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Newswire - October, 2012

Wednesday October 31, 2012

12:26 PM
Institute for Policy Studies: Rebalancing Our National Security: The Benefits of Implementing a Unified Security Budget
12:22 PM
Cornucopia Institute: Protecting Children’s Health: American Academy of Pediatrics Misses the Big Picture in Their Flawed ‘Organics’ Analysis
12:12 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Suit Filed, Once Again, to Protect Southwest's Desert Nesting Bald Eagles

Tuesday October 30, 2012

6:13 PM
Center for Media and Democracy: and Common Cause Prevail in Open Records Lawsuit Against ALEC Legislators in Wisconsin
6:05 PM
Public Citizen: Halloween Start for Panama FTA Means Tricks, No Treats for 99% as Panama Makes Top Tax Haven List and Job-Killing FTA Deficits Rise
3:49 PM
350.org: In Response to Hurricane Sandy
3:39 PM
Riverkeeper: Superstorm Sandy’s Devastating Impact to Hudson River Includes Widespread Toxic Spills
3:16 PM
Rainforest Action Network: New Report Shows Banking Sector as Major Source of Climate Disruption
3:12 PM
Campaign for America's Future Exposes New Stories about Life Under Governor Romney
12:41 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Nuclear Reactors and Natural Disasters
12:38 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Over 50 Dead in Haiti from Hurricane; Nearly 400,000 in Tents — Why?

Monday October 29, 2012

12:51 PM
ACLU Tells Supreme Court FISA Surveillance Law Is Unconstitutional
12:05 PM
Beyond Nuclear: Impacts of Hurricane Sandy on US Nuclear Power Plant Operation and Public Safety
10:22 AM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Disney Urged to Close Holiday Candy Marketing Loophole

Friday October 26, 2012

4:49 PM
Center for Media and Democracy: Corporate Slush Fund Pays for State Lawmakers’ Junkets
4:45 PM
Food & Water Watch: To Counteract Deceptive Ads by Prop 37 Foes, Health and Consumer Advocates Use Humor, Celebrities to Get Out the Vote
2:16 PM
FAIR: The Moderators' Agendas: An Analysis of What Was--and Wasn't--Asked at Debate
12:28 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Climate-change Denying Senator James Inhofe Wins 2012 Rubber Dodo Award

Thursday October 25, 2012

4:46 PM
Common Cause: Voting Rights Advocates Call on Florida Elections Officials to Investigate Voter Intimidation
4:39 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich Consumers Demand Right To Know
4:33 PM
Dēmos: New Poll: Americans Oppose Corporate Political Spending, Overwhelmingly Support Strong Transparency and Accountability Reforms
4:28 PM
Friends of The Earth: San Onofre: California Launches Investigation of Cost Issues as Nation's Aging Reactors Face 'Mothballs'
4:25 PM
Food & Water Watch: To Counteract Deceptive Ads by Prop 37 Foes, Health and Consumer Advocates Use Humor, Celebrities to Get Out the Vote
4:23 PM
Environmental Groups: Conservation Coalition Urges Canadian Government to Reject Tar Sands Mine Expansion
4:21 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Disinformation on California GMO-labeling Initiative
4:18 PM
Public Citizen: New Poll: Americans Condemn High Levels of Corporate Political Spending, Overwhelmingly Support Strong Transparency and Accountability Reforms
4:00 PM
ACLU in Supreme Court Monday for Challenge to NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Law
3:23 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders to CEOs: Look in the Mirror
1:58 PM
ACLU & EFF in Appeals Court Friday Fighting Secrecy Ruling in Twitter/WikiLeaks Case
1:56 PM
Amnesty International: USA Executive Director Responds to Latest Wikileaks Release
12:27 PM
ACLU to Testify at the United Nations on Human Rights Abuses and Excessive Use of Force at the U.S.–Mexico Border
12:20 PM
Beyond Nuclear: Cancer Study at 7 US Nuclear Sites Must be Fully Independent and Transparent

Wednesday October 24, 2012

3:48 PM
US PIRG: New Report: American Lives at Risk from Unsafe Foods
3:45 PM
Friends of The Earth: Biofuels from Algae Pose Threat to Water and the Climate, National Research Council Reports
3:41 PM
Environmental Groups: Obama Administration Proposes to Strip Nearly 4 Million Acres of Protected Habitat From Threatened Seabird
3:38 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Judge Halts GE Crops on Southeastern Wildlife Refuges
3:19 PM
Amnesty International: USA Executive Director, Responds to Obama Administration’s ‘Kill List’
3:15 PM
Public Citizen: A Majority of Super PACs Are Devoted to Just One Candidate, Public Citizen Study Finds
1:35 PM
ACLU Comment on Targeted Killing “Disposition Matrix”
12:04 PM
Keystone XL Blockade: Gulf Oilfield Wife, Mother of Six Chains Self to Keystone XL Pipeyard Gate, Blocking Entrance

Tuesday October 23, 2012

5:24 PM
ACLU to Testify Thursday Before House Field Panel on Domestic Drones and Privacy
5:18 PM
Common Cause: Report Details Massive Chemical Investments in Lobbying and Campaigns
5:14 PM
Environmental Groups: Groups Urge Penn. Governor to Reverse Policy That Delays Warning of Fracking Water Pollution
4:49 PM
Sierra Club Launches “Big Polluters, Bad Politics” Interactive Advertising Campaign
4:48 PM
Public Citizen: Consumer Groups Appeal Court Decision in Suit Against Consumer Product Safety Commission That Was Based on Secret Proceedings and Information
4:46 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: * Romney’s War Cabinet * Israel’s Record in Gaza and Nukes * How the World Sees the Debates
4:41 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Larry King Moderating 3rd Party Debate; VotePact: An Escape from Voting for “the Lesser of Two Evils”
3:52 PM
ACLU: of Indiana Wins Appeal in Planned Parenthood Medicaid Case
12:51 PM
Americans for Safe Access: Medical Marijuana Advocates File Brief with D.C. Circuit Alleging Federal Policy Harmful to Patients

Monday October 22, 2012

5:21 PM
Brennan Center for Justice: Study: 2012 House Campaign Spending Trends
5:18 PM
Friends of the Earth: San Onofre: Hydrogen Gas Leak From Crippled Reactor Exposes Danger of Restart
5:16 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Food Thought Leaders Share Their Visions on Food Day
1:56 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: The United States’ Foreign Policy Boomerang
1:52 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Congress Urged to Tackle Rapidly Unfolding Ocean Crisis

Saturday October 20, 2012

1:32 PM
Just Foreign Policy: Israel Seizes Gaza-bound boat in International Waters, Defying International Law
10:54 AM
Bradley Manning Support Network: Prosecution Handed Over Hundreds More Quantico Emails

Friday October 19, 2012

4:38 PM
Public Citizen: New Report: Here’s What Nearly 30 Corporations Gave the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Last Year
4:33 PM
Drug Policy Alliance: Global Commission on Drug Policy Meets in Poland to Bring Debate to Eastern Europe
4:31 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Millions More Acres of Protected Jaguar Habitat Requested in New Mexico, Arizona
3:26 PM
Amnesty International: Human Rights must be at the Forefront of Third and Final Presidential Debate, says Amnesty International
12:33 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Syria; Pakistani Malala Yousafzai’s Shooting

Thursday October 18, 2012

1:38 PM
ACLU: Federal Appeals Court Declares “Defense of Marriage Act” Unconstitutional
12:47 PM
People For the American Way: New Jersey Legislature Poised to Pass a Resolution Calling for a Constitutional Amendment to Overturn Citizens United v. FEC
12:46 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: How Romney and Vulture Funds Milked the Auto Bailout
12:44 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Stimulus Package Used to Saddle Local Ratepayers with Growing Debt
12:40 PM
ACLU: Records Reveal Boston Police Spy on Political and Peace Groups
12:18 PM
Food & Water Watch: Marking the 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act By Protecting It
9:17 AM
Shut It Down: Shut It Downers Arrested for Blocking Vermont Yankee Driveway
6:49 AM
RootsAction: National Progressive Push for 'Strategic Voting' in Presidential Race

Wednesday October 17, 2012

1:01 PM
Worldwatch Institute: Degrowth Offers Alternative to Global Consumer Culture

Tuesday October 16, 2012

9:26 PM
Jill Stein for President Green Party Presidential Ticket Arrested Trying to Get Into Tonight's Debate in Hempstead, NY
6:36 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Empowering Voter Choice: * Killing the Congressional Gerrymander * Instant Runoff Voting
6:31 PM
Food & Water Watch: Celebrities, Business Leaders and Non-profits Unite to Demand A Frack-Free Colorado
6:19 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: No Reason for Congress Not to Act to Prevent Gun Violence, Says Justice Stevens at Brady Center Luncheon
3:34 PM
Environmental Groups: Unregulated Fracking in California Faces Court Challenge
3:31 PM
RootsAction: 25,000 Activists Demand Commitment To Protect Social Security and Medicare
3:24 PM
Hofstra University Faculty and Staff Call for “Real Debate” on Poverty, Peace and Human Rights
1:53 PM
Center for Media and Democracy: Tell President Obama, No More Tim Geithners!
10:23 AM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: The Importance of the Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment
10:20 AM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Don’t Use Social Security COLA to Cut Benefits
9:35 AM
Americans for Safe Access: Landmark Federal Medical Marijuana Hearing Today in the D.C. Circuit
9:31 AM
Environmental Working Group: Americans Eat Their Weight in Genetically Engineered Food
9:24 AM
Friends of The Earth International: Food Crisis Summit: Governments Should Scrap Biofuels, Not Push GM Crop

Monday October 15, 2012

5:10 PM
Amnesty International: Amnesty International Condemns Forced Eviction of Roma Settlements in France that Has Left about 150 Homeless
12:19 PM
Keystone XL Blockade: Over 50 Enter Tar Sands Blockade Tree Village in Defiance of Police and Legal Repression to Defend Tree-Sitters
12:13 PM
ACLU: Morgan Stanley Sued for Racial Discrimination in Pushing Predatory Loans to Black Homeowners

Friday October 12, 2012

4:25 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Pacific Northwest Songbird, Butterfly Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protections
4:22 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Debate Disinformation on Social Security and Medicare
4:20 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: * Iran Sanctions * Biden Antiwar? * Phony Nobel?
4:08 PM
Friends of The Earth International: Biodiversity Talks Should Oppose 'Financialization' of Nature
3:52 PM
Physicians for a National Health Program: Financial Incentives May Sap Motivation, Undermine Quality: Health Affairs Article
3:50 PM
ACLU to Argue Next Week at Guantánamo Tribunal Against Censorship of Torture Testimony
3:33 PM
Public Citizen: Contrary to Obama’s Claim, the Three US Free Trade Agreements Passed a Year Ago Today Have not Boosted US Exports

Thursday October 11, 2012

2:26 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: National Security Whistleblowers Not Effectively Protected by New White House Directive
1:14 PM
Friends of The Earth International: 30 January: Verdict Expected in Court Case on Oil Giant Shell's Nigerian Oil Pollution
1:11 PM
Oxfam: World Bank Must Advance Universal Health Coverage
1:09 PM
Human Rights Watch: Greece: Investigate Allegations of Torture in Custody
1:08 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Is There a Real Foreign Policy Debate?
12:53 PM
Keystone XL Blockade Blockader Mans Tree Platform in Nature Preserve to Prevent Keystone XL Clear Cut, Launching 2nd Tree Sit Protest
12:50 PM
Americans for Safe Access: City of Oakland Fights Back Against Federal Medical Marijuana Asset Forfeiture Campaign
9:21 AM
Move to Amend: Nationwide Money Stamping Tour Launched by Ben & Jerry’s Co-Founder, Move to Amend & Stamp Stampede Coalition

Wednesday October 10, 2012

5:42 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Meningitis Outbreak “Highlights Failure of FDA”
5:40 PM
Dēmos: Urges Supreme Court To Uphold Diversity Programs In College Admissions
5:34 PM
United Food and Commercial Workers International Union: Workers, Community Leaders Commit to Reclaiming Black Friday for Walmart Workers
5:20 PM
Physicians for a National Health Program: Private Insurers Have Cost Medicare $282.6 Billion in Excess Payments Since 1985
5:16 PM
Food & Water Watch: Canadian Beef Recall Expanded for 16th Time
5:13 PM
ACLU: “Growing Up Locked Down”: New Report on Teens in Solitary
5:11 PM
Americans for Safe Access: Appellate Court to Hear Landmark Medical Marijuana Dispensary Case Thursday in San Diego
5:10 PM
People For the American Way Calls on Romney to Come Clean About His Anti-Choice Agenda
5:07 PM
ACLU: Court Blocks South Carolina’s Discriminatory Voter ID Law for 2012 Election
2:16 PM
Violence Policy Center: Gun Deaths Outpace Motor Vehicle Deaths in the DMV (District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia)
2:15 PM
CODEPINK: CODEPINK Delegation in Pakistan Condemns Attack on 14-year-old Pakistani Girl; Offers Grant to her School
2:12 PM
Worldwatch Institute: Global Renewable Energy Investments Continue to Grow
8:23 AM
Greenpeace Activists Evade Security at Nuclear Swedish Power Plants

Tuesday October 9, 2012

4:09 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Ten Years After Iraq War Vote: Will Biden and Ryan be Asked About Yes Votes and False Statements on WMDs?
4:01 PM
Friends of the Earth: Feds' 'Roundtable Discussion' a Meaningless Show That Shuts Out the Public
3:55 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: CREW Files FEC Complaint Against Murray Energy Corporation and CEO Robert Murray
3:44 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Hunger in Vermont and America
12:04 PM
Food & Water Watch: Groups Say Perdue Hiding Behind Farmers as Court Case Begins

Monday October 8, 2012

4:31 PM
Oxfam: New Survey Reveals Somalia’s Food Crisis Remains Critical and Likely to Worsen in Coming Months
4:29 PM
Human Rights Watch: Egypt: Fix Draft Constitution to Protect Key Rights
3:10 PM
Veterans for Peace: "We don't have to go to Afghanistan”: Veterans Deploy to Fort Lewis with Message of Hope for the Troops
3:03 PM
National Nurses United: RNs Declare Victory in VA System
2:24 PM
Human Rights Watch: Bahrain: King Should Quash Convictions
1:35 PM
CODEPINK: American Delegation Will Fast in Islamabad to Atone for US Drone Strikes
9:23 AM
Amnesty International: Maldives: Police Violence as Ex-President is Arrested
6:48 AM
CEPR: Chávez Re-Election Continues Trend of Left Governments Re-elected in South America

Sunday October 7, 2012

10:45 AM
CODEPINK: Anti-Drone Delegation Brings Message of Solidarity to Tribal Areas in Pakistan Off-Limits to Foreigners for a Decade

Saturday October 6, 2012

9:26 AM
CODEPINK Joins Pakistani March to Waziristan to Protest US Drones

Friday October 5, 2012

3:23 PM
Americans for Safe Access: Medical Marijuana Lawsuit Reviewing Scientific Evidence Reaches Federal Court for First Time in Nearly 20 Years
2:22 PM
Friends of The Earth: Let’s Not Roll the Nuclear Dice
2:18 PM
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the September Employment Report
2:15 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Venezuela’s Election
11:25 AM
Greenpeace: Dutch Court Grants Greenpeace Right to Stage Peaceful Protests Against Shell
9:12 AM
Veterans For Peace: Americans in Pakistan Meet Families of Victims Obama Says Don't Exist

Thursday October 4, 2012

2:45 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Wave of Anti-Voter State Laws Detailed by GAO
1:53 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: First Presidential Debate Makes News For What It Misses: A Question About Guns
1:51 PM
Amnesty International: USA: Clemency Urged for Texas Man Facing Execution for Crime as Teenager
1:45 PM
Making Change at Walmart: Los Angeles Walmart Workers on Strike
1:38 PM
Oxfam: Land Sold Off in Last Decade Could Grow Enough Food to Feed a Billion People
1:33 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Debate: Independent Analysis
1:31 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Debate: * Economy * PBS * “Energy Independence”
1:28 PM
Friends of The Earth: San Onofre Reactor Restart a Reckless Gamble with Southern Californians’ Safety
1:25 PM
Families USA: Governor Romney’s Breathtaking Falsehoods and Misleading Statements about Health Care
1:10 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Analysis of Polling Data Gives Venezuela’s Capriles a 5.7 Percent Probability of Winning the Election

Wednesday October 3, 2012

5:32 PM
Sierra Club: New Study Supports Water Contamination Due to Fracking
3:34 PM
ACLU Calls for Hearings on Fusion Centers Following Senate Report
3:30 PM
Food & Water Watch: Nearing 40th Anniversary of the Clean Water Act, Advocacy Groups Challenge National Water Pollution Trading Model
12:21 PM
People For the American Way: Poll: Americans Fear Romney Would Further Shift Supreme Court Toward Big Business
12:14 PM
Just Foreign Policy: Americans' Calls to End Drone Strikes Delivered to US Embassy Pakistan
10:40 AM
CODEPINK Peace Delegation now in Pakistan, Meeting with Victims of Obama's Drone Strikes

Tuesday October 2, 2012

4:19 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Aerial Spraying Leaves Pesticide Footprint in Local Waters
4:14 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Pennsylvania Judge Halts Voter ID
3:46 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Iraq: Ten Years, a Million Lives and Trillions of Dollars Later
3:41 PM
350.org: Keystone XL Pipeline and the Presidential Election
3:21 PM
The Yes Lab: Shell Blocks Employee Access to Activist Website

Monday October 1, 2012

5:27 PM
Veterans For Peace Now in Pakistan Opposing Drone War
4:16 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Kafkaesque IG Polar Bear Report at Odds with Facts
4:11 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Three Sponsors Drop Presidential Debate Commission; Reform Groups Call for Openness
4:03 PM
US Green Party US Green Party Signs International Green Statement Against 'Secret' Trans-Pacific Partnership Pact
4:00 PM
Friends of The Earth: Poll: Edison’s Customers Want to Keep San Onofre Rreactor Shut Down
3:57 PM
Environmental Groups: EPA Reconsiders Deficient PVC Air Rule
3:53 PM
CCR: Court Must Preserve Human Rights Law, Say Lawyers Who Pioneered Its Use
3:51 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Rare Alabama Fish Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection
3:46 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Letter from the Aurora Families to Presidential Debate Moderator Jim Lehrer
3:27 PM
Center for Media and Democracy: Center for Media and Democracy and Common Cause File Open Records Lawsuit Against ALEC Members in Wisconsin
12:40 PM
Keystone XL Blockade Keystone XL Construction Stopped as Tar Sands Protester Locks to Underground Capsule
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