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Newswire - February, 2012

Tuesday February 14, 2012

12:48 PM
PEER: EPA Inaction Imperils Clean Water Anti-Conflicts Safeguard
12:07 PM
Institute for Policy Studies: Good News and Bad News for the American People from President Obama’s 2013 Budget
9:20 AM
Single Payer Action / It's Our Economy Fifty Medical Doctors for Single Payer Urge Supreme Court to Strike Down Individual Mandate

Monday February 13, 2012

6:10 PM
Food & Water Watch: President’s Budget Shortchanges Food Safety
4:22 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): What is Bahrain Trying to Hide?
4:19 PM
Human Rights Watch: Turkey: Draft Reform Law Falls Short
4:16 PM
Greenpeace: Activists Take a Stand at Asheville Power Station
3:51 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: 40 Groups Call on Supporters to Oppose Keystone XL
3:43 PM
Amnesty International: Bahrain: One Year On, Accountability Remains a Distant Aspiration
3:12 PM
Public Citizen: Consumers to Starbucks: Remove Forced Arbitration Language From Gift Cards

Friday February 10, 2012

5:15 PM
Middle East Children's Alliance: 61 Homes Demolished in Gaza: Hundreds Homeless
3:14 PM
EWG: EPA Lists Dry Cleaning Chemical Likely Carcinogen
3:06 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): “Witness Bahrain” Launched One Year After Start of Uprising
2:48 PM
Amnesty International Urges Iran to Respect Peaceful Protests on One Year Anniversary February 14 of Demonstrations in Support of Egypt and Tunisia Uprisings
2:22 PM
Marijuana Policy Project: Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced in Maryland
1:11 PM
Americans United Commends Obama Commitment to Birth Control Access, but Questions Continuing Political Power of Sectarian Lobbies
12:41 PM
Public Citizen: California’s ‘Stop Special Interest Money Now Act’ Is a Deception Wearing Reform Rhetoric
12:40 PM
IFAW: Demonstrating Death – Rhino Dies during Operation
12:38 PM
NRDC: Green Budget Outlines Ideas for Federal Environmental Investments
12:37 PM
Planned Parenthood: Statement by Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, on Obama Administration Announcement on Birth Control Coverage Benefit:
12:35 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America: White House Reaffirms Commitment to Contraceptive Services
11:35 AM
ACLU: Obama Administration Reaffirms Contraception Access for All Women
11:05 AM
National Whistleblowers Center: House Joins Senate in Investigating FDA Spying Program

Thursday February 9, 2012

5:11 PM
Public Campaign: Watchdog: Tipton Took Big Bucks from Energy Interests, Did Their Bidding in Congress in 2011
4:58 PM
Beyond Nuclear: Media Statement by Kevin Kamps of Beyond Nuclear Regarding US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Approval of Two New Atomic Reactors at Vogtle, Georgia
2:33 PM
Friends of The Earth: Investigation Reveals Flaws in State Department’s Keystone XL Review Process, Raises Fresh Concerns
1:24 PM
Americans United Settles Texas Lawsuit Over Religious Activities In Public School
12:43 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: State Department IG Finds Flaws in Keystone Pipeline Review
8:12 AM
EQCA: Equality California Celebrates Passage of Washington Marriage Equality Bill
6:00 AM
ACLU: Washington State Legislature Passes Historic Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Wednesday February 8, 2012

4:55 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America Calls on Congress to Back Off Attacks on Insurance Coverage of Birth Control
4:38 PM
Congressman Kucinich Challenges ‘Right to Work for Less’
4:26 PM
Amnesty International: Maldives Security Forces Must Stop Using Violence Against Supporters of Mohamed Nasheed
4:02 PM
Environmental Groups: Is Arch Coal About to Mine Historic Blair Mountain?
3:57 PM
NRDC: Fighting for Air: Groups Support EPA’s Life-Saving Standards for Mercury and Auto Emissions
3:46 PM
People for the American Way: GOP Presidential Candidates Should Denounce Bigotry of White Nationalist Featured at CPAC
2:46 PM
Food & Water Watch: Protestors Walk Red Carpet in Trenton for “Fracky Awards”
2:34 PM
CREW Slams Cantor’s Sham STOCK Act and Calls for Open Conference
2:30 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights Submits Declaration Detailing Torture to Spanish Court after Judge's Order to Proceed with Guantánamo Torture Investigation
2:21 PM
Move to Amend: Fixing the Problem Not the Symptom
2:20 PM
National Priorities Project: Talking About Military Spending and the Pentagon Budget
1:21 PM
Common Cause Urges Passage of STOCK Act
12:00 PM
Project on Government Oversight Launches Inspector General Vacancy Tracker: “Where Are All the Watchdogs?”
11:43 AM
Doctors Without Borders (MSF): Syria: Medicine as a Weapon of Persecution
11:06 AM
Amnesty International: Israel: Cancel Plan to Forcibly Displace Jahalin Bedouin Communities

Tuesday February 7, 2012

5:04 PM
US PIRG: New Legislation Would Close Corporate Tax Loopholes, Save Taxpayers $155 billion
4:47 PM
Amnesty International: Maldives Must Avoid Persecution of Ousted Government
3:00 PM
Freedom to Marry Calls 9th Circuit Ruling "Powerful"
2:43 PM
CEPR: A Lower Dollar Would Ease the Pressure of the Unbalanced Trade Deficit
2:40 PM
PFAW Commends Ninth Circuit Ruling on Prop 8
2:37 PM
ACLU: Federal Appeals Court Says California Marriage Ban Is Unconstitutional
1:20 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Petition Seeks International Investigation of Canada’s Farmed Fish Operations, Protections for Wild Salmon
1:18 PM
US PIRG: Press Call for Release of New Report, Auctioning Democracy: The Rise of Super PACs and the 2012 Election
12:31 PM
Free Press: FCC Must Address Barriers to Entry in Media Ownership

Monday February 6, 2012

4:28 PM
Public Citizen: Enact Legislation to Prevent ‘Congressional Insider Trading’
4:27 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Federal Court Dismisses Gun Lobby Lawsuit Claiming Right to Carry Loaded Guns In Public
4:16 PM
US PIRG: Listeria Contaminated Eggs Yanked From 34 States
12:56 PM
PETA's Purrs and Hisses for Super Bowl XLVI's Ads

Saturday February 4, 2012

10:24 AM
Voices for Creative Non-Violence: Say No To An Attack on Iran Today!

Friday February 3, 2012

7:15 PM
Bradley Manning Support Network: Military Officials Formally Refer Bradley Manning Case to Court-Martial
2:40 PM
Free Press: Arizona State University Blocks Popular Online Organizing Site
1:52 PM
The New Bottom Line Blasts Expected AG-Bank Mortgage Deal
1:08 PM
Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association: OSGATA et al. v. Monsanto: Will Farmers Receive Justice?
11:48 AM
Maplight: Commercial TV and Radio Group Tries to Thwart Disclose of Income From Political Ads

Thursday February 2, 2012

4:55 PM
Voces de la Frontera: The ARMS Act: GOP Offers Immigrant Youth as Cheap Labor and Cannon Fodder
4:51 PM
Demand Progress: Internet VS Lamar Smith, Round Two: Demand Progress Takes On Snooping Bill, HR 1981
4:24 PM
CAIR Calls for Hearings on NYPD Targeting of Shia Mosques
3:26 PM
FAIR: ABC's Iran Propaganda: Alarmist Reporting on 'Terrorist' Threat
3:04 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: California Protects Vanishing High Sierra and Southern California Frogs Under State Endangered Species Act
2:58 PM
America's Voice: What They’re Saying: Range of Observers Tear Apart Romney’s “Self-Deportation” Policy
1:21 PM
US PIRG: House Proposal Threatens to Defund Public Transportation
11:43 AM
Rights Groups: Broad Coalition Launched to Repeal Federal So-Called “Defense of Marriage Act”
10:34 AM
Worldwatch Institute: Electricity Access Still Insufficient in Developing Countries
9:55 AM
National Whistleblowers Center: FDA Whistleblower Lawsuit Sparks Congressional Investigation

Wednesday February 1, 2012

2:29 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Obama Continues Destructive Federal Grazing Subsidy on 258 Million Acres of Public Land
2:08 PM
Maplight: Senators Funded by Oil & Gas Introduce Bill that Would Grant Congress Final Say on Keystone Pipeline
12:31 PM
SEIU And Priorities USA Action Expand Ad Campaign in Florida and Nevada to Continue to Expose the Two Faces of Mitt Romney
12:14 PM
Amnesty International: As Police Vehicle Kills Senegalese Protester in Escalating Protests, Amnesty International Urges President Wade to Rein in Security Forces
11:13 AM
Amnesty International Rejects Russia’s “Unconscionable” Threat for Second Veto of U.N. Security Council Action to Stop the Syria Bloodshed
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