Environmental Groups Hail Historic Court Decision Upholding European Law to Curb Airplane Pollution, Address climate Change
A transatlantic coalition of environmental groups applauded the decision of Europe’s highest court to uphold the EU law to reduce[…]
Read moreNAACP Statement Regarding DOJ/ Bank of America Settlement
“The NAACP commends the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bank of America for addressing the serious pattern of discrimination[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Assists Galveston Law Enforcement in Raid of Alleged Cockfighting Breeding Facility
Raid marks first use of new Texas law to prosecute those who breed roosters with intent to fight them The[…]
Read moreSetting the Record Straight on Mercury and Air Toxics Standards
The EPA unveiled its final rules for emissions of mercury and air toxics from power plants, known as utility maximum[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Praises Institute of Medicine Finding That Invasive Biomedical Chimpanzee Experiments Are “Not Necessary”
The Humane Society of the United States is tremendously encouraged by the Institute of Medicine’s conclusion that the current use[…]
Read moreAlma Brown Receives Equal Opportunity Day Special Recognition Award
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Let us work not as colored people nor as white people[…]
Read more2011 A Huge Year for Public Health, and Outlook Dimmed for Big Coal Year End State-of-Coal Report
The outlook for coal continued to dim in 2011 as dozens of proposed new coal-fired plants were taken off the[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Again Calls on Obama Administration to Adopt Rule to Ban Trade in Burmese Pythons and Other Large Constricting Snakes
Appropriations Committee Leaders, Including Florida’s Senior House Member, Say Continued Inaction Will “Cost Taxpayers Millions of Dollars” The Humane Society[…]
Read moreNew Urban League Report Finds D.C. Metro Area Tops for Black-Owned Business
Marc H. Morial President and CEO National Urban League “Not only are entrepreneurs credited with creating more than two-thirds of[…]
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