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Newswire - January, 2013

Thursday January 31, 2013

5:42 PM
Public Citizen Urges Government to Strip HSBC of Depository Insurance and Right to Do Business
5:39 PM
Lawyers' Committee Statement on National School Choice Week
3:30 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Questions for Hagel on Guantánamo
3:28 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched Against Elimination of 90 Percent of Protected Habitat for Endangered Mountain Caribou in Idaho, Washington
3:27 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Senators, Veterans, Seniors, Labor Unite in Opposition to Benefit Cuts for Seniors, Veterans
3:25 PM
Human Rights Watch: US: Injustices Filling the Prisons
3:20 PM
Sunlight Foundation Debuts 'Docket Wrench' -- Track Federal Regulation Comments Online
11:58 AM
Shut It Down Rallies to Celebrate The People's Payment, Then Block Gate at VYHQ

Wednesday January 30, 2013

6:05 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: EPA Limits Most Toxic Rat Poisons in Homes But Still Leaves Wildlife at Risk
6:00 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Bad Economic News Shows It's Time to Repeal the Sequester
5:40 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Vapor Intrusion Standards Relaxed in New Jersey
5:27 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Hagel Nomination and Abolition of Nuclear Weapons
3:13 PM
Americans for Safe Access: City of Oakland Battles Obama Administration in Federal Court Over Medical Marijuana Dispensary
1:25 PM
Friends of the Earth Dutch Court Ruling Against Shell A Partial Victory

Tuesday January 29, 2013

6:18 PM
Environmental Working Group: Gatorade To Drop Suspect Additive
6:15 PM
Earthjustice: Breakthrough For Hawaiian Solar Power Announced By Clean Energy Groups
6:12 PM
Food & Water Watch: Manure to Energy Announcement is No Solution for The Bay
6:08 PM
Food & Water Watch: Americans Against Fracking Commends Maryland Legislators for Introducing Statewide Fracking Ban
5:48 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council: New Permit Would Allow Navy to Harm Millions of Marine Mammals
4:31 PM
United for a Fair Economy: Launch of New iPhone App Makes Finding & Sharing Corporate Tax, Government Subsidy & Campaign Donation Records Easy
4:11 PM
ACLU Responds to President’s Immigration Announcement
2:02 PM
Violence Policy Center Study Warns of "Next Wave" of Assault Pistols for Sale in the United States
1:59 PM
Free Press: AT&T Plan Would End All Oversight of Communications Networks
1:54 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Immigration Policy Beyond the Hype
1:50 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Senate Panel Diagnoses Primary Health Care Crisis
1:44 PM
CREW Releases New Report on Increased NFL Lobbying Activity in Washington
12:12 PM
Demand Progress Commends House Oversight Committee's Call for DOJ Briefing About Aaron Swartz Prosecution
11:27 AM
ACLU Urges Congress to Pass Paycheck Fairness Act

Monday January 28, 2013

6:13 PM
Citizen, Environmental Groups Sue Interior Department for Failure to Protect Streams
6:05 PM
Friends of the Earth: No Way Out: Freeway Gridlock Could Stall Evacuation From San Onofre
5:46 PM
CEPR: New Paper Finds that the IMF is Promoting Socially and Economically Harmful Policies Broadly Across Europe
4:52 PM
Americans United for Separation of Church and State: American Workers' Access to Birth Control Must Not Be Subject to Employers' Religion, Says Americans United
3:49 PM
Sen. Bernie Sanders: Statement Opposing Vermont Wind Moratorium
2:24 PM
Environmental Groups File Notice Letter to Sue NRG Energy for Massive Pollution
9:24 AM
ACLU Says Roadmap to Citizenship Must Protect Civil Liberties

