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April 2005
- 4/29/05 3:18 PM
American Solar Energy Society: Bush Energy Proposals Reflect Badly Misplaced Priorities; Will Actually Worsen Imports, Climate Change, Economy, and Terrorism - 4/29/05 2:40 PM
Amnesty International: Europe: Migrant workers' denied fundamental rights - 4/29/05 2:21 PM
Demos: Election Assistance Commission's Proposed Guidelines For Statewide Voter Registration Lists Fall Short, Voting Rights Group Says - 4/29/05 2:21 PM
Friends of Animals: Support Free-Living Horses: Horse Advocates Demand an End to Capture and Slaughter - 4/29/05 1:27 PM
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi: Pelosi: President Bush Strikes Another Blow to Middle-Class Americans - 4/29/05 1:19 PM
The Wilderness Society: Statement on Passage of the Budget Resolution Conference Report - 4/29/05 11:33 AM
American Forests: American Forests and Coleman Natural Foods Announce Unprecedented Conservation Program - 4/29/05 11:26 AM
Children's Defense Fund: Marian Wright Edelman Statement On Passage of the 2006 Budget Resolution - 4/29/05 11:18 AM
Sierra Club: Statement on Passage of Budget Resolution Conference Report - 4/29/05 10:45 AM
Oxfam America: Oxfam to USTR: Time is Running Out to Make Trade Fair; Agency Welcomes New U.S. Trade Representative, Urges Pro-Development Agenda - 4/29/05 10:18 AM
Children's Defense Fund: Washington, D.C. Pre-Screening of Star Wars Episode III to Benefit Children's Defense Fund; Charity Event to be Held May 12 - 4/29/01 4:14 AM
Greenpeace: New Study Points to Likely Source of GE Rice Contamination in China - 4/28/05 10:14 PM
Troops Out Now Coalition: Antiwar & Labor Activists Win Permit to March on May Day - 4/28/05 9:33 PM
Princeton Progressive Review: Students' Ongoing Filibuster Protest at Princeton's Frist Center Gains Momentum - 4/28/05 9:27 PM
No Pepper Spray.org: Victory for Forest Activists in Pepper Spray Trial Jury Finds Sheriffs Used Excessive Force - 4/28/05 4:26 PM
Interfaith Alliance: Limbaugh's Religious Hate Talk Blasphemes Religion, Interfaith Alliance President Says - 4/28/05 3:26 PM
Sierra Club: Senator Frist's Nuclear Compromise - 4/28/05 3:07 PM
Human Rights First: Torture: Proposed New Army Field Manual is a First Step but Must Apply to Everyone, Says Human Rights First - 4/28/05 2:40 PM
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH): Kucinich: President Must Be Held Accountable - 4/28/05 2:35 PM
People for the American Way: Frist's Bogus 'Compromise' - 4/28/05 2:34 PM
Congressman Bernie Sanders (I-VT): House Members Announce Patriot Act Reform Caucus - 4/28/05 1:51 PM
Sustainable Energy Coalition: 67 Members of U.S. House of Represenatives Call Upon Congressional Appropriators to Increase Funding for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy - 4/28/05 1:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Major issues on Immigration: "Real ID" Legislation from the Shadows' Contrast Mexico-U.S. with European Community - 4/28/05 12:04 AM
World Wildlife Fund: WWF Statement on Reports that Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Is Not Extinct - 4/28/05 11:31 AM
EarthJustice: SCOTUS Allows Citizen Lawsuits against Pesticide Manufacturers - 4/28/05 11:28 AM
Project on Government Oversight: Government Fails to Protect Employees Who Blow the Whistle on National and Homeland Security Weaknesses - 4/28/05 10:56 AM
World Wildlife Fund: WWF Lists 20 Chemicals to be Added to POPs Treaty - 4/28/05 10:38 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Strong Warnings on SW Florida Development Ignored; Fish &Wildlife Service Objections to Lee and Collier County Projects Muzzled - 4/28/05 10:32 AM
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: DR-CAFTA Threatens U.S. Sugar Program, New Report - 4/28/05 9:48 AM
CODEPINK: The Country’s Most Fearless and Creative Women Peace Activists Speak Out in a New Book About War - 4/28/05 8:58 AM
Common Cause: A First Step - 4/28/05 8:53 AM
Africa Action: Africa Action & GWU Students Demand U.S. Action on Darfur - 4/28/05 7:47 AM
NARAL Pro-Choice America: House Passes Bill that Allows Politicians to Invade Private Family Matters - 4/28/05 3:22 AM
Greenpeace: The True Cost of Coal - 4/27/05 2:30 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Thirty Years After Vietnam War: The Logic of Withdrawal from Iraq - 4/27/05 2:25 PM
Sierra Club: 9% of ChevronTexaco Shareholders Vote in Favor of Sensitive Areas Resolution - 4/27/05 2:15 PM
National Security Whistleblowers Coalition: National Security Whistleblowers Coalition: Congress, Whistleblower Protection & Accountability - 4/27/05 2:12 PM
Congressman Bernie Sanders (I-VT): Press Conference Thursday April 28, 1:30 P.M.House Members to Announce the Patriot Act Reform Caucus - 4/27/05 1:27 PM
Common Cause: The House Must Go All the Way - 4/27/05 1:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: One Year After Abu Ghraib; Misleading About WMDs, Where's the Accountability? - 4/27/05 12:54 PM
Sierra Club: Bush Energy Plan Fails To Offer Real Solutions To America's Energy Problems - 4/27/05 12:46 PM
