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No Sewage Sludge In “Organic” School Gardens!

July 9, 2011 Enviroshop Editor 172, 2011, Animal Rights & Environment, Aug 2011, Organic Consumers Association

Some of Hollywood’s “green” celebrities – Rosario Dawson, Ed Begley, Jr., and a bevy of starlets – thought they were[…]

EDF Praises FWS Work Plan to Partner with Landowners to Preserve Endangered Wildlife

July 9, 2011 Enviroshop Editor 172, 2011, Animal Rights & Environment, Aug 2011, Environmental Defense

Environmental Defense Fund praised a federal work plan unveiled in May by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) that will[…]

PETA Plan Would Spare Thousands of Thoroughbreds From Slaughter

July 8, 2011 Enviroshop Editor 172, 2011, Animal Rights & Environment, Aug 2011, PETA

By Kathy Guillermo U.S. thoroughbred racing is an industry of numbers. Consider the projected statistics for 2011 alone. The number[…]

NAACP Decries Arrest of State Conference President & Faith Leaders in North Carolina

July 8, 2011 Enviroshop Editor 172, 2011, Aug 2011, NAACP, Social & Civil Issues

Reverend Dr. William Barber II Handcuffed and Removed from a North Carolina Legislative Session for Standing Up Against Sweeping Cuts[…]

Dog Killer Gets 25 Years

July 7, 2011 Enviroshop Editor 172, 2011, Animal Rights & Environment, Aug 2011, The Humane Society of the United States

by Sherry Ramsey, Esq. Congratulations to Assistant District Attorney Kimberly S. Schwartz for a successful prosecution of defendant Anthony Bernard[…]

Rainforest Action Network Finds Disney Tied to Forest Destruction and Endangered Tiger Loss

July 7, 2011 Enviroshop Editor 172, 2011, Animal Rights & Environment, Aug 2011, Rainforest Action Network

On May 18th, activists with Rainforest Action Network (RAN), costumed as Mickey and Minnie Mouse, blocked the entrance to the[…]

Environmental Groups Highlight “Greenwashing” by American, United, Continental Airlines

July 6, 2011 Enviroshop Editor 172, 2011, Animal Rights & Environment, Aug 2011, Environmental Defense

Major environmental groups sharply criticized American Airlines (NYSE:AMR), United (NYSE:UAL) and Continental Airlines (NYSE:UAL) for the airlines’ efforts to gut[…]