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July
1998
- 7/31/98 7:24 PM
Ozone Action:
Clinton Administration Climate Plan
Sacrifices Clean Air at Home For Easy Fixes Abroad
- 7/31/98 5:56
PM
Greenpeace USA:
Latest White House Analysis On Kyoto
Treaty: Trading Away Environment, Jobs & Clean Air
- 7/31/98 11:00 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy:
At The End Of A Sweltering Month, Denial
on Global Warming
- 7/31/98 9:09 AM
Amnesty International:
Cambodia: Human Rights Situation Deteriorates
As Election Results Are Challenged
- 7/30/98 7:24 PM
Human Rights Campaign:
HRC Asserts Christian Coalition Breaking
Hawaiian Fund-Raising Laws In Anti-Gay Campaign
- 7/30/98 5:53 PM
Anti-Defamation League:
ADL Gravely Concerned Over House Vote
to Deny Federal Housing Funds To San Francisco
- 7/30/98 4:36 PM
Physicians for Social Responsibility:
Physicians, Activists Call Hudson River
a Health Hazard, Demand Faster Cleanup of PCBs
- 7/30/98 2:25 PM
Human Rights Campaign:
New Poll Shows Latest Right Wing Attacks
Against Gay Americans Have Severe Political Repercussions For GOP; America Rejects
the Hefley Amendment By A Wide Margin, According To Poll
- 7/30/98 11:51 AM
US Public Interest Research Group:
Air Pollution Violates Health Standard
on Sixty-Nine Percent of Summer Days; Report Documents Violations At Mid-Point
in 1998 Smog Season
- 7/30/98 10:00 AM
US Public Interest Research Group:
Groups Mark 20th Anniversary Of Love
Canal Toxic Tragedy And List Nation's Top 25 Superfund Polluters; GE Identified
As Worst Offender Nationwide
- 7/30/98 8:39 AM
Council for A Livable World:
Missile Defense: Republicans Resort
To Political Ploys
- 7/29/98 5:02 PM
Human Rights Watch:
Human Rights Watch Questions
U.S. Laser Programs As Blinding Laser Weapon Ban Becomes International Law
- 7/29/98 4:26 PM
Rainforest Action Network:
Brazil Renews Mahogany Logging Ban
In Bid To Halt Amazon Destruction; Greens Challenge U.S. To Ban Import Of Old
Growth Mahogany Wood And Products
- 7/29/98 3:16 PM
Council for A Livable World:
Another "Rush to Failure? Rumsfeld
Report on Ballistic Missile Threat Fires Up Some on Capitol Hill
- 7/29/98 12:01 PM
United Food & Commercial Workers Union/Food & Allied Service Trades
Dept:
Union Demands Government Investigation
Of Wal-Mart "Buy American" Program As False And Deceptive
- 7/29/98 9:56 AM
Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers:
Eight In Ten Voters Support Senate
Approval of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty -- Voters in Key States Say Ban Is 'More Important'
After South Asian Nuke Tests
- 7/29/98 9:43 AM
Ozone Action:
Congress Still Denying Rise in Global
Temperatures; Panel Stacked Against Climate Science
- 7/28/98 4:18 PM
United Auto Workers Union:
UAW Announces Tentative Agreement To
End Strikes in Flint
- 7/28/98 4:00 PM
Center for Policy Alternatives:
Women Grassroots Leaders To Meet In
Portland, Maine July 31- August 2 To Forge Plans To Secure America's Economic
Future
- 7/28/98 9:30 AM
Center for Public Integrity:
New Report Released On Congress &
Privacy: Nothing Sacred: The Politics of Privacy
- 7/28/98 9:18 AM
Taxpayers for Common Sense:
First-Ever Common Sense Taxpayer Scorecard
Unveiled
- 7/27/98 4:40 PM
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
TFK: Tobacco PAC Campaign Contributions
Total More Than $1 Million In Effort To Kill Reform
- 7/27/98 10:00 AM
Environmental Working Group:
Pesticide Companies Using Humans in
Lab Studies: A New Strategy to Gain U.S. Approval for Insecticides
- 7/27/98 9:00 AM
Ralph Nader:
Nader Sends Public Letter to Billionaire
