EU Emissions Trading System has cost-effectively reduced emissions, sparked innovation: EDF report
The European Union’s program to cut global warming pollution, the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), has driven significant reductions[…]
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New Report Finds Energy and Environmental Coverage in Swing States Often Misses Mark
A new analysis prepared by Media Matters for America found that newspapers across six of the most hotly-contested swing states this[…]
Read moreNAACP Condemns Decision to Appeal John McNeil’s Habeas Corpus Petition
NAACP leaders strongly condemned the decision by Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens to appeal the court ruling that granted John[…]
Read moreIn Lean Times, Top Business and Public Sector Organizations are Using Grad Student Talent to Uncover High-Value Energy Savings
Facing tight budgets and limited resources, a growing list of companies and public sector organizations are turning to a unique[…]
Read moreMaxine Waters Set to Become Financial Services Ranking Member
It is always big news whenever ethics charges are brought against a Member of Congress. Convictions, though rare, also make[…]
Read moreAnimal Welfare and Conservation Groups Petition USDA to Prohibit Public Contact with Dangerous Wild Animals
On the one-year anniversary of the Zanesville, Ohio, tragedy in which about 50 big cats, bears, primates and other animals[…]
Read moreNOM Mastermind Frank Schubert Makes Millions in 2012 by Selling LGBT Discrimination
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, is condemning the extreme[…]
Read moreA Black Chief Justice for Louisiana
Marc Morial President and CEO National Urban League “After strongly resisting the notion for months, the Louisiana Supreme Court declared[…]
Read moreGov. Brown Signs SB 1172 Protecting California’s Youth
California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed into law SB 1172, a bill that will put an end to dangerous and[…]
Read moreThe Humane Society of the United States Applauds Gov. Tom Corbett for Signing Ban on Gas Chamber Use at Animal Shelters
The Humane Society of the United States applauds Gov. Tom Corbett for signing HB 2630 into law. The law bans[…]
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