Public Citizen: Bush’s Push for Nuclear Power Would Unfairly Burden Taxpayers Even More - 4/27/05 12:27 PM
Oxfam America: Central Americans Bring Case Against DR-CAFTA to Washington - 4/27/05 10:44 AM
Organic Consumers: Latest USDA Policy on Organic Personal Care Will Punish Real Organic Brands While Protecting Those Who Mislabel - 4/27/05 10:28 AM
No Dirty Gold: Communities Urge Gold Miner Newmont to Reform - 4/27/05 10:24 AM
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi: Pelosi to Hastert: Ethics Committee Staffing Must Remain Bi-partisan - 4/27/05 10:04 AM
Reporters Without Borders: A Dangerous Time to be a Journalist; Attacks on Press Freedom Abroad and at Home - 4/27/05 9:01 AM
American Horse Defense Fund: Wild Horses Found Killed at Slaughter Plant - 4/27/05 8:30 AM
Human Rights First: One Year After the Abu Ghraib Torture Photos: U.S. Government Response 'Grossly Inadequate - 4/27/05 7:18 AM
Center for Digital Democracy: CPB’s “Secrets and Lies”: Why the CPB Board Hid its Polls Revealing Broad Public Support for PBS and NPR - 4/27/05 5:26 AM
Greenpeace: European Power Sector at a Crossroads - Will They Choose Clean or Dirty Energy? - 4/26/05 3:56 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Arizona Governor Exercises Common Sense, Florida Governor Takes Dangerous Step - 4/26/05 3:09 PM
Amnesty International USA: ChevronTexaco Investors on Eve of Shareholder Meeting: Damage to Ecuadorian Amazon Bad for Busines, Environment - 4/26/05 2:45 PM
Campaign for Environmental Literacy: Campaign for Environmental Literacy Launches Citizen Campaign to Stop OMB Proposal to Eliminate Environmental Education - 4/26/05 2:13 PM
World Wildlife Fund: Indonesia Adopts WWF Reconstruction Guidelines for Aceh - 4/26/05 1:32 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: CREW Sues the National Indian Gaming Commission; NIGC Failed to Respond to CREW FOIA on Abramoff Scandal - 4/26/05 1:30 PM
Representative Dennis J. Kucinich (D - OH): Kucinich: Ways and Means Majority Trying To Hide Social Security Debate Under The Cover Of Darkness - 4/26/05 1:09 PM
Public Citizen: Contributions to Rep. Tom DeLay’s Legal Defense Fund Slow to a Trickle - 4/26/05 12:55 PM
Public Citizen: Closure of Irradiation Plant Is a Victory for Community, Consumers Statement of Wenonah Hauter, Director, Public Citizen’s Food Program
- 4/26/05 12:55 PM
Human Rights Watch: Saudi Arabia: Bush Should Call for Dissidents' Release Credibility of President's Call for Mideast Reform at Stake - 4/26/05 11:46 AM
No Dirty Gold.org: Communities Challenge Newmont Mining at Annual Shareholders Meeting in Denver; Company Faces Allegations of Intimidation, Water Pollution, Destruction of Traditional Livelihoods - 4/26/05 11:09 AM
Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict: In Honor of Marla Ruzicka, Faiz Ali Salim, and Victims of War In Iraq and Afghanistan, Civic Calls for Vigils On Tuesday, May 3 - 4/26/05 10:50 AM
Cuba Action Day: UPDATED: Cuba Action Day April 27: Over 700 to Call for End to Travel Ban; Leaders Coming to Washington - 4/26/05 10:20 AM
Amnesty International: Colombia: Justice and Peace Law Will Guarantee Impunity for Human Rights Abusers - 4/26/05 10:11 AM
Amnesty International: Afghanistan: Stoning to Death -- Human Rights Scandal - 4/26/05 9:39 AM
Media Matters for America: Media Matters for America: Media Adopts False Claim that 'Nuclear Option' is Democratic Term - 4/26/05 6:32 AM
Greenpeace: Patents on Rice: the Genetic Engineering Hypocrisy - 4/26/05 1:00 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Big Oil: High Prices, Record Profits - 4/25/05 2:20 PM
MoveOn PAC: Former Vice President Gore to Deliver Major Policy Speech; MoveOn PAC Media Advisory for Wednesday, April 27 - 4/25/05 2:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Behind the Hand-Holding: Bush and the Saudis - 4/25/05 1:00 PM
Cuba Action Day: Cuba Action Day April 27; Over 700 to Call for End to Travel Ban - 4/25/05 11:23 AM
Amnesty International: Israel/Occupied Territories: Israeli Authorities Must Put an Immediate End to Settler Violence - 4/25/05 11:03 AM
Vote Hemp: California Considers Industrial Hemp Bill; Assembly Committee to Hold Hemp Bill Hearing, April 27 at 1:30 - 4/25/05 9:56 AM
World Wildlife Fund: Fast-Disappearing 'Heart of Borneo' is Likely Home to Thousands of Species Still Undiscovered; Urgent Action Needed to Protect Island Where 361 Species Were Recently Discovered - 4/22/05 2:51 PM
Sierra Club: Bush Administration Publicizes Wetlands Gain while Millions of Acres Continue to Lose Protections - 4/22/05 1:32 PM
People for the American Way: Politics and Religion: Everything Old is New Again - 4/22/05 12:20 PM
Marijuana Policy Project: Researchers Fight Federal Obstruction of Medical Marijuana Research Telephone Press Conference Monday, April 25 - 4/22/05 12:04 PM
Common Cause: Launch of the "Save Our Elections" Campaign - 4/22/05 11:27 AM
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation: Peace Foundation to Host Panel at UN Conference - 4/22/05 11:25 AM
Amnesty International: 2005 UN Commission on Human Rights: Positive Developments at the 61st Session Fall Far Short of Correcting the Commission's "Credibility Deficit" - 4/22/05 11:21 AM
Public Citizen: Federal Rule on Truck and Bus Driver Training Is Useless, Doesn’t Require Any Road Experience - 4/22/05 9:56 AM
Interfaith Alliance: Interfaith Perspective on 'Justice' Sunday and Sen. Frist: Telephone Press Conference Monday Hosted by The Interfaith Alliance - 4/22/05 8:14 AM
American Horse Defense Fund: Wild Horses Found Killed at Slaughter Plant - 4/21/05 2:42 PM
Green Party of the United States: Greens Blast Democrats for Selling Out On Bankruptcy Bill - 4/21/05 2:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: The New Pope: The Silencer? - 4/21/05 1:36 PM
Sustainable Energy Coalition: 32 Business and Environmental Groups Urge Congress to Restore Energy - 4/21/05 12:15 PM
Rainforest Action Network: Shareholder Activists Protest Unsustainable Logging By Weyerhaeuser - 4/21/05 12:00 PM
Pax Christi: Pax Christi USA criticizes Sen. Bill Frist’s participation in conservative “Justice Sunday” - 4/21/05 11:43 AM
People for the American Way: Nuclear Countdown: Committee Vote On Previously Rejected Nominees Brings Senate One Step Closer to Frist's Fiasco - 4/21/05 10:57 AM
Oxfam America: Time Is Running Out to Make Trade Fair - 4/21/05 10:21 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Environmentalists Challenge State to Do Better; Commonwealth’s “Dirty Water” Is Nothing to Celebrate - 4/21/05 10:16 AM
Moving Ideas: Report Illustrates Positive Role of Government, Refutes Push for Privatization - 4/21/05 10:00 AM
National Parks Conservation Association: National Parks Program Receives Much-Needed Public Support - 4/21/05 9:41 AM
Mayors for Peace: Mayors for Peace to Attend Non-Proliferation Treaty Talks to Urge Disagreement - 4/21/05 9:34 AM
World Wildlife Fund: New Solutions that Reduce Accidental Death of Marine Life Reeled in by International Smart Gear Competition - 4/21/05 9:06 AM
Campaign for America’s Future: Massive Political Contributions Corrupt Energy Policy - 4/21/05 9:04 AM
International Fund for Animal Welfare: Canada kills 250,000 Seal Pups in Annual Hunt - 4/21/05 6:08 AM
Greenpeace: Greenpeace Urges EU Transport Ministers to Come Clean on Toxic Tankers - 4/20/05 2:50 PM
National Lawyers Guild: National Lawyers Guild Calls for Immediate Extradition of Luis Posada to Venezuela - 4/20/05 2:38 PM
Equality Forum: Homophobic“Church” to Protest National Celebration - 4/20/05 2:05 PM
Sierra Club: Statement of Carl Pope, Sierra Club Executive Director On Senator Jeffords' Retirement Announcement - 4/20/05 1:59 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: CEPR Updates Social Security Calculator With New Features and Graphics - 4/20/05 1:34 PM
Equality Forum: Equality Forum: Homophobic 'Church' to Protest National Celebration; The Rev. Fred Phelps Challenges Rep. Barney Frank to a Debate - 4/20/05 1:17 PM
Democracy 21: Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on Pence-Wynn Charade 'Reform' Legislation - 4/20/05 12:02 PM
Oxfam America: DR-CAFTA Bad Deal for Poor Countries; Oxfam Urges U.S. Congress to Reject Trade Agreement on Development Grounds - 4/20/05 12:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Earth Day: "Sleepwalking into an Apocalypse"? - 4/20/05 11:42 AM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: On Anniversary of Columbine, House Panel Set to Approve Bill That Protects Reckless Gun Dealers - 4/20/05 11:22 AM
Farm Sanctuary: Farm Sanctuary Responds to Bush Administration's Proposal to Ease Ban on 'Downed' Cattle for Human Consumption - 4/20/05 10:41 AM
Sierra Club: Bush/Delay Energy Policies Ignore Common-Sense Solutions - 4/20/05 10:10 AM
Nuclear Information and Resource Service: Study Confirms Public Concern Over Nuclear Fuel Pools. Coalition Demands NRC Move Waste from Vulnerable Reactor Pools - 4/20/05 9:43 AM
Congressman Mark Udall (D-Eldorado Springs): Udall Presses Secret Service to Name Names Bush Social Security in Town Hall Incident - 4/19/05 9:26 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Federal Scientists Told to Raise Research Funding; Each Must Generate $110,000 a Year to Avoid Bad Performance Rating - 4/19/05 3:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: The New Pope and "Dictatorship of Relativism" - 4/19/05 2:24 PM
Progressive Democrats of America: California Democratic Party Calls for Withdrawal from Iraq - 4/19/05 12:59 PM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force On the Election of Joseph Ratzinger as Pope - 4/19/05 12:52 PM
National Organization for Women: Calls for Congressional Solution to End Wage Discrimination - 4/19/05 12:45 PM
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Advocates Step Up Efforts to Counter Anti-Gay Religious Bigotry and to Foster Alliances - 4/19/05 12:28 PM
Public Citizen: Public Citizen Issues Annual Ranking of State Medical Boards - 4/19/05 11:46 AM
World Wildlife Fund: Nepal's Endangered Rhinos Down by One Third Since 2000 - 4/19/05 11:36 AM
Natural Resources Defense Council: NRDC.org Nominated for Best Charitable Organizations/Non-Profit Category for the Ninth Annual Webby Awards - 4/19/05 11:17 AM
Campaign for America's Future: Survey: Only 20 Reps. Publicly Stand With Tom Delay - 4/19/05 11:04 AM
People for the American Way: With Frist's Finger On the 'Nuclear' Button, PFAWF Launches New Ad - 4/19/05 10:38 AM
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting: Action Alert: Washington Post Sweeps Away Lott's Racist Record - 4/19/05 10:04 AM
Sierra Club: Testimony Today Before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Offshore Oil and Natural Gas Production - 4/19/05 10:02 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Special Counsel Ignores Expensive Advice; Bloch Does the Opposite of Key Recommendations in $140,000 Report - 4/19/05 9:54 AM
Sierra Club: Federal Budget Ignores Threats to Communities and Drinking Water - 4/18/05 3:15 PM
Amnesty International: Brazil: Key Milestone In Indigenous Rights Battle - 4/18/05 1:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Marla Ruzicka in Iraq: War Victims Discounted - 4/18/05 11:41 AM
Center for International Policy's Freedom to Travel Campaign: Cuba Action Day April 27; Over 700 to Call for End to Travel Ban; Leaders from Business, Academia, Agriculture, Cuban-American and Religious Communities Coming to Washington - 4/18/05 11:00 AM
Public Citizen: World Bank’s Destructive Policies About Shrimp Farming Endanger Communities in Developing Countries - 4/18/05 10:50 AM
Common Cause: The Act of Voting Must be Worthy of People's Trust - 4/18/05 9:07 AM
Natural Resources Defense Council: New Voices in National Energy Debate Seek to "Re-energize America" - 4/18/05 3:48 AM
Greenpeace: 500 "Bombspotters" Arrested During Massive Citizens Inspection of NATO Nuclear Weapons - 4/14/05 3:50 PM
MoveOn PAC: Steny Hoyer & GOP Reps Targeted In Radio AD Campaign Votes for Bankruptcy Bill Called War On the Middle Class & Bonanza for Credit Card Cos. - 4/14/05 3:32 PM
Amnesty International: 2005 UN Commission on Human Rights: Monitor Needed to Protect Rights in Counterterrorism - 4/14/05 2:00 PM
Earthjustice: Judge Orders Measures to Protect Public Health in La Oroya, Peru; American-Owned Smelter Has Poisoned Nearly Everyone, Groups Say - 4/15/05 1:49 PM
Human Rights Watch: 'Diplomatic Assurances' Allowing Torture Growing Trend Defies International Law - 4/15/05 1:01 PM
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi: Pelosi Statement on Social Security Changes Considered by White House - 4/15/05 12:26 PM
Media Matters for America: It's Not Just the 'Liberal Media': Papers that Endorsed Bush Weigh in on DeLay - 4/15/05 12:17 PM
Representative Bernard Sanders (I-VT): Sanders: Bush’s Support for Cable/Satellite Censorship Is an Assault on Americans’ Constitutional Rights - 4/15/05 12:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Global Finance Showdown in Washington - 4/15/05 11:34 AM
American Rivers: American Rivers: Florida Halts Apalachicola Dredging - 4/15/05 11:07 AM
American Friends Service Committee: Stopping the Spread of Nuclear Arms Is Topic of American Friends Service Committee Tour - 4/15/05 10:58 AM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Bush Administration Fails to Support Update of Code of Ethics for International Trade in Foods - 4/15/05 10:44 AM
Jubilee USA: Critical Moment for 100% Debt Cancellation as G-7 Creditors Meet Delays, Disagreements Threaten Jubilee Goals - 4/15/05 10:14 AM
ActionAid USA: ActionAid International Representatives Available for Comment on World Bank/IMF Meetings and Issues in Fight Against Global Poverty - 4/15/05 10:09 AM
Left Forum: 2005 Left Forum, The U.S., The World, and the Next Four Years Presented by Global Left Dialogue - 4/15/05 10:09 AM
People for the American Way: Frist Embraces Radical Right's Religious McCarthyism - 4/15/05 10:08 AM
Friends of the Earth: Hungary Abstained, Lithuania and Malta not Present, 22 Countries in Favour - 4/15/05 9:02 AM
National Organization for Women: Oregon Supreme Court Invalidates Thousands of Same-Sex Marriages - 4/15/05 2:04 AM
Campaign for America's Future: Uncle Sam to 'Reprimand' Tom Delay for Abusing Power; Statue to Circle Capitol and Travel to Rep. Delay's Texas District - 4/14/05 3:13 PM
Common Cause: Inaction is Intolerable Hastert Must Restore Order - 4/14/05 3:06 PM
Sierra Club: Washington State Passes Clean Car Legislation Clean Air Victory Puts Pressure on Auto Industry to Build Clean Cars Nationwide - 4/14/05 2:27 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Experts Available for Interviews on IMF/World Bank Issues - 4/14/05 1:06 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council: Top U.S. Furniture Makers Warned: Illegal Mahogany from Peru Threatens Native People, Amazon Forest - 4/14/05 12:28 PM
Voices in Wartime Network: ‘Voices in Wartime’ Opens in Theaters as the U.S. Enters Year 3 of the Iraq Conflict - 4/14/05 12:04 PM
Oxfam America: The Coffee Crisis Continues Despite Rise in Market Price; Specialty Coffee Industry Must Act to Ensure Sustainability of Quality Supply - 4/14/05 12:03 PM
Clean Air Watch: Clean Air Watch Warns: House Energy Bill Would Mean More Dirty Air - 4/14/05 11:51 AM
Christian Aid: New Adoption Scheme Exposes Fowl Trade Rules - 4/14/05 11:34 AM
People for the American Way: Senate Insider Griffith Gets Judiciary Committee OK - 4/14/05 11:30 AM
MoveOn PAC: Campaign Aims at Republican War On the Middle Class - 4/14/05 11:27 AM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: CREW Launches New Website -- WWW.JACKINTHEHOUSE.ORG -- Details Superlobbyist Jack Abramoff's Web of Congressional Corruption - 4/14/05 11:23 AM
Public Citizen: Federal Lawsuit Filed Today Against IRS Is Part of Broad Effort to Provide Information About Agency’s Audit Activities to the Public - 4/14/05 10:38 AM
Responsible Wealth: Wells Fargo Under Fire For Predatory Lending Shareholders to Speak Up at Annual Meeting - 4/14/05 10:24 AM
Equality Forum: Gay Civil Rights Movement Celebration May 1 at Independence Hall, Phila. - 4/14/05 10:15 AM
Citizen Works: Citizen Works Shines a Light on Corporate Tax Avoidance - 4/14/05 9:54 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Pentagon Pares Back Environmental Responsibilities; New Policy Drops Cleanup and Resource Conservation Duties - 4/14/05 9:46 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: As World Bank Begins Wolfowitz Era ... - 4/14/05 9:45 AM
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH): New Report From Congressional Research Service Shows US Has Long-Term Plans To Stay In Iraq - 4/14/05 9:22 AM
Greenpeace: European Union Must Guarantee Clean Ship Breaking to Prevent Environmental Catastrophe In Asia - 4/14/05 9:00 AM
Nation Institute: Seymour Hersh, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc and Kristen Breitweiser Win 'Truth-Telling' Prizes - 4/14/05 7:27 AM
Institute for Global Communications: Coalition of Electoral Reform Groups Call for James Baker's Resignation from Electoral Reform Commission - 4/13/05 3:55 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: Canada Invests in Clean Energy and Climate SolutionsContrasts with U.S. Do Nothing Approach - 4/13/05 2:22 PM
National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty: NCADP Raises Concern About Lethal Injection Process In Light of Medical Journal Report - 4/13/05 1:43 PM
Rainforest Action Network: Community Checkpoints Halt Weyerhaeuser Logging For 3rd Week - 4/13/05 1:06 PM
Public Citizen: Health Insurers’ “Shark Bite” Ad Campaign Attacking Medical Negligence System Takes a Bite Out of the Truth - 4/13/05 12:13 PM
League of Women Voters: Ten Communities Named to Host Civil Liberties Dialouges - 4/13/05 12:04 PM
US Public Interest Research Group: The House Energy and Commerce Committee Votes Against Safety - 4/13/05 11:44 AM
Soulforce: James Dobson Faces Moral Dilemma Monday, May 2, 2005 - 4/13/05 11:24 AM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Center for Constitutional Rights Responds to Shocking New Torture Allegations at Guantanamo - 4/13/05 11:17 AM
The Ocean Conservancy: Legislators Promote Better Ocean Stewardship through the National Aquatic Invasive Species Act of 2005 - 4/13/05 11:14 AM
Global Trade Watch: Today is CAFTA National Call-in Day - Please Take 5 Minutes - 4/13/05 10:52 AM
Trade Justice Movement: Thousands to Rally for Justice in World Trade - 4/13/05 10:32 AM
Public Citizen: Public Citizen to World Bank: Practice What You Preach - 4/13/05 10:22 AM
National Parks Conservation Association: National Parks Conservation Association Honors Rep. Norm Dicks, Tom Brokaw, and Alcoa - 4/13/05 9:57 AM
World Wildlife Fund: Press Conference: Announcement of New Fishing Gear that Reduce the Accidental Death of Marine Life - 4/13/05 8:28 AM
Oxfam America: Costa Rican Politician Says CAFTA Must be Renegotiated - 4/13/05 8:23 AM
American Rivers: Most Endangered Rivers of 2005 Announced - 4/13/05 7:59 AM
United for a Fair Economy: Key Wall Street CEOS Pay Social Security Taxes One Day A Year but Push for Risky Change - 4/13/05 6:45 AM
American Rights at Work: Wal-Mart Unionbusting Allegations Consistent with other Anti-Union Practices - 4/13/05 4:20 AM
Greenpeace: Illegal GE Rice Contaminates Food Chain in China - 4/12/05 2:19 PM
Win Without War: Hundreds of Thousands of Win Without War Activists Sign Petition, Call Senators on Eve of $82 Billion Iraq - 4/12/05 1:02 PM
International Fund for Animal Welfare: IFAW Destroys Giant Tusk of Unwanted Ivory in Its Campaign to Protect Elephants - 4/12/05 12:17 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Brady Campaign: As Tom DeLay Packs for NRA Convention, House Panel Plans Action on Bill to Bar Judges From Considering Gun Cases - 4/12/05 12:02 PM
United Nations Environment Programme: UNEP Names Seven "Champions of the Earth" New environmental award recognizes outstanding and innovative leaders - 4/12/05 11:31 AM
AFL-CIO: AFL-CIO Unveils "Jaw-Dropping" Case Studies of CEO Pay and Rigged Deals in New Executive Paywatch Website Launches Campaign to Curb Runaway CEO Pay - 4/12/05 11:28 AM
Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting: Action Alert: CNN's New Boss: Progressives "Don't Get Too Worked up About Anything" - 4/12/05 10:55 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Special Counsel Hired Son’s Boarding School Headmaster; Consultant Deal Worth $112,000 Produces Only a Four-Page Memo - 4/12/05 10:36 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Attorney Generals Protest EPA Lead Paint Reversal by Johnson; Eliot Spitzer and Lisa Madigan Call for Action on Lead-Safe Remodeling Rule - 4/12/05 10:08 AM
American Rivers: America's 'Most Endangered Rivers Report' to be Released April 13; Ten Rivers in 11 States on 2005 'Most Endangered' List - 4/12/05 9:33 AM
Mobilization for Global Justice: A Better World Is Under Construction Without the IMF & World Bank - 4/12/05 9:16 AM
Greenpeace: U.S Nuclear Hypocrisy Fueled by Arrival of Experimental Plutonium Shipment - 4/12/05 9:15 AM
Common Cause: Shays Takes a Courageous Stand Demanding DeLay Step Down as Leader - 4/12/05 8:32 AM
Debt Slavery: Congress Members to Speak Against Bankruptcy Bill - 4/12/05 8:18 AM
National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee: Tax Day Protests Across the U.S. Scheduled for Friday, April 15, 2005 - 4/12/05 5:34 AM
Greenpeace: Acclaimed Writers on Greenpeace Tour of Threatened Finnish Ancient Forests - 4/11/05 5:50 PM
Human Rights Watch: Israel: Bush Should Lay Down the Law on Settlements Sharon Must Be Told That U.S. Cannot Support Violations of International Humanitarian Law - 4/11/05 2:56 PM
National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights: 2005 National Immigrant Community Consultation for Immigration Reform and Human Rights - 4/11/05 2:48 PM
Public Citizen: In Historic Veto Override Today, MarylandLegislature Revokes Governor Ehrlich’s CAFTA Commitment and Forbids Future Procurement Sign-offs by Governors Without Legislature’s OK - 4/11/05 1:50 PM
CodePink: Women Peace Activists Interrupt Bolton Nomination Hearing - 4/11/05 1:27 PM
Students for Bopohal/Environmental Media Services: For the 10th Year, Over One Thousand Amnesty International Students Get On The Bus for Human Rights - 4/11/05 1:25 PM
Public Campaign Action Fund: Watchdog Group to Run TV Ads in Three Congressional Districts Urging Reps. to Clean Up Congress - 4/11/05 1:00 PM
Oxfam America: West African Advocate for Women Agricultural Producers to Meet With Politicians, Religious Leaders, Farmers in Iowa and Minnesota - 4/11/05 12:50 PM
Quixote Center: New York Lawmakers to Take Historic Vote on Death Penalty Tomorrow (Tuesday, April 12) - 4/11/05 12:00 PM
Consumers Union: New Reports Make Definitive Case for Municipal Broadband - 4/11/05 11:32 AM
Oxfam America: Global Week of Action for Trade Justice, April 10-16; Hundreds Throughout Boston Take Action to Make Trade Fair, Alleviate Poverty - 4/11/05 11:14 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Perspectives on Bush-Sharon Meeting - 4/11/05 11:14 AM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Statement of Sarah Brady on Kansas Legislation - 4/11/05 10:41 AM
Center for Progressive Regulation: New CPR White Paper: MTBE Dispute Highlights Importance of Tort Law in Protecting Public - 4/11/05 10:35 AM
National Parks Conservation Association: New Poll Says 3 in 5 Would Donate to National Parks on their Federal Tax Returns - 4/11/05 10:28 AM
Organic Consumers Association: OCA Launches Breaking the Chains Campaign: Buy Local, Organic & Fair Made; Volunteers to Organize 1,000 Organic Dinners for Earth Day Week - 4/11/05 10:21 AM
Public Citizen: Government’s New Roof Strength Rule Won’t Help Most of Those Killed or Injured in Rollover Crashes - 4/11/05 10:03 AM
Oxfam America: U.S. Bullies Poor Countries on Trade; Double-Standard Pushed on Developing Countries to Open Markets - 4/11/05 9:31 AM
Moving Ideas Network: Moving Ideas: Groups Call for Reform Not Repeal of the Estate Tax - 4/11/05 8:58 AM
National Parks Conservation Association: Hearing to Examine 'Big-Picture' Needs of National Parks; Souder to Hold 2nd in Series of Congressional Hearings; Updated Time - 4/11/05 6:58 AM
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center: New York City Mayoral Candidates to Speak at Forum at Lesbian, Gay,Bisexual & Transgender Community Center on Monday, April 11 - 4/09/05 12:00 PM
Center for Digital Democracy: Conservative Coup at CPB Brings Anti-Public-Interest-Oriented Ken Ferree to Agency’s Head - 4/08/05 1:55 PM
Stop Caterpillar Coalition: U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation Jewish Voice for Peace Stop Caterpillar Coalition - 4/08/05 1:30 PM
House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi: Pelosi Statement on DeLay's Threats Against the Federal Judiciary - 4/08/05 12:41 PM
India Resource: Coca-Cola Affected Community in India Promises Escalation of Campaign, Despite Court Ruling - 4/08/05 12:23 PM
MoveOn PAC: MoveOn PAC Launches Petition Demanding Senate Set Timeline for Exit from Iraq While Congress Considers $82B Iraq Supplemental - 4/08/05 12:08 PM
Oxfam America: Reforming Farm Program Can Help American Family Farmers, Developing Countries, and the Environment, Groups Say - 4/08/05 10:00 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Views on Legacy of John Paul II - 4/08/05 9:44 AM
Natural Resources Defense Council: Morro Bay Commits to Cleaner Water Faster; Citing Public Health, Officials Reject 15-year Plan to Upgrade Sewage Plant - 4/08/05 8:58 AM
Earthjustice: Earthjustice Presents 2005 'Environmental Rights Report' to UN; Human Right to a Healthy Environment Becoming Int'l Standard - 4/08/05 8:22 AM
Common Cause: Coast to Coast Redistricting Efforts Continue - 4/08/05 8:06 AM
Traprock Peace Center: Antiwar Movement Debates Occupation in Brooklyn - 4/07/05 8:00 AM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence/ Million Mom March: Statement of Jim Brady on Farewell to Pope John Paul II - 4/07/05 2:31 PM
Campaign for America's Future: New Tom Delay Ad Targets Conservatives; DeLay Reveals the New Face Of The Conservative Movement - 4/07/05 1:28 PM
Interfaith Alliance: Interfaith Alliance Asks Frist to Cancel Barton Tour of Capitol - 4/07/05 12:15 PM
Public Citizen: Bextra Ban a Good Step, But FDA Should Pull Celebrex Too - 4:07/05 11:44 AM
Public Citizen: After Nearly Five Years, NHTSA Finally Requires Automakers to Install Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems - 4/07/05 11:31 AM
Amnesty International USA: Coalition Of Chevron Texaco Shareholders Gather Support For Resolution On Ecuadorian Contamination Controversy - 4/07/05 11:24 AM
Soulforce: Press Accreditation for Soulforce gathering of over 1000 people outside Focus on the Family, April 30 – May 2 in Colorado Springs - 4/07/05 10:47 AM
Union of Concerned Scientists: UCS Launches Independent Hybrid Vehicle Resource at www.HybridCenter.org - 4/07/05 9:44 AM
Student Campaign Against Hunger and Homelessness: 8000 Students Nationwide Hit the Streets on April 9th to End Hunger and Homelessness - 4/07/05 7:54 AM
Common Cause: Save the Filibuster: Minority Rights Must be Protected - 4/07/05 12:44 AM
Greenpeace: Environmentalists Expose Korea's Back Door Plans to Hunt Whales - 4/07/05 12:14 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Two Views on Kurdish Iraqi Leader - 4/06/05 3:12 PM
September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows: Oklahoma Families, 9/11 Families, Others Touched by Violence Gather to Discuss Moving "Beyond Retribution" - 4/06/05 3:05 PM
Citizens for Global Solutions: Stopbolton.org Launches Ad Campaign in Nebraska - 4/06/05 2:29 PM
Nuclear Information and Resource Service: Statement by Nuclear Security Coalition on Release of National Academy Sciences Study - 4/06/05 2:26 PM
Democracy 21: Statement of Democracy 21 President Fred Wertheimer on New Ethics Questions Concerning House Majority Leader DeLay - 4/06/05 2:21 PM
Sierra Club: Preserve Checks and Balances The Majority Leadership Must Not Silence Debate on Judicial Nominations - 4/06/05 2:20 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Women With Access to Leave Benefit From Higher Wages and Better Employment Outcomes - 4/06/05 1:18 PM
Greenpeace: European Patent Office rules not to revoke Monsanto-patent - 4/06/05 1:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: PATRIOT Act Under Scrutiny - 4/06/05 12:47 PM
Amnesty International: Justice Fails Victims of Police Brutality - 4/06/05 12:28 PM
Rainforest Action Network: CSFB Shamed For Funding Whale Extinction - 4/06/05 12:24 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Single Food Agency Needed, Says CSPI; Durbin and DeLauro Introduce Safe Food Act of 2005 - 4/06/05 12:05 PM
Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting: Action Alert: Reviving Cold War Reporting on Nicaragua - 4/06/05 10:17 AM
American Rivers: Ten Rivers in 11 States on 'Most Endangered' List; Report to be Released April 13 - 4/06/05 10:08 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Park Service Rescinds Approval Of Mojave "Guzzlers"; Facing a Lawsuit - 4/06/05 9:08 AM
East Timor Action Network: On Anniversary of East Timor Church Massacre UN Must Take Responsibility for Justice - 4/06/05 9:00 AM
Clean Air Now: Loophole in 'Clear Skies' Bill Lets Nearly 40 Percent of Nation's Power Plant Units Escape Mercury Reductions - 4/06/05 1:30 AM
Voices in the Wilderness: 4 Arrested at Senator Durbin's Chicago Office Bells Toll in Opposition to the War in Iraq - 4/05/05 4:04 PM
Coalition for a Fair and Independent Judiciary: One Million Americans Voice Opposition to Partisan Power Grab - 4/05/05 3:46 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence/The Million Mom March: Gun Violence Victims Urge Congress to 'Err on the Side of Life,' Reject Legal Protection for Gun Sellers - 4/05/05 3:09 PM
OpenTheGovernment.org: The Federal Government Keeps More Secrets for Longer, New Government Data Shows - 4/05/05 3:04 PM
Green Party of the United States: Greens Defend Critical Mass and Bicycles Against Mass Arrests - 4/05/05 2:59 PM
CureParalysisNow.org: Coalition of Spinal Cord Injury Groups Plan Wheelchair “March” on the Capitol April 12 - 4/05/05 2:00 PM
Earth Island Institute: U.S. Department of Commerce "Dolphin-Safe" Label Is A Death Certificate for Dolphins! - 4/05/05 12:50 PM
Sierra Club: First-Ever Sierra Club National Convention & Expo - 4/05/05 12:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Who is John Bolton? - 4/05/05 12:00 PM
Nuclear Information and Resource Service: Emergency Sirens at Atomic Reactor Sites Continue to Experience Widespread Failures - 4/05/05 11:41 AM
National Parks Conservation Association: Hearing to Examine 'Big-Picture' Needs of National Parks; Rep. Souder Holds Second in Series of Unprecedented Congressional Hearings - 4/05/05 11:19 AM
Amnesty International USA: Amnesty International's Annual Death Penalty Report Finds Global Trend Toward Abolition - 4/05/05 11:07 AM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: Howard Dean To Be Honored at National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's 16th Annual Leadership Awards April 7th in Washington, DC - 4/05/05 10:48 AM
Public Citizen: It’s Time for a Knockout: Round III of the Energy Bill Features More of the Same Giveaways to Corporations - 4/05/05 10:00 AM
Ocean Conservancy: Court Decision Reverses Ballast Exemption to the Clean Water Act - 4/05/05 9:45 AM
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force /Queers for Economic Justice: How Will Bush's Social Security Plan Affect the LGBT Community? - 4/05/05 8:48 AM
Sierra Club: Automakers Announce Breakthrough Global Warming Agreement Automakers To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions By Million of Tons Beginning 2007 - 4/05/05 5:40 AM
Berne Declaration: CSFB Shamed For Funding Whale Extinction - 4/05/05 5:20 AM
Greenpeace: Greenpeace and Farmers Join Forces to Protect Our Food from Biotech Industry Buy-out - 4/04/05 4:02 PM
Community Action Partnership: Nation's First-Ever Anti-Terrorism Program for Poor Communities Announces Grant Availability - 4/04/05 4:00 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence/The Million Mom March: Senators, Gun Violence Survivors Urge Defeat of Gun Immunity Bill - 4/04/05 1:32 PM
Clergy Leadership Network: Monday (tonight): Local Rabbi Joins Historic Interfaith Event Commemorating MLK's Anti-War Speech & Tuesday (4/5): Philadelphia Stop of "Break the Silence Bus Tour" at Project H.O.M.E., 11am-12:30 pm at 1515 Fairmount - 4/04/05 11:52 AM
Public Citizen: Opposition to Private Fuel Storage Mounts from Public Interest Groups and Tribes - 4/04/05 11:30 AM
Equality Forum: 180 Large Rainbow Flags at National Celebration; Largest Display of Rainbow Flags in GLBT History - 4/04/05 11:04 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Choices Ahead at the Vatican - 4/04/05 10:55 AM
Demos: Widespread Mortage Fraud Threatend America's Homeowner - 4/04/05 10:50 AM
American Friends Service Committee: Quaker Group Plans to Document Human Rights Abuses On Arizona-Mexico Border - 4/04/05 9:48 AM
Mercury Policy Project: Over 1,000 Tons of Dental Mercury to be Emitted in Next 10-15 Years - 4/04/05 8:57 AM
Common Cause: Upholding the Integrity of the House - 4/04/05 8:32 AM
Campus Antiwar Network: Student Protest Prevents CIA Recruiting Event at New York University Antiwar Students Hope to Halt Unique CIA College Marketing Effort at NYU - 4/04/05 8:27 AM
Greenpeace: Oil Tanker Phase Out Threatens Asian Workers and Environment - 4/04/05 5:28 AM
Greenpeace: Offshore Wind Energy Could Supply 10% of Electricity in Europe by 2020 - 4/01/05 3:01 PM
Amnesty International: Night of Terror in Rio’s Baixada Fluminense District - 4/01/05 2:55 PM
Amnesty International: More than 250 Women Arrested - Some Badly Beaten - 4/01/05 2:49 PM
Million Mom March of Pennsylvania: Anti-Violence, Community Groups to Hold Walks and Motorcades to Notorious Spring Garden Gun Shop on Sunday - 4/01/05 2:38 PM
Children's Defense Fund: Children's Defense Fund Urges Federal Medicaid Officials to Reject Changes to TennCare Program That Will Harm Children - 4/01/05 2:11 PM
Humane Society of the United States: HSUS to Announce Global Boycott of Canadian Seafood In Response to Seal Hunt - 4/01/05 1:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Randall Terry and the Schiavo Case: "Pro-Life"? - 4/01/05 12:51 PM
Brady Campaign To Prevent Gun Violence / Million Mom March: Gun Violence Survivors Urge Rejection of Massive Exemption for Gun Sellers - 4/01/05 10:42 AM
National Parks Conservation Association: New Snowmobile Rule Benefits Apostle Islands Visitors and the Park - 4/01/05 8:30 AM
Traprock Peace Center: US Military 'Recognizes' its Own Regulations on DU - 4/01/05 2:12 AM
Downwinders: Downwinders Question CDC Decision to End Thyroid Study - 4/01/05 1:09 AM
Coalition for the International Criminal Court: UN Security Council Votes in Favor of Darfur Referral to the International Criminal Court - 4/01/05 12:05 AM
Amnesty International: Amnesty International to Release New Figures Documenting 103 TASER-Related Deaths in U.S. and Canada
March 2005
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