Colorado 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[…]
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U.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[…]
Read moreThe 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[…]
Read moreEnvironmental 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[…]
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