Bill Gates About Wealth Disparities
- 7/24/98 10:50 AM
Handgun Control:
Mother Of Jonesboro Victim And Gun
Control Advocates Ask Republicans Why They Won't Protect Kids From Guns; Senate
Kills Kids And Guns Legislation Despite Overwhelming Public Support For Such Measures
- 7/24/98 8:30 AM
Amnesty International:
Rule Of Law Ignored As Cambodia Prepares
For Polls
- 7/23/98 8:40 PM
American Public Health Association:
'Congress Must Act Now to Protect Patients,'
Says American Public Health Association
- 7/23/98 8:15 PM
Handgun Control:
Maine Senators Vote Against Gun Legislation
Despite Overwhelming Public Support for Such Measures
- 7/23/98 6:45 PM
Defenders of Wildlife:
Congress Loads Interior Appropriations
Bill With Anti-Environmental Riders
- 7/23/98 5:19 PM
NARAL:
Clinton Veto Of So-Called "Partial-Birth"
Ban Overridden In House; Ban Does Not Contain Health Exemption for Women
- 7/23/98 4:01 PM
Environmental Defense Fund:
Analysis Shows Potential Impacts of
Global Warming on Washington; Days Over 90 Degrees Could Increase From An Average
Of 36 A Year To 60 Or More
- 7/23/98 3:48 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists:
US Price Tag To Meet Global Warming
Treaty Is A Pittance
- 7/23/98 3:21 PM
Handgun Control:
Gun Control Advocates Ask Why Senate
Killed 'Kids and Guns' Bills Despite Overwhelming Public Support
- 7/23/98 11:43 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Stop Threatening International Court,
U.S. Officials Told -- At Senate Hearing, Human Rights Watch Warns Against Uninformed
Criticism
- 7/23/98 10:00 AM
S.T.O.P. - Safe Tables Our Priority:
S.T.O.P. To Receive $125,000 From Odwalla
Plea; Agreement Commends Pursuit Of Companies That Ship Contaminated Food
- 7/22/98 4:08 PM
Handgun Control:
Judge Rules Calif. Attorney General
Broke Assault Weapon Law
- 7/22/98 11:30 AM
US PIRG:
Report Finds That One In Six Americans
Is At Risk From Dangerous Chemical Accident Exposure
- 7/22/98 10:48 AM
Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers:
86% of Oregon Voters Support Senate
Approval of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
- 7/22/98 9:53 AM
World Resources Institute:
Electronics Industry Reduces Greenhouse
Gas Emissions Through Innovations; Plays Constructive role in Climate Protection
Efforts
- 7/21/98 7:58 PM
Human Rights Campaign:
President & CEO Of Green Bay Packers
Apologizes For Reggie White's Use Of Team Uniform In Anti-Gay Campaign; Anti-gay
Ad Campaign Features Reggie White In Uniform Today Despite NFL's Admonition
- 7/21/98 7:53 PM
Handgun Control:
Sarah Brady Statement on Republican
Leadership in U.S. Senate Squashing Legislation to Protect Kids from Guns
- 7/21/98 4:06 PM
Violence Policy Center:
VPC Releases Gun Industry Ads Exposing
Giant Assault Weapon Loophole
- 7/21/98 1:13 PM
Feminist Majority:
Feminist Majority Leads B--Coastal
Demonstration At UNOCAL Headquarters In Washington & Los Angeles; Women Protest
UNOCAL’s Negotiations With Taliban Regime in Afghanistan, Which Has Imprisoned
Women at Home
- 7/21/98 12:01 PM
National Organization for Women:
NOW Counters Onslaught Of Attacks On
Lesbians And Gays; Protests Hefley Amendment
- 7/20/98 10:42 AM
Coalition To Reduce Nuclear Dangers:
Eight Out of Ten Kansans Support Senate
Approval of Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
- 7/19/98 5:22 PM
American Federation of Teachers:
American Federation of Teachers Decries
Efforts to Undermine Public Services in Puerto Rico
- 7/17/98 12:41 PM
Ozone Action:
Record Breaking Heat & Extreme
Weather of 1998; Random Incidences or Early Warning of Global Warming?
