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Newswire - December, 2012

Monday December 31, 2012

5:51 PM
Earthjustice: Coal Mine Expansion in Colorado Roadless Forest Likely to Face Challenge

Friday December 28, 2012

2:41 PM
ACLU: Senate Reauthorizes Warrantless Wiretapping
2:37 PM
Friends of The Earth: San Onofre: Edison’s Experimental Restart Scheme May Violate Terms of Plant’s Operating License

Thursday December 27, 2012

1:56 PM
Sierra Club: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Jackson to Step Down
1:52 PM
NRDC: Lisa Jackson: A Fierce, Tireless Champion of our Health and Environment

Friday December 21, 2012

4:53 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Time for Plan C: Big Corporations Should Pay Fair Share In "Fiscal Cliff" Deal Say Business Leaders
4:49 PM
Food & Water Watch: FDA Moves Towards Approval of First Genetically Engineered Food Animal Despite Strong Opposition and Questionable Research
4:43 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: 50,000 Endangered Species Condoms to Be Handed Out at Year-end Events
4:07 PM
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence: A Response to the NRA Press Conference
3:20 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: General Mills to Improve Strawberry Fruit Roll-Ups Labeling
2:53 PM
Violence Policy Center Statement on NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre's Press Conference Today
2:20 PM
CODEPINK: Protesters Unfurl Banners “NRA KILLING OUR KIDS” and “NRA BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS” at first NRA Press Conference after Newtown Shooting
12:59 PM
ACLU: Judge Orders Alabama to Stop Segregation of HIV Prisoners in Alabama

Thursday December 20, 2012

6:51 PM
Earthjustice: Upstate Community Continues Fracking Court Fight
6:47 PM
NRDC: New Proposed Federal Protections Will Safeguard One of Most Diverse, Important Stretches of Ocean in America
6:40 PM
Earthjustice: One of America’s 50 Dirtiest Coal Plants Could End Operations
6:35 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: NO to #CatFoodChristmas
2:26 PM
Greenpeace: Japan’s Whaling Fleet: Effectively Nationalised and Running on Empty
2:24 PM
Environmental Working Group: American Academy of Pediatrics Endorses Cell Phone Safety Bill
2:21 PM
Amnesty International: Asylum-Seekers and Migrants in Greece Hounded by Police Operations and Right-Wing Extremists
2:13 PM
Sierra Club: 2012: After Repeated Losses, Coal Industry Continues Downward Spiral
2:10 PM
Food & Water Watch: Arctic Offshore Drilling Safety Assurance Sought
2:08 PM
Food & Water Watch: Amendment to Label GE Food Pre-Filed for New Mexico Senate’s Consideration

Wednesday December 19, 2012

4:12 PM
Cornucopia Institute: A Yummy Gift Idea: Foodies Pick Most Appetizing Books
4:10 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Don’t Cut Benefits for Disabled Veterans
4:07 PM
Americans for Safe Access: City of Oakland and Feds Go Toe-to-Toe in Medical Marijuana Dispensary Forfeiture Case
1:41 PM
ACLU: DREAMers Challenge Michigan’s Policy Denying Driver’s Licenses
1:35 PM
Food & Water Watch: ConAgra, Ralcorp Merger Reduces Grocery Competition, Warrants Close and Skeptical Scrutiny

Tuesday December 18, 2012

6:12 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Victims, Families of Mass Shootings in America Meet Leaders in The White House and Congress
6:09 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Caribou at Risk of Losing Endangered Species Act Protection
6:04 PM
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Call for Action on Gun Safety Legislation
5:59 PM
Environmental Working Group: California Issues Early Draft of Fracking Regulations
5:43 PM
Public Citizen: On Eve of FDA Meeting, Public Citizen Warns That Proposed Framework for Regulating Compounding Pharmacies Would Endanger Public Health
1:06 PM
Environmental Groups Call on Cuomo Administration to Open Up Fracking Health Review to the Public
1:02 PM
Amnesty International Calls on New Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto to Break with Legacy of Human Rights Violations
12:55 PM
Worldwatch Institute: With Effective Roadmaps and Political Will, Governments Can Create Healthier, Livable Cities

Monday December 17, 2012

5:22 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: School Shootings * “The Bully Society” * When is Child Killing Ignored?
2:41 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: ICE Settles Case on Controversial Home Raids
2:38 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): “Big Money, ALEC and the Gun Agenda”
1:25 PM
Amnesty International USA: Russia Must Reject Absurd Bill that Targets Homosexuals
10:27 AM
Center for Biological Diversity: Newtown Gun Group Opposed Even Mildest Gun Violence and Environmental Health Protections

Saturday December 15, 2012

11:58 AM
Brady Campaign: Statement from President Dan Gross in Response to Newtown, CT School Shooting:
11:38 AM
Coalition to Stop Gun Violence: Thoughts and Prayers Are Not Enough

