EDF Statement on NC Executive Order on Hydraulic Fracturing
Governor Bev Perdue issued an Executive Order directing a multi-agency work group to conduct studies and develop recommendations for the regulatory[…]
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House Republicans Exclude LGBT Victims from Violence Against Women Act
The Human Rights Campaign is condemning a highly partisan vote in the U.S. House of Representatives, where GOP lawmakers just passed[…]
Read moreSuspected North Carolina Cockfighting Operation Raided
The Humane Society of the United States’ Animal Rescue Team assisted the Robeson County Sherriff’s Department in a cockfighting investigation[…]
Read moreSierra Club Statement on the Bureau of Land Management’s Proposal for Federal Land Fracking
In May the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management issued their proposed rules for oil and gas development on federal[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Urges Congress to Take Immediate Action by Passing the Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act
In the wake of an undercover investigation revealing that an Oklahoma roadside zoo with approximately 200 tigers and other big[…]
Read moreClimate Change Doubles Cost of Conserving Nature
Climate change will make conservation of biodiversity, and all the associated human benefits such as clean water and clean air,[…]
Read moreHuman Rights Campaign Statement on Omaha’s LGBT Non-Discrimination Protections
The Human Rights Campaign – the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, is condemning a[…]
Read moreAnimal Welfare Organizations Praise Ohio Legislature for Passing Dangerous Wild Animal Act
The Humane Society of the United States, Born Free USA and the ASPCA® issued the following statements in response to[…]
Read moreLas Brisas Power Plant Cannot Move Forward
On May 14, Texas District Court Judge Stephen Yelenosky issued a letter announcing his intended ruling in a lawsuit seeking[…]
Read moreThe HSUS Applauds the California Senate’s Passage of Bill to Prohibit Bear and Bobcat “Hounding”
Inhumane practice is opposed by 83 percent of Californians, according to recent survey. The Humane Society of the United States[…]
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