- 7/17/98 10:46 AM
Human Rights Campaign:
Darell Gingrich -- Newt And Candace's
Cousin -- And Other Former Ex-Gays Speak Out Against What They Call Psychological
Terrorism: Former Ex-Gays Refute Claims That Homosexuality Can Be Changed And
Cite The Damaging Effects Of Such Efforts
- 7/17/98 9:13 AM
Human Rights Watch:
"Fight to the Finish" on
International Court, says Human Rights Watch
- 7/16/98 4:53 PM
Families USA:
Despite State Managed Care Laws, Most
People Still Go Unprotected; Families USA Releases Comprehensive Review of State
Managed Care Laws
- 7/16/98 4:48 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State:
Hypocrisy Alert! TV Preacher Pat Robertson
Demands Defunding Of National Endowment For The Arts While Accepting NEA Grant
Money!
- 7/16/98 2:08 PM
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
Pro-Tobacco Money, Votes Could Prove
Damaging for Candidates
- 7/16/98 12:00 noon
Worldwatch Institute:
Solar Power Market Booms
- 7/16/98 9:17 AM
Natural Resources Defense Council:
NRDC Report Rates Major Sources of
Power Plant Smog; Deregulation Could Exacerbate Problem
- 7/16/98 7:00 AM
Center for Responsive Politics:
Private Special Interests Pay $6.4
Million For Congressional Travel
- 7/15/98 5:01 PM
Environmental Defense Fund:
From The Ecological X-Files: Proof
That Aliens Are Destroying Endangered Species
- 7/15/98 4:09 PM
AFL-CIO:
Grassroots Campaign By AFL-CIO Aims
To Pass the Patients' Bill Of Rights; New Radio And TV Ads Focus On HMO Reform
- 7/15/98 2:54 PM
Council for A Livable World:
National Missile Defense: Still A Bad
Idea Whose Time Has Not Come
- 7/15/98 1:18 PM
Handgun Control:
Senators Durbin, Lautenberg, Rep. Schumer
Introduce Bill To Save Brady Waiting Period
- 7/15/98 11:45 AM
Public Citizen:
Study Finds Price Gouging in U.S. Prescription
Drugs; Americans Pay Double European Prices for Latest Antidepressant and Antipsychotic
Drugs
- 7/15/98 9:33 AM
Keystone Research Center:
Middle and Low-Income Families Being
Left Behind in State's Economic Recovery
- 7/14/98 8:42 PM
Common Cause:
Common Cause Statement on Defeat of
Doolittle Amendment on Campaign Finance Reform
- 7/14/98 6:01 PM
American Federation of Teachers:
AFT President Calls Voucher Plans a
'Hoax'
- 7/14/98 12:39 PM
Human Rights Campaign:
Coalition Responds To Anti-Gay Ad Campaign
With Full Page Ad In National Newspaper; The American Psychological Association
Calls `Conversion Therapy' Potentially Harmful
- 7/14/98 11:06 AM
National Organization for Women:
1998 Declaration Of Sentiments Of The
National Organization for Women
- 7/14/98 10:06 AM
Natural Resources Defense Council:
New Report to Compare Major Sources
of Power Plant Smog
- 7/13/98 3:01 PM
Economic Policy Institute:
Small Businesses Offer Workers Lower
wages, Inferior Benefits, Job Instability; Exemptions From Labor Or Environmental
Standards For Small Firms Questioned
- 7/13/98 2:50 PM
United Steelworkers of America:
Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality
of NAFTA Filed by Steelworkers Union in Federal Court
- 7/10/98 1:48 PM
Common Cause:
House Resumes Consideration Of Campaign
Finance Reform; Shays-Meehan Bill Continues To Gain Momentum
- 7/10/98 9:30 AM
United Steelworkers of America:
Lawsuit Challenges Constitutionality
of NAFTA; Steelworkers Union Leads Coalition in Court Case
- 7/9/98 4:20 PM
Human Rights Watch:
Human Rights Watch Condemns United
States' Threat to Sabotage International Criminal Court
- 7/9/98 1:22 PM
Ralph Nader:
Nader Statement on Senate Defeat of
Cloture Motion on Product Liability Legislation
- 7/9/98 12:40 PM
Public Citizen:
Statement of Joan Claybrook, President
of Public Citizen, On Products Liability Cloture Vote
- 7/8/98 4:18 PM
Public Citizen:
Statement of Joan Claybrook, President
of Public Citizen, on Hazardous Materials "Toxic" Amendment
- 7/8/98 3:49 PM
Human Rights Campaign:
Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing
On Hate Crimes Highlights Need To Pass Bill; Need for Inclusion of Sexual Orientation
In Hate Crimes Law Is Clear
- 7/8/98 3:31 PM
American Civil Liberties Union:
Veteran Urges Senate Judiciary Committee
To Stop Its Attack on the Bill of Rights
- 7/8/98 2:25 PM
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
Link Shown Between Votes Against Senate
Tobacco Bill, Tobacco Political Contributions; Senate Scorecard
- 7/8/98 11:32 AM
Violence Policy Center:
VPC Blasts President For Hosting Rose
Garden Gun Event While Selling Out Gun Victims on Lawsuit Bill
- 7/8/98 10:46 AM
Amnesty International:
Full Inquiry Into Death Of Prisoner
Of Conscience Moshood Abiola Needed Now
- 7/7/98 8:25 PM
Defenders of Wildlife:
Conservation Groups Raise Red Flag
Over Proposed Wolf Delisting
- 7/7/98 2:15 PM
Physicians for Social Responsibility:
Physicians Call on Clinton to Jump-Start
Failed Nuclear Policies
- 7/7/98 2:05 PM
Violence Policy Center:
Gun Control Advocates, Senators Fight
to Keep Courtroom Doors Open
for Gun Victims
- 7/7/98 10:30 AM
Human Rights Watch:
Report Charges Police Abuse In U.S.
Goes Unchecked
- 7/6/98 5:20 PM
Families USA:
Social Security Checks Being Shortchanged
$2 Billion A Year; 4 Million Seniors and People With Disabilities Affected
- 7/6/98 5:00 PM
Economic Policy Institute:
EPI Releases New Report "Defusing
the Baby Boomer Time Bomb: Projections of Income in the 21st Century"
- 7/6/98 4:50 PM
Amnesty International:
Indonesia: More people killed - When
Will The Military Learn Lessons Of The Past?
- 7/6/98 4:35 PM
National Education Association:
NEA Sets Next Steps for Unity; Votes
to Continue Cooperation with AFT
- 7/5/98 2:43 PM
American Federation of Teachers:
Statement by American Federation of
Teachers President on National Education Association Vote on Principles of Unity
- 7/5/98 2:17 PM
National Education Association:
Statement by National Education Association
President on Principles of Unity Vote
- 7/4/98 10:00 AM
Ralph Nader:
Nader: Senate to Celebrate the Fourth
by Giving Corporate Wrongdoers Even More Immunity from Accountability
- 7/3/98 4:30 PM
Aviation Consumer Action Project:
Nader Group Sues FAA Over Approval
of New Jumbo Jets
- 7/02/98 6:27 PM
Human Rights Watch:
Nigeria: Human Rights Watch Welcomes
Releases But Says More Is Needed
- 07/02/98 4:03 PM
Washington Citizens for Medical Rights:
Washington State Medical Use of Marijuana
Act on Track for the November Ballot
- 7/02/98 2:22 PM
Save The Children Alliance:
Save the Children Urges Global Response
to Emergency in Sudan; More Than Two Million at Immediate Risk
- 7/2/98 8:57 AM
National Organization on Disability:
National Organization on Disability
Joins Gore in Launching Campaign to Construct FDR Statue
- 7/1/98 4:44 PM
Public Campaign:
Efforts To Get Special Interests Money
Out Of Politics Qualify For November Ballot Initiatives From East To West
- 7/1/98 1:43 PM
Public Citizen's Health Research Group:
Health Group Attacks Second Generation
Of Unethical Perinatal Trials In Africa; Researchers to Deny HIV-positive Pregnant
Women Effective, Less Expensive Drug Regimens
- 7/1/98 12:20 PM
American Rivers:
American Rivers Urges US Senate to
Block Anti-Environmental Measure
- 7/1/98 10:54 AM
U.S. Committee for Refugees:
NGOs Call for Moratorium on All Bombing
in Southern Sudan; Famine Estimated to Affect 2.6 Million
- 7/1/98 10:40 AM
Clean Air Trust:
Clean Air Trust Hails European Union
Decision to Require Low Sulfur Gasoline
- 7/01/98 8:07 AM
Amnesty International:
Crucial Information 27 years Too Late
For Black Panther Leader
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