Friday December 14, 2012

4:09 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Florida Panther Deaths in 2012 Hit Record High
4:05 PM
Making Change at Walmart: Workers in 10 Countries Call for an End to the Silencing of Workers at Walmart
4:00 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: Early Draft of International Climate Science Report Posted Online

Thursday December 13, 2012

7:00 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Throw out the NDAA, End the Wars and Start Nation Building at Home
6:57 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Congressional Committee Debates Drone Policy
6:56 PM
Greenpeace: Levi’s Bows to Global People Power: Bans Toxic Fashion
6:52 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Targets $3 Billion in U.S. Funding for Fossil Fuel Project in Australia's Great Barrier Reef
6:43 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: On Budget Talks: “Close Offshore Tax Loopholes”
5:37 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Chained CPI Cuts Social Security Benefits while Raising Taxes on Lower- and Middle-Income Workers
1:21 PM
Amnesty International: Today's Historic Ruling on Europe's Role in CIA Renditions Is a Milestone in the Fight Against Impunity
1:16 PM
ACLU: CIA Rendition & Torture Victim Wins European Human Rights Case
1:10 PM
Organic Consumers Association Calls for Boycott of Woodstock Foods

Wednesday December 12, 2012

6:24 PM
Congressional Progressive Caucus Co-Chairs Stand Up for Seniors Who Rely on Medicare
6:18 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Fracking Protest Targets Federal Auction of California Public Land
4:27 PM
Free Press: Extra! Extra! 200,000 Activists Tell FCC: No More Media for Murdoch
3:29 PM
Sierra Club: Statement on GAO Oil and Mining Report Findings
3:26 PM
Public Citizen: New York State Leads Way in Ensuring Secretive Political Groups Disclose Sources of Campaign Funds
3:24 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Social Security Facts: Doesn’t Add to the Debt; Is a Bigger Creditor than China
3:23 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Critical Vote Alert: House Judiciary to Vote on Drones Oversight
3:22 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington to Government: Make Ethics a Priority
3:18 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Report Shows Stop and Frisk Rights Violations Continue
3:16 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Internet Gun Site Sued By Brady on Behalf of Woman Killed with Gun Sold Through "Internet Loophole"
2:42 PM
ACLU: Judge Rules for Censorship of Torture Testimony at Guantánamo Military Commission
1:40 PM
Service Employees International Union: Latino Leaders Announce Civic Engagement Campaign to Win Comprehensive Immigration Reform in 2013
1:36 PM
The Park Center for Independent Media: Nominations Open for Fifth Annual ‘Izzy Award’ for Independent Media

Tuesday December 11, 2012

4:34 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Nominated for Superfund Cleanup
4:30 PM
ACLU Submits Statement for Landmark Senate Hearing on School Discipline
4:26 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Protest Filed Over 800,000-acre Oil Shale Plan in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming
4:24 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: HSBC Case: Are Huge Banks Now Too Big to Indict?
4:21 PM
Environmental Working Group: Forty Years after the Clean Water Act, The Corn Belt’s Rivers and Streams are Still Murky
1:02 PM
Sierra Club: Proposed East-West Highway Across Maine Ranks as One of the Worst Transportation Projects in the US
12:58 PM
ACLU: Mother of American Torture Victim José Padilla Brings Case Before International Human Rights Tribunal

Monday December 10, 2012

6:12 PM
International Commission for Labor Rights: Right to Work Laws Violate Human Rights and Labor Law
5:12 PM
Environmental Working Group: No Secret Farm Bill in Fiscal Cliff Deal
5:11 PM
Environmental Working Group: NY County Bans BPA-Laced Register Receipts
5:07 PM
Common Cause Presses Case Against the Filibuster in Federal Court Hearing
5:03 PM
Greenpeace Files Court Case to Challenge South Korea's Silencing of Nuclear Critics
4:59 PM
Oxfam: Survey Shows Vast Majority of Haitian Quake Survivors Living in Camps are Unable to Leave
4:55 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Protests Against Betrayal of “Nobel’s Will”
4:38 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Filed to Protect Mexican Gray Wolf as Endangered Subspecies
1:29 PM
Friends of the Earth launches Climates Stories campaign
1:23 PM
Under Tents: Statement on Forced Evictions
1:19 PM
MECA: Middle East Children’s Alliance Programs Address Trauma Faced by Children After 8 Days of Bombing in Gaza
1:14 PM
Common Cause: Monday Hearing Set on Challenge to Senate Filibuster

