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Newswire - February, 2013

Thursday February 28, 2013

6:14 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Violence Against Women Act
6:05 PM
CEPR: Statement on the Financial Transaction Tax and Harkin-Defazio Bill
5:30 PM
Tar Sands Blockade: Protestor Locks Himself to Conference Equipment, DisruptsTransCanada Presentation At Oil Industry Gathering
5:04 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders Questions Veterans Service Organizations on Cuts in Disability Benefits
2:10 PM
Public Citizen President to Congress: Regulatory Benefits Vastly Exceed Costs
2:08 PM
CCR: Vatican Summoned Before UN Committee on Rights of the Child
2:03 PM
Food & Water Watch: Sequestration Could Jeopardize Access to Safe, Clean, Affordable Water 

12:11 PM
PFAW Report: The Radical Right and the Challenge of Gun Violence Prevention
10:49 AM
Organic Consumers Applaud EPA for Releasing Data on Factory Farm Emissions
10:15 AM
Greenpeace: World Health Organisation Downplays Health Impacts of Fukushima Nuclear Disaster

Wednesday February 27, 2013

6:43 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders Opposes Lew for Treasury Secretary
6:40 PM
ACLU Sets Record Straight on Chronology of GEO's Mississippi For-Profit Youth Prison
4:37 PM
Service Employees International Union: The Voting Rights Act: Still Essential to Our Democracy
4:31 PM
Dēmos Calls on the Supreme Court to Uphold Section 5
4:29 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: DOD Release of Docs in Manning Case Falls Short of Legal Requirement
4:27 PM
Common Cause: Statement on Challenge to the Voting Rights Act
2:49 PM
ACLU: Supreme Court Argument Highlights the Need for Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, ACLU Says
11:17 AM
Organic Consumers Association: Frack No! Organic Consumers Oppose Pro-Fracking Scientist as Head of U.S. Department of Energy

Tuesday February 26, 2013

6:45 PM
Food & Water Watch: Senate Bill Introduced to Stop Fracking in New Mexico
6:43 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Argo, Fact Check Yourself
6:42 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Intelligence Veterans to Sen. Feinstein: Brennan Falsifying “Intelligence” on Iran, as His Mentor George Tenet Did on Iraq
6:40 PM
Public Citizen: U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Closely Watched Arbitration Case
6:17 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: United States Cannot Afford the Price of Doing Nothing on Global Warming
4:15 PM
ACLU: Supreme Court Dismisses ACLU's Challenge to NSA Warrantless Wiretapping Law

Monday February 25, 2013

4:25 PM
Earthjustice: American Electric Power Agrees to Retire Three Coal-Fired Power Plants in Major Clean Air and Climate Victory
4:24 PM
Public Citizen: Suspicious Timing: Inaugural Contribution Linked to $8.3 Billion Nuclear Loan Guarantee?
4:21 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Sequestration, Military and Trade-Offs

Friday February 22, 2013

5:21 PM
Public Citizen: Decision by Industry Organization Removes Crucial Tool for Investor Oversight of Wall Street
5:16 PM
Environmental Groups: NAACP, Medical, Public Health and Environmental Groups Urge Court to Uphold Clean Air Safeguards
5:13 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Center for Biological Diversity Statement on Nominations of Ernest Moniz for Energy Secretary, Gina McCarthy to Head EPA
3:29 PM
Center for Media and Democracy: Pete Peterson’s “Fix the Debt” Astroturf Supergroup Poised to Exploit Sequester Debate to Advance Austerity Agenda
1:44 PM
Food & Water Watch: Coalition Launches Campaign to Label Genetically Engineered Foods in New Jersey

Thursday February 21, 2013

5:55 PM
CODEPINK: CODEPINK Plans Vigil for Drone Victims Outside the Pakistani Embassy with Members of the Pakistani Community
5:50 PM
Earthjustice: Obama Administration Delay Leaves Waters of the United States in Peril
5:47 PM
Earthjustice: U.S. Court of Appeals Hears Government Secrecy Case
5:46 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Reported Obama Energy Pick a “Nail in Coffin” for Focus on Climate Solutions
5:37 PM
Conservation Groups: Conservation Groups Applaud Alaska Reserve Plan
3:49 PM
CODEPINK: Sat Feb 23 Bradley Manning Rally Portland Noon "1,000 Days Without Trial"
3:48 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered California Fox, Other Wildlife From Rat Poisons
3:43 PM
Center for American Progress: Prescriptions to Stem Surging Health Care Costs
1:06 PM
Demand Progress: 90,000 Urge Congress NOT to Co-Sponsor CISPA
1:04 PM
Center for Media amd Democracy: Pete Peterson’s “Fix the Debt” Astroturf Supergroup Detailed in New Online Resource from the Publishers of ALECexposed.org
1:02 PM
Voces de la Frontera Wisconsin Immigrants Kick Off National Bus Tour in Milwaukee to Demand Path to Citizenship

