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250 Groups Tell EPA to Ban Frog-castrating Atrazine 27 Aug 2013 | 12:45 am
A diverse coalition of over 250 conservation, public-health and sustainable farming groups sent a letter today asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to ban atrazine, a toxic pesticide that t...
Big win for Keystone opponents: State Dept. probe of consultant's conflict of interest could delay decision until 2014 27 Aug 2013 | 12:21 am
News that the State Department won't complete until January an investigation into conflicts of interest by a consulting firm that reviewed the proposed Keystone XL pipeline is another nail in the proj...
Wendell Potter: Fear-mongering won't scuttle Obamacare 27 Aug 2013 | 12:20 am
Opponents of Obamacare know that time is not on their side. If they can't kill the health care law by threatening to shut down the government, as some Republicans are suggesting, the game will be over...
Germany's record-breaking renewables push fossil fuel plants to close 27 Aug 2013 | 12:16 am
Germany's renewable energy industry has again shown its strength, shattering through another solar power record, as utility company RWE announces it will close fossil fuel power plants as they are no ...
Mercury levels in Pacific fish likely to rise in coming decades 27 Aug 2013 | 12:15 am
University of Michigan researchers and their University of Hawaii colleagues say they've solved the longstanding mystery of how mercury gets into open-ocean fish, and their findings suggest that level...
A.G. Schneiderman Sues Donald Trump, Trump University for Defrauding Consumers Out of $40 Million with Sham "University" 27 Aug 2013 | 12:14 am
Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that he has filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump, The Trump Entrepreneur Institute -- formerly named Trump University LLC ("Trump University"), an...
UN expert panel to draft guiding principles for anyone to challenge the legality of arbitrary detention 27 Aug 2013 | 12:12 am
The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention* is meeting this week in Geneva to lay the foundations for the draft guiding principles on the right of anyone deprived of his or her liberty to...
India: 'Fins Naturally Attached' Policy Adopted to Protect Sharks 27 Aug 2013 | 12:11 am
India's Ministry of Environment and Forests has issued a ‘fins naturally attached' policy requiring fisheries to land sharks in coastal states with their fins intact. The policy is a strong tool in th...
World Dog Day: A dog's health is our health 27 Aug 2013 | 12:03 am
World Dog Day (August 26th) celebrates the bond between humans and dogs that has evolved over thousands of years in cultures all over the world. Dogs are highly adapted to living with and understandin...
Tax Relief Available for Business Owners Affected by Fires in Tuolumne County 26 Aug 2013 | 11:09 pm
Business owners and feepayers impacted by the Rim Fire in Tuolumne County, as discussed in the Proclamation of a State of Emergency, may request an extension to file their returns, relief of penalties...