Friday December 7, 2012

6:05 PM
Public Citizen: Obama Inc.
6:03 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Doha Deal will Result in “Unprecedented Ecological and Social Collapse”
6:01 PM
Food & Water Watch: Contrary to Claims of Latest Government Report, Natural Gas Exports Will Only Help the 1%
5:57 PM
Environmental Groups Stand Up for Clean Water Act in West Virginia Factory Farm Suit
5:54 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich Building Bipartisan Support for Drone Oversight
5:14 PM
ACLU of Florida, FLIC and Coalition Call on Nelson, Rubio and Local Leaders to End Controversial Federal Immigration Program
4:20 PM
Freedom to Marry: Supreme Court Will Hear CA Prop. 8 And DOMA Discrimination Cases in 2013
4:19 PM
ACLU: Supreme Court to Hear Widow’s Challenge to Defense of Marriage Act
2:07 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Jobs Report is Not a Clear Marker: The Economy is Not Ready for Austerity
1:58 PM
Oxfam: Leading NGOs Make Emergency Appeal as Doha Talks are on the Brink of Disaster

Thursday December 6, 2012

5:46 PM
Sierra Club Calls on President Obama to Require BP Pay Maximum Civil Damages for Deepwater Horizon Disaster
5:40 PM
Oxfam International: People in Gaza Need More Than Ceasefire
5:29 PM
Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich Fights for Program to Mitigate Urban Blight in the Wake of Foreclosure Crisis
5:28 PM
People For the American Way Statement on Heritage Foundation’s Choice of Sen. Jim DeMint as Next Leader
5:24 PM
Food & Water Watch: Americans Against Fracking Calls for a Ban on Fracking in the United States
5:18 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Congratulates November's Scoundrel of the Month: Crossroads GPS
1:48 PM
Greenpeace: Big Fashion Brands Hide Toxic Pollution Scandal in China
10:12 AM
Bradley Manning Support Network: Head of Marine Corrections: Bradley Manning’s Brig Staff Violated Navy Rules

Wednesday December 5, 2012

6:16 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Walmart Pushes Workers onto Medicaid as Obamacare Architect Goes to Big Pharma — and the Blogger who Predicted Both
6:13 PM
Drug Policy Alliance: December 6: Historic Day as Washington Marijuana Legalization Law Takes Effect
6:07 PM
Dēmos: New Report Reveals Relationship Between Rapid Growth of the Financial Sector and the Weak Real Economy
6:04 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Unemployment is a National Emergency: Kucinich Calls For Jobs Program
6:01 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Las Vegas Ads Urge Senator Reid to Protect People, Wildlife From Toxic Lead
5:06 PM
Government Accountability Project: GAP Sues FDA for Wrongful Withholding of Animal Drug Data
5:03 PM
ACLU: Religious Restrictions on Government-Funded Trafficking Victims’ Program Challenged in Federal Appeals Court
4:23 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders to GOP: Don’t Cut Benefits for Disabled Veterans

Tuesday December 4, 2012

5:51 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich Calls on Congress to Vote on Return to Rule of Law
5:45 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Uproar Grows as Sen. Feinstein’s Husband Profits from Post Office Privatization
5:41 PM
Human Rights Watch: US: Senate Misses Opportunity on Disability Convention
5:38 PM
Food & Water Watch: The Value of Nothing: GDP Alternatives to the Alternatives
5:35 PM
Free Press Slams FCC for Lack of Transparency, Continued Failure to Follow Court's Directive
5:24 PM
Oakland Institute: Do You Know What Your Pension Fund is Doing in Africa?
3:56 PM
NRDC: Innovative NRDC Plan Featuring Federal-State Partnership Saves Americans More Than $25 Billion in Climate and Health Costs While Unleashing Billions In Clean Energy Investments
3:51 PM
Voices for Creative Nonviolence: Demonstration in Solidarity with Gaza Fishermen on Wednesday
3:49 PM
ACLU Disappointed With Senate’s Failure to Ratify Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
3:42 PM
Friends of the Earth Releases 2012 Cruise Ship Report Card
1:13 PM
Worldwatch Institute: Supporting Climate-Friendly Food Production

Monday December 3, 2012

7:05 PM
International Campaign to Ban Landmines: Finish the Job! Says Nobel Prize Winning Campaign on 15th Anniversary of Mine Ban Treaty
7:04 PM
Americans for Safe Access: Medical Marijuana Advocates Urge Mendocino County Officials To Fight Federal Subpoena for Records
7:00 PM
Congressman Dennis Kucinich: Pentagon to Expand Spy Agency
4:51 PM
National Nurses United: Nurses Ad Campaign Says No Cuts to Services; Calls for Wall Street Tax
4:42 PM
Common Cause: Monday Hearing Set on Challenge to Senate Filibuster
3:34 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Nickelodeon Knocked For Pitching Junk Food to Kids
3:24 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Billions in Local Corporate Subsidies Highlighted by New York Times Series
8:51 AM
Greenpeace Warns Government Ministers to Drop Loopholes in Climate Deal
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