Wednesday February 20, 2013

5:01 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Study: Privatizing Medicare Spikes Overhead Costs
4:58 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Lawsuit Launched to Protect Coastal Florida Sparrow and Lizard Threatened by Sea-level Rise
4:56 PM
ForestEthics More Oil Spill Risk and Less Coastguard Means Moving From ‘Dumb to Dumber’
4:32 PM
Physicians for a National Health Program: Setting the Record Straight on Medicare’s Overhead Costs: New Study
4:28 PM
National Whistleblowers Center: IRS On Verge Of Crippling Whistleblower Program
3:19 PM
Americans for Safe Access: Hundreds of Medical Marijuana Advocates to Gather in Washington, D.C. for National Conference, to Change Federal Policy
3:18 PM
ACLU: Legislation Filed Responding to Crisis of Florida Minors Subjected to Harmful, Counterproductive Solitary Confinement
2:56 PM
US PIRG: Closing Tax Loopholes Won't Drive Companies Overseas
1:37 PM
Heist: Labor Groups Embracing Documentary Film: Heist: Who Stole the American Dream?
12:52 PM
Defenders of Wildlife: Polar Bear Rule Leaves Threatened Species Vulnerable

Tuesday February 19, 2013

6:22 PM
FAIR: Media and the Keystone March
6:14 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: China Cyber Report Reflects Tension– and Need to Demilitarize Internet
6:12 PM
Greenpeace: US Agribusiness Could Carve Ten Manhattans Out of African Forest
6:08 PM
Public Citizen: West Virginians Rally, Ask State Lawmakers to Call for End to Corporate Personhood
6:06 PM
Public Citizen: Trump Threatens $25 Million Lawsuit Over Campaign Urging Macy’s To Dump Donald Trump
3:01 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Obama Administration Finalizes Polar Bear Extinction Plan
1:27 PM
CREW and Former Cong. Candidate Dr. David Gill Sue IRS Over Tax Loophole for Dark Money Groups
1:25 PM
Common Cause: Statement by Bob Edgar on Supreme Court Decision to Hear Arguments in McCutcheon v. Federal Election Commission
11:46 AM
Greenpeace: Fukushima Suffering Continues, But Nuclear Regulations Make the Public Pay
11:26 AM
Post Carbon Institute: Two Groundbreaking Reports on Shale Gas & Oil Supplies, Economics

Monday February 18, 2013

4:08 PM
Marijuana Policy Project: Bill to Allow Medical Marijuana for Seriously Ill Patients Introduced in West Virginia
1:07 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Ecuador’s Election a “Referendum on Economic Policies,” CEPR Co-Director Says

Friday February 15, 2013

4:53 PM
Greenpeace: REVEALED: Donors Trust is the Secret ATM Machine for Climate Deniers
3:50 PM
Earthjustice: Congressional Hearing Ignores Poor Record of State Coal Ash Regulation
1:45 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Ten Years After Feb. 15 Global Protests, A New Call
1:26 PM
ACLU: New Report Blames Failed Policies For 790% Jump in Federal Prison Population

Thursday February 14, 2013

6:14 PM
Americans for Safe Access: Federal Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced Today in Anticipation of Patient-Led Congressional Lobbying Effort
5:45 PM
Center for American Progress: Congress Can Avert Dangerous Automatic Cuts and Protect Investments in Jobs and Education by Closing Tax Loopholes
5:44 PM
Center for American Progress: NRA Working to Elect Pro-Gun Judges and Prosecutors
5:39 PM
Free Press: FCC Should Ignore AT&T's Bullying
5:34 PM
Sunlight Foundation: ‘Open States’ Connects You to any U.S. State Capitol and Lawmakers
5:31 PM
Public Citizen: Dire Warnings About New Regulations Don’t Come to Pass
5:29 PM
MADRE: We Rise Up
5:26 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: If Minimum Wage Kept Pace with Productivity, it Would be $16.54
5:24 PM
Earthjustice: Senators Sanders and Boxer Introduce Legislation to Curb Climate Change Pollution
5:15 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders, Boxer Propose Climate Change Bills
3:41 PM
Food & Water Watch: Iowa Senate Introduces Legislation to Label Genetically Engineered Foods
3:36 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Armed With Powerful New Data, Progressive Groups Launch Grassroots Campaign to Enable Medicare Drug-Price Negotiations
3:34 PM
Physicians for a National Health Program: National Doctors Group Hails Reintroduction of Medicare-for-All Bill
2:14 PM
RootsAction: Call to Action: Ask Your Senators to Request an Ethics Committee Investigation of Senator Dianne Feinstein Now
1:49 PM
Ridebuzz.org: Largest US Climate Rally Gets Ridesharing Boost
11:14 AM
Organic Consumers Association Brings 'Boycott Factory-Farmed Foods' Message to Forward on Climate Rally
9:42 AM
Senator Bernie Sanders and Boxer to Introduce Major Climate Change Legislation

