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April 2007

Monday, April 30

1:06 PM
Food & Water Watch: Importing More, Inspecting Less, FDA Not Keeping Up with Food Imports, Food Safety Suffers

12:12 PM
Green Peace: Greenpeace Energy [R]evolution Shows Direction at Climate Crossroads

11:57 AM
National Immigrant Solidarity Network: May Day 2007-National Mobilization to Support Immigrant Worker Rights!

11:11 AM
Food & Water Watch: Obscure World Bank Court Grants Too Much Power To Corporations

10:47 AM
Center For Constitutional Rights: CCR and 75 Pro Bono Counsel For Guantanamo Detainees Meet With Members of Congrees To Restore Legal Rights

10:25 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Bureau of Land Management Suicide Underscores Bureaucratic Inhumanity

9:43 AM
National Whisteblower Center: Whistle Blower Advocates Rally In Washington To Oppose Presidential Veto Threat

8:45 AM
Progressive Democrats of America: Another Historic Step On Impeachment

Friday, April 27

5:44 PM
Center For Publice Integrity: Center Superfund Investigation Profiles Top Companies

5:05 PM
Government Accountability Project: eOrders to Play Down 'Climate Change' Came From Wolfowitz' Offic

12:47 PM
Center For Constitutional Rights: German Federal Prosecutor's Office Dismisses Rumsfeld War Crime Case

12:02 PM
Amnesty Intl: Number of Executions Worldwide Falls by More than 25 Percent, Reports Amnesty International

11:46 AM
Free Press: Consumer Groups Laud FCC's Channel Choice Recommendation, Urge Congress to Take Action

11:14 AM
Green Party: Green Party at the 'Impeach Bush & Cheney' events on April 28

10:50 M
Amnesty Intl: Amnesty International Calls on EU-U.S. Officials Not to Ignore Human Rights in Fight Against Terrorism

10:26 AM
ACLU: ACLU Denounces Bush Administration's Efforts to Keep Lawyers out of Guantanamo

8:59 AM
Action Aid Intl: No To New EU Free Trade Agreements

8:58 AM
Public Citizen: New Anti-Tort Study Relies on Discredited Data and Junk Economics, Ignores Core Function of Legal System

Thursday, April 26

10:21 AM
Friends of the Earth International: Food & Agricultural Photo Competition Starts Today

10:09 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: New Probe of White House Already Crumbling

12:01 AM
National Priorities Project: Unified Security Budget Would Make U.S. Safer, Save Taxpayer Dollars

Wednesday, April 25

12:32 PM
Free Press: Nationwide Push for Net Neutrality Heats Up

12:28 PM
Military Familes Speak Out: Military Families and Iraq War Vets To Stage Reading of Families Letters To Congress Urging No More Funds For Iraq War

12:21 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: EPA Relaxes Air Pollution Rules For Oil Industry

12:03 PM
American Bird Conservancy: Next US Species to go Extinct May be Two Hawaiian Birds

11:21 AM
Amnesty Intl: Widespread Rape of Indigenous Women in US

11:04 AM
Project On Government Oversight: The Earmark from Nowhere - $90 Million Earmark Remains "Classified"

Tuesday, April 24

2:45 PM
Coalition To Stop Gun Violence: Tougher Gun Laws Could Have Prevented Virginia Tech Tragedy

2:34 PM
U.S. Senator Russ Feingold: Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law Hearing on Child Soldiers and the Law

2:18 PM
Free Press: U.S. Drops Further in World Broadband Rankings

1:11 PM
Human Rights Campaign: Reps. Barney Frank, Deborah Pryce, Tammy Baldwin, and Chris Shays

12:52 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy IPA: Israeli Military Shoots Nobel Peace Laureate

12:22 PM
National Organization for Women: Women Lose Millions Due to Wage Gap, NOW Calls for Passage of Pay Equity Legislation

10:00 AM
World Public Opinion.org: Muslims Believe US Seeks to Undermine Islam

Monday, April 23

3:16 PM
School of The Americas Watch: Thousands Will Hold Public Fasts To Denounce Controversial Training Facility For Latin Americans

1:07 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Congressman Dennis Kucinich Will Hold Press Conference to Announce Introduction of Articles of Impeachment Relating To Vice President Richard Cheney

12:02 PM
Education for Peace in Iraq Center: US has Moral, National Security Imperatives to Provide Development Assistance to Iraq

10:36 AM
Union of Concerned Scientists: New Commerce Dept Policy Won't Protect Scientists

9:16 AM
Friends of The Earth International: Jailed Irish Oil Campaigner Among Winners of Environmental "Nobel Prize"

Friday, April 20

11:20 AM
American Civil Liberties Union ACLU: ACLU Applauds Introduction of the Freedom of Choice Act

9:35 AM
The Free Press: Broad Coalition Unites to Protest Unfair Postal Rates

9:15 AM
The Nation: The Nation Magazine Publishes Special Issue on Surviving The Climate Crisis

8:07 AM
National Organization for Women NOW: Freedom of Choice Act is Needed More Than Ever

Thursday, April 19

10:04 AM
Seventh Generation: Convenient Answers to an Inconvenient Truth

9:56 AM
Natural Resources Defense Council: US Not Prepared for Peril from Global Warming

9:00 AM
Defenders of Wildlife: New Defenders of Wildlife Report Finds "Conservation Pays"

Wednesday, April 18

12:21 PM
Planned Parenthood: Planned Parenthood Condemns Supreme Court Decision

10:30 AM
Corporate Accountability International: Questions About Coke's Abuses Still Outnumber Answers at Shareholders' Meeting

10:18 AM
WorldPublicOpinion.org: World Publics Reject US Role as the World Leader

Tuesday, April 17

12:59 PM
Rainforest Action Committee: RAN Accuses America's Largest Lumber Company of Human Rights Abuses

12:36 PM
The Cornucopia Institute: The Organic Label Will Mean: No Cloned Animals, Period

12:08 PM
Citizens Against Torture: Speaking Out Against the Illegal and Inhumane Conditions at Guantánamo, Citizens Return to Federal Court in Washington, DC

11:28 AM
Greenpeace: Statement on UNSC Climate Change Debate

9:08 AM
Free Press: Rescue Internet Radio Campaign and Paper Magazines

Monday, April 16

5:07 PM
Violence Policy Center: Statement on Virginia Tech Shooting, Deadliest in U.S. History

11:27 AM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: CREW Issue New Fact Sheet: The Facts Behind The White House Email Scandals

10:09 AM
National Resources Defense Council NRDC: Former U.S. Generals Foretell Geopolitical Conflict

Friday, April 13

2:36 PM
Africa Action: New Action on Africa's Debt Needed at World Bank & IMF Meetings This Weekend

1:56 PM
National Lawyers Guild: Legal Organizations Applaud Bail Denial For Terrorist Luis Posada Carriles

1:52 PM
Environment News Service: Air Pollution Rules Relaxed for U.S. Ethanol Producers

1:02 PM
Rainforest Action Network (RAN): Rainforest Action Network "Steps It Up" to Stop Banks from Funding Climate Change

12:51 PM
Green Party USA: Greens Call for a Massive National, Global Conservation Effort to Curb Global Warming

9:25 AM
Friends of the Earth International: World Bank Still Fuelling Climate Change

9:06 AM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington CREW: CREW Releases New Report - Without A Trace: The Missing White House Emails and The Violations of The Presidential Records Act

Thursday, April 12

11:32 AM
Amnesty International: Amnesty International Seeks SEC Investigation of Dow Chemical

11:25 AM
National Organization For Women (NOW): NOW Welcomes Introduction of Comprehensive Hate Crimes Bill

11:00 AM
National Organization For Women (NOW): Senate Values Science and Curative Medicine over Ideology, Passes Federal Stem Cell Research Bill

9:58 AM
Military Families Speak Out: Military Families Respond To Announcement of Troop Extensions and 15-month Tours of Duty in Iraq

9:26 AM
Friends of The Earth: Development Groups and Other Organizations Gather to Tackle Climate Change Impacts on Developing Countries

8:15 AM
Campaign For Innocent Victims In Conflict CIVIC: First-Ever Documents Released on Civilian Deaths Caused by US Forces

8:03 AM
Media Matters For America: Cancellation Sparked by Racist Comments First Posted by Media Matters

7:28 AM
Fair and Accuracy In Reporting: Rallying Around Their Racist Friend

Wednesday, April 11

11:08 AM
Government Accountability Project (GAP): Bank Staffer Comments Show Low Morale, Outrage

10:52 AM
Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy: USDA Proposal Falls Short for Farmers

10:43 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): National Wildlife Refuges Severely Shortchanged

5:21 AM
Oxford Research Group:Beyond Terror: The Truth About the Real Threats to Our World

Tuesday, April 10

12:03 PM
Fairness and Accuracy In Reporting (FAIR) : Racism Is to Be Expected From Don Imus

10:23 AM
Senator Russ Feingold: Feingold Introduces Bill To End U.S. Military Involvement In Iraq

Monday, April 9

1:29 PM
Servicemembers Legal Defense Network: Seven Retired Military Officers 'Come Out' in Response to General Peter Pace

12:06 PM
MoveOn.org:MoveOn's Virtual Race for the White House Starts Tuesday at More Than 950 House Parties Across the Country

10:13 AM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Manatee Protections To Be Cut Under Bush Plan

Friday, April 6

1:36 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders, VT.: : New Global Warming Warning from U.N.

12:41 PM
U.S. PIRG: World’s Scientists: Global Warming Could Wipe Out 1/4 of All Species

9:45 AM
Environmental Defense: IPCC Report Highlights Urgent Need for Congress to Put a Cap on Carbon Pollution

Thursday, April 5

4:26 PM
Government Accountability Project (GAP): GAP Documents Show World Bank Staff "Outraged" Over Wolfowitz' Girlfriend's Raises

4:17 PM
Food and Water Watch: Consumers Want Hormone-Free Milk Labels, New Poll Shows

3:53 PM
The Oakland Institute: How Food Became a Casualty of Biotechnology's Promise

1:53 PM
Earth Justice: Lifting of Grizzly Bear Protections Disputed

12:54 PM
The Free Press: Save Our Spectrum Coalition Asks FCC To Create Wireless Broadband Competition

11:22 AM
WorldPublicOpinion.org: World Publics Say UN Should Protect Against Genocide; Large Numbers Open to Intervention in Darfur

Wednesday, April 4

1:08 PM
The Free Press:: Public Interest Groups to FCC: Save Our Spectrum

9:31 AM
Progressive Democrats of America (PDA): As California Goes, So Goes the Country

8:45 AM
Public Agenda: Anguish Over Iraq Shakes Public’s Faith in Military Solutions

Tuesday, April 3

12:41 PM
Food and Water Watch: FDA Considers Mislabeling Irradiated Food

12:08 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: Honda, Toyota Beat Detroit in New Automaker 'Green'Rankings

11:04 AM
Environmental Working Group (EWG): Conflict of Interest Still Looms Over NIH Contractor

10:47 AM
Government Accountability Project: Ridenhour Award Ceremony Tomorrow

10:41 AM
School of The Americas Watch: Priests Face Prison for Ft. Huachuca Torture Protest

9:55 AM
SeaTurtle.org: Scientists Debate Climate Change Impact on Sea Turtles

9:39 AM
Center For Constitutional Rights: Decsendents of Japanese American Internees File Amicus Brief in Support of Muslim Immigrants

9:26 AM
Publice Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Climate And Ocean Scientists Put Under New Speech Restraints

9:11 AM
Moving Ideas: Vultures: The Corruption Behind Debt Relief

Monday, April 2

12:39 PM
The Center For Constitutional Rights: Supreme Court Denies Immediate Review of Guatanamo Cases

11:02 AM
Senator Russ Feingold: Senate Majority Leader Co-Sponsors Feingold Bill To Redeploy Troops From Iraq

10:11 AM
Friends of the Earth International: Climate Change Set to Overwhelm the World's Poor

9:39 AM
The Center for Public Integrity: Pharmaceutical Federal Lobbying Spending Flourishes

9:34 AM
Publice Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER): Army Chemical Weapons Depot Under Criminal Investigation

March 2007