Friday January 25, 2013

5:32 PM
Conservation Groups: Flawed EPA Air Pollution Plan for “Scenic Landscape” States Challenged by Clean Air Advocates
5:28 PM
Americans United: ‘School Choice Week’ Promotes Vouchers, Undermines Public Schools, Says Americans United
2:56 PM
Fix the Senate Now: Now It’s Official: Leaders Offer More Reaction to Senate’s Missed Opportunity for Real Change
1:43 PM
Food & Water Watch: FSIS Announces Major Cut in Import Inspections Four Years After It Took Effect
10:19 AM
Senator Bernie Sanders Votes Against Weak Filibuster Reform

Thursday January 24, 2013

6:27 PM
Food & Water Watch: Del. Shane Robinson and Sen. Karen Montgomery Introduce Statewide Ban on Fracking
6:25 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Reacting to Reports of a Schumer Proposal, Campaign for America’s Future Warns Democrats: Do Not Cut Social Security
6:20 PM
Common Cause: Filibuster "Compromise" Actually a Capitulation, Common Cause Asserts
6:14 PM
Avaaz.org: White House Petition for Constitutional Amendment on Campaign Cash Clears Threshold
6:12 PM
Public Citizen Welcomes Forthcoming Appointment of Former Prosecutor Mary Jo White to Chair Securities and Exchange Commission
5:46 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Filed to Stop Unregulated Fracking in California
4:44 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Mental Health Care and Gun Violence
4:37 PM
CODEPINK Protester Disrupts Kerry Nomination Hearing; Calls for an End to US Aid to Israel
2:43 PM
Earthjustice: Both Houses of Congress Partner to Address Climate Crisis
2:41 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Speed Federal Protection for Boreal Toads
2:39 PM
ACLU: U.N. Human Rights Expert Launches Targeted Killing Inquiry
2:19 PM
Human Rights Watch: US: DC Police Mishandle Sexual Assault Cases
1:32 PM
Fix the Senate Now: Another Missed Opportunity to Deliver Meaningful Change to US Senate

Wednesday January 23, 2013

5:42 PM
Common Cause Urges Senators to Reject "Handshake Deal" on Filibuster
5:39 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: The Case Against Kerry
5:10 PM
ACLU Urges EEOC to Update Guidance Policy
5:05 PM
ACLU: California Failing to Deliver Vital Instruction to Thousands of English Learner Students
4:59 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Strong Filibuster Reform Needed Now
3:40 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Old-growth Forest in Humboldt County Spared From Clearcutting
1:16 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Filed to Force Plan to Save Florida's Threatened Corals

Tuesday January 22, 2013

6:39 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Obama: Radical or Rhetoric? * Rule of Law * Climate Change
6:37 PM
Earthjustice: Groups In Court Today Seeking Fracking Chemical Information
6:35 PM
Demos: Coalition Praises Efforts to Expand Early Voting, Same Day Voting in Maryland
6:33 PM
Campaign for America’s Future Calls for an End to Irresponsible Manufactured Hostage Crises
5:46 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders Welcomes Obama Statement on Global Warming
4:56 PM
Americans for Safe Access: D.C. Circuit Denies Medical Marijuana Reclassification Challenge, Advocates Vow to Appeal
2:27 PM
NOW: Forty Years After Ruling, Support for Roe v. Wade Grows in Face of Ongoing Attacks
2:24 PM
ACLU: Ohio Woman Sues Over Unlawful Arrest Resulting From Racial Profiling
11:42 AM
NOW to Honor 40th Anniversary of Roe v. Wade with Vigil at Supreme Court
10:39 AM
Greenpeace: Point of No Return: Government Hypocrisy on Major Projects Will Lock in Climate Chaos

Monday January 21, 2013

4:08 PM
Natural Resources Defense Council: President Sounds a Call to Action on Climate Change
1:10 PM
United for a Fair Economy MLK Day Report | State of the Dream 2013

Friday January 18, 2013

5:55 PM
ACLU: Federal Government Issues Guidance Confirming States Should Allow DREAMers to Apply for Driver’s Licenses
5:48 PM
Center for Democracy & Technology Statement on January 18: Internet Freedom Day
5:47 PM
International Rivers: Cambodia, Vietnam, and Donors Challenge Laos on Mekong Dams
5:43 PM
Defenders of Wildlife: Department of the Interior and Arizona Bureau of Land Management Announce Decision for Renewable Energy Development
3:13 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Obama: I Have a Drone vs MLK: I have a Dream
2:48 PM
Americans for Safe Access: After Being Denied a Medical Marijuana Defense, Another Montana Cultivator was Convicted in Federal Court Yesterday

Thursday January 17, 2013

5:38 PM
Public Citizen: Citizens Rally This Week to Demand End to Dual Threat of Money in Politics and Voter Suppression
5:30 PM
Environmental Working Group: AP Report Raises Alarming Questions about EPA’s Oversight of Oil and Gas Drillers
5:28 PM
Environmental Groups: Floridians Stand Up for Clean Water at EPA Meetings in Tampa
5:23 PM
Dēmos: New Report “Billion-Dollar Democracy” Shows Unprecedented Impact of Big Money in 2012 Elections
5:19 PM
Amnesty International: Foreigner’s Murder Shows Greek Failure on Racist Violence
5:17 PM
Common Cause: Common Cause, Allies Mark Citizens United Anniversary, MLK Day With Actions Across the Nation, New Data on Election Spending
4:43 PM
US PIRG: “Elections Confidential” Report Reveals Role of Dark-Money Nonprofits and Shell Corporations in 2012
4:40 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders Outlines Questions for Hagel
2:17 PM
Arise Chicago Ordinance to Revoke Business Licenses of Wage-Stealing Employers Passes Chicago City Council Unanimously
1:30 PM
US PIRG: New Report: “Billion-Dollar Democracy” Shows Unprecedented Impact of Big Money in 2012 Elections
1:21 PM
NRDC: New Research Shows Climate Emissions from Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline Much Worse Than Reported
11:49 AM
Demand Progress Asks Followers to 'Demand Justice for Aaron Swartz'

Wednesday January 16, 2013

5:45 PM
ACLU Response to President Obama's Announcement on Gun Control
5:36 PM
ACLU: Federal Complaint Filed Against UPS for Forcing Pregnant Worker Off the Job
4:05 PM
RootsAction: America’s Path From “I Have a Dream” to “I Have a Drone”
3:44 PM
IFAW: Mombasa Seizure Seals E Africa Reputation as Source for Dirty Ivory
3:40 PM
Common Cause Applauds New Reform Bills to Amplify Voices of Americans
3:28 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Rare Mountain Fox in California and Oregon
3:27 PM
EWG: More Corn Ethanol Means More Harm to Consumers, the Environment
1:33 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: Extremism Running Amok at America's Restaurant Chains
1:31 PM
Food & Water Watch: Cashing Out Our Clean Air and Water with Pollution Trading

Tuesday January 15, 2013

6:09 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Analysis: Five Most Frightening Findings of National Climate Assessment
5:07 PM
ACLU of Florida Statement Applauding Committee Passage of Drone Regulation Bill
4:53 PM
Oxfam Calls On Civilians to Be Protected and Humanitarian Needs Met as Mali Conflict Escalates
4:51 PM
NRDC: Extreme Weather Map Shows 3,527 Monthly Weather Records Shattered in 2012
3:53 PM
Public Citizen: New York State Attorney General Proposes Regulations to Require Disclosure of Electioneering Activities by Nonprofits
3:20 PM
ACLU: DeFuniak Springs Council Ending Drug Tests a Victory for Fourth Amendment
2:04 PM
Food & Water Watch: Deregulated Foreign Meat Inspection Leaves U.S. Consumers Unprotected, USDA Records Reveal
11:53 AM
Worldwatch Institute: Achieving a Sustainable Food System with Organic Farming
8:35 AM
350.org: Nation’s Top Climate Scientists Urge President Obama to Reject Keystone XL Pipeline

Monday January 14, 2013

7:45 PM
ACLU: Davis School District Returns Children’s Book About Lesbian Parents to Library Shelves
5:01 PM
Environmental Coalition: Fracking Rules Leave New Yorkers Unprotected
3:27 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Syria: Airstrike on Market Kills and Injures Scores
3:21 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Internet Activist Swartz's Death a Product of 'Prosecutorial Overreach'
3:16 PM
Common Cause: Internet Voting Not the Solution to Long Lines, Machine Breakdowns on Election Day
2:45 PM
ACLU: Letter to Vice President Biden on Post-Newtown Response
12:53 PM
Protect Our Colorado: Large Coalition Comes Together to Oppose Fracking in Colorado
12:51 PM
PFAW Delivers 178,000 Petitions Calling for Bachmann’s Removal from Intelligence Committee

Friday January 11, 2013

6:22 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: Federal Scientists Release Draft National Climate Assessment
5:35 PM
Brady Campaign: Policy Recommendation Made to White House Task Force
4:53 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America: 40 Years After Women Won the Right to Choose, New Report Shows 2012 Another Record Year of Anti-Choice Attacks
4:14 PM
Americans for Safe Access: Medical Marijuana Advocates Hail San Diego Mayor's Decision to Stop Crackdown on Dispensaries
3:10 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Beyond the Obama-Karzai Spin: * Oil * Warlords * Real Security
3:02 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Three Years Later, Haiti Still Struggling Due to Failures of International Community
10:41 AM
Reprieve: After Eleven Years of Guantánamo, British Resident Remains Imprisoned
9:03 AM
Amnesty International: Haiti: Three Years on from Earthquake Housing Situation Catastrophic

Thursday January 10, 2013

8:28 PM
OSGATA: Farmers Join Hundreds to Protest Outside Monsanto Hearing and Demand End to Monsanto's Campaign of Intimidation in Rural America Over GMOs
4:47 PM
Demand Progress: “Torture is STILL Not OK”
4:43 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders Opposes Lew for Treasury Secretary
3:38 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Alaska Dropped Ball On Runaway Shell Vessel
3:37 PM
Public Citizen: Questions Still Unanswered About Jacob Lew’s Loyalty to Wall Street
3:36 PM
Public Citizen: Here Comes Chicken Little; Same Big Business Agenda for the U.S. Chamber
3:22 PM
Human Rights Watch: Mercury Treaty: Last Chance to Address Health Effects
3:20 PM
Conservation Groups Ask Obama for a Suspension of Arctic Ocean Drilling
3:03 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Gitmo Lawyers Condemn ZD30 Oscar Nod

Wednesday January 9, 2013

4:29 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Congress Must Act Boldly on Global Warming
2:27 PM
Greenpeace: Uniqlo Commits to Eliminate Toxic Fashion
2:26 PM
Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence: Brady Center, Victims’ Families, Law Enforcement Urge Federal Appeals Court To Review and Reverse Ruling Invalidating Illinois Restrictions on Carrying Guns in Public
2:12 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: End Conflicts of Interest at the Fed

Tuesday January 8, 2013

7:38 PM
Bradley Manning Support Network: Breaking: Military Judge Rules Bradley Manning Illegally Treated
6:07 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Stop and Frisk Lawyers Praise Decision Finding NYPD Stops Unconstitutional
6:03 PM
Environmental Groups: Lawsuit Filed to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtle Habitat
5:48 PM
Violence Policy Center: While Newtown and America Grieve, Newtown, CT-based Gun Industry Trade Association National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) Prepares for Its Annual Celebration of Guns Next Week in Las Vegas
2:07 PM
Common Cause Applauds SEC Step Toward Corporate Political Spending Disclosure
2:05 PM
Amnesty International: Guantánamo: In His Second Term Obama Must Correct Human Rights Failure
2:02 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington: Files DOJ, FEC Complaints Against Payday Lender for Illegal Conduit Contribution to Super PAC
1:59 PM
Public Citizen: SEC Moves to Require That Corporations Disclose All Political Spending

Monday January 7, 2013

5:32 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: McConnell is Dead Wrong
5:16 PM
CODEPINK: Protest at White House Against John Brennan as Head of CIA
5:12 PM
Sierra Club: Georgia Power Phases Out Old, Expensive Coal Plants
5:10 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Court Orders Tighter Off-Road Plan for Stanislaus Forest
5:03 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Federal Court Hears Persecution Case Against Anti-Gay Leader Scott Lively
5:01 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: More Than 200,000 Petition for Paul Krugman to Be Treasury Secretary
4:48 PM
ACLU: Brennan Nomination to Head CIA Raises Concerns
10:54 AM
Greenpeace: Grounded Drill Rig Freed, but Shell's Reputation in Tatters

Friday January 4, 2013

6:16 PM
AFL-CIO Statement on December Jobs Report
6:15 PM
Environmental Working Group: EWG Calls For Broader Reform on Chemical Safety
6:11 PM
Earthjustice: Federal Court Rules in Favor of Clean Air
6:10 PM
Greenpeace: Shell's 2013 Arctic Drilling Programme 'On the Brink' After Grounded Drilling Rig Incident
5:57 PM
Sierra Club: Sierra Club Statement on Transocean, Justice Dept. Settlement in Deepwater Horizon Gulf Oil Spill
2:45 PM
Bradley Manning Support Network: Government Seeks to Block Whistle-Blower Bradley Manning’s Motive from Trial
2:05 PM
Americans for Safe Access: Obama Administration Throwing Medical Marijuana Patients Into Federal Prison at Unprecedented Rate
1:59 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Protests Against Rapes in India
1:45 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Unemployment Numbers are a Warning to Washington to Act on Jobs
1:24 PM
Organic Seed Growers and Trade Association: Family Farmers to Travel to Washington, D.C. to Take on Monsanto

Thursday January 3, 2013

5:25 PM
ACLU: NDAA Prevents Closing Guantanamo, Could Lead to Claims of a Right to Discriminate
5:20 PM
Freedom to Marry Statement on GOP Move for More Spending to Defend DOMA
5:13 PM
Sierra Club: 'The Last Straw'—After Shell's Latest Failure, Sierra Club Calls for Drilling Permits to be Immediately Revoked
5:09 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: NOAA Declines to Probe Vast Underestimate of BP Spill
5:08 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Rights Group Condemns President Obama for Signing NDAA
2:01 PM
US PIRG: With Fiscal Cliff Deal Finalized, Congress Should Close Costly Corporate Tax Loopholes and End Special Interest Handouts
1:55 PM
US PIRG: Report Exposes How Taxpayers Bear Cost of Corporate Settlements
1:35 PM
Tar Sands Blockade Halts Construction in Diboll, TX in Solidarity with Idle No More First Nations Movement

Wednesday January 2, 2013

6:47 PM
Americans for Safe Access: Medical Marijuana Groups File Brief in Support of Mendocino's Refusal to Turn Over Cultivation Records to Feds
5:49 PM
ACLU: Court Dismisses Most of FOIA Lawsuit on Targeted Killings of U.S. Citizens
5:17 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: New Year’s Day Farm Bill Extension a Giant Step Backward
5:14 PM
People For the American Way: Empty Courtrooms in Obama’s First Term: A Slow Start on Judicial Nominations Magnified Many Times Over By Republican Obstruction
1:56 PM
Food & Water Watch: Despite Food Safety Problems, Australia’s Privatized Meat Inspection Deemed “Equivalent” to U.S. by USDA
10:57 AM
Greenpeace Statement on Shell's Arctic Drill Rig Kulluk
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