Wednesday February 13, 2013

5:41 PM
Veterans For Peace: Debt Ceiling Is No Excuse
4:07 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Postal Service Modernization Bills Introduced; Saturday Mail Preserved
4:04 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Federal Review of Missouri Parks' Drinking Water Sought
4:01 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: SOTU: * Jobs * Equity * Climate
4:00 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: SOTU: Obama Poses as Dove while Civilians Bombed in Afghanistan
3:57 PM
Food & Water Watch: Natural Gas Holds No Key to Our Clean Energy Future
3:56 PM
Common Cause: Reform Groups Urge Office of Congressional Ethics to Steer Clear of Procedural Minefield
3:13 PM
Environmental Groups: 48 Environmental, Civil Rights, and Community Leaders Engage in Historic Act of Civil Disobedience to Stop Keystone XL Pipeline
12:18 PM
Tar Sands Blockade: Faulty Weld on Keystone XL Compromise Lives of East Texas Community
12:13 PM
NOW Salutes Senate Vote on Violence Against Women Act Calls on House to Follow Lead and Pass Inclusive VAWA Statement of NOW President Terry O'Neill
12:05 PM
ACLU Responds to Executive Order on Cybersecurity; Opposes CISPA
9:23 AM
Sierra Club, 350.org, Hip Hop Caucus: Civil Disobedience Today at White House to Stop Tar Sands, Keystone XL pipeline

Tuesday February 12, 2013

5:18 PM
NRDC: New York Fracking Gag Order Violates Freedom of Speech
5:16 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: North Korea “Test”: Aggravated by U.S. “War Games” and “Pivot”?
5:15 PM
Friends of The Earth: San Onofre: Did Edison submit false information to NRC?
5:12 PM
Food & Water Watch: 135 National, State and Local Groups Tell Governor Cuomo to Stand Up for People, 
Not Pollution
5:11 PM
CREW: January's Scoundrel of the Month: Sen. Mitch McConnell
5:08 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered California Plant Gains 9,600 Acres of Protected Habitat
5:06 PM
Brady Campaign President To Attend State of the Union With Brother Who Inspired His Activism
4:53 PM
People For the American Way: Those Who Threaten the President’s Life Are Not Welcome at the State of the Union
2:40 PM
Food & Water Watch: Consumers and Farmers Show USDA How to Stand Up for Country of Origin Labeling
1:32 PM
Global Justice Ecology Project: Genetically Engineered Trees for Bioenergy Pose Major Threat to Southern Forests
1:21 PM
Organic Consumers Association: Victory for Fair Trade and Food Workers' Rights
9:00 AM
Greenpeace: Time for Shell to Face Reality: Arctic Drill Rigs Not Up to the Task

Monday February 11, 2013

6:17 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: Languishing Wilderness Legacy of National Parks
6:12 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: The State of the Union: Is Rule of Law in Peril or Is it No More?
6:08 PM
Environmental Groups Urge Investigation of EPA Actions in Texas Water Contamination Case
6:06 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Pope’s Resignation May Make International Prosecution Easier
6:03 PM
Brady Campaign Delivers 35,000 Signatures on Petitions as Part of Pre-State of the Union Grassroots Effort
5:54 PM
350.org: Prominent Canadians Support Forward on Climate Rally
3:03 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Five Executive Actions Against Climate Chaos: What the President Should Announce in State of the Union Speech
2:47 PM
Move to Amend: Constitutional Amendment Introduced in Congress Ensuring Rights for People, Not Corporations

Sunday February 10, 2013

10:00 AM
KyotoNOW!: Cornell Student Assembly Passes Resolution to Divest from Fossil Fuels In Landslide Vote

Friday February 8, 2013

5:21 PM
Environmental Working Group: California to Overhaul Fire Retardant Rules
5:18 PM
Children’s Defense Fund Releases New Report on Zero Tolerance
5:16 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Statement on John Brennan's Admission to CIA and NYPD's Arrangement on Spying on American Muslims
5:15 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Roadmap for Speeding Protection of Hundreds of Species Under Historic Settlement Agreement
5:12 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Postal Service Crisis Brought on by Bizarre Law
3:28 PM
Common Cause takes to Vine to Fight Efforts to Rig Electoral College

Thursday February 7, 2013

6:35 PM
Demand Progress: 11k Sign Petition On WhiteHouse.gov Demanding Obama Administration Fire US Attorney Steven Heymann Over Reckless Prosecution Of Aaron Swartz
6:24 PM
CODEPINK and Other Activists Arrested During Confirmation Hearing as They Call on Senate to Reject Brennan as Head of the CIA
6:19 PM
Violence Policy Center: States With Higher Gun Ownership and Weak Gun Laws Lead Nation in Gun Death
6:18 PM
NRDC: East Coast States Strengthen Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Set Model for Nation
6:16 PM
Friends of The Earth: Stop Big Corporations from Shipping Jobs and Profits Overseas
6:14 PM
Friends of The Earth: NRC Should Release Document Indicating Prior Knowledge of Design Problems at San Onofre Nuclear Reactors
6:11 PM
Earthjustice Files Lawsuit To Stop Further Pollution in the Everglades
6:10 PM
Earthjustice Applauds northeast, Mid-Atlantic State Effort to Address Climate Change Pollution
5:17 PM
ACLU: Civil Rights Coalition Files Lawsuit to Block Alabama from "Black Listing" Immigrants
1:29 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders, Schakowsky Propose Tax Fairness Act
1:26 PM
Greenpeace: Star Lawless Slams Oil Giant Shell Outside Court
12:18 PM
MADRE and the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict Launch International Petition

Wednesday February 6, 2013

5:24 PM
Institute for Local Self-Reliance: Survey Finds Independent Businesses Benefit from "Buy Local First" Campaigns, But Still Face Looming Challenges
4:09 PM
Center for American Progress: Speed Trap: Big Oil Profits from High Gasoline Prices
4:05 PM
Oxfam: Compromise on the EU Budget Will Put Millions of People on the Line
4:04 PM
Earthjustice: House Representatives Introduce Bill To Protect Public Health in Appalachia
4:01 PM
Greenpeace: Japan Utilities at Risk Unless They Adapt to Changed Market Forces
4:00 PM
350.org: 60 Groups Urge Kerry to Continue Strong Leadership on Climate Change
2:57 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders to Fight for Real Postal Reform and Saturday Mail

Tuesday February 5, 2013

5:26 PM
Rainforest Action Network Responds to Asia Pulp and Paper’s New Forest Commitments
5:21 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights Responds to Newly Released Targeted Killing White Paper
5:19 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Repeal the Sequester; Don’t Postpone it
5:17 PM
Marijuana Policy Project: Members of Congress Introduce Historic Bills to Regulate and Tax Marijuana Like Alcohol at the Federal Level
5:13 PM
Greenpeace: Major Breakthrough in Protection for Indonesia’s Remaining Rainforests
1:15 PM
US PIRG: New Study: Offshore Tax Dodging Blows $40 Billion Hole in State Budgets
1:11 PM
Common Cause and Allies Applaud Re-Launch of `Declaration for Democracy' Campaign to Overturn Citizens United
1:09 PM
PEER: No Climate Change Worries in Alaska

Monday February 4, 2013

7:18 PM
Electronic Frontier Foundation to Supreme Court: Blanket DNA Collection Violates Fourth Amendment
7:17 PM
Brennan Center for Justice: Statement on Lawsuit vs. NYPD on Illegal Surveillance of Muslim Americans
7:15 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: Drivers Spend Almost as Much on Gas as They Paid for Their Cars
7:14 PM
Environmental Working Group: Time to Reform Environmentally Damaging Corn Ethanol Mandate
7:13 PM
Greenpeace: Leaked Arctic Council Oil Spill Response Agreement ‘Vague and Inadequate’
2:40 PM
National Lawyers Guild: Lawyers Guild Opposes Adding Tasers as SFPD Weapon
2:31 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: New Paper Projects Significant Carbon Emission Reductions with Fewer Work Hours

Friday February 1, 2013

6:43 PM
Center for Reproductive Rights: New HHS Regulations on Contraception Coverage Preserve Benefit for Millions of Women, But Contraception Should Not Be Separate From Other Health Care
6:40 PM
NARAL Pro-Choice America: Statement on Obama Administration's Next Step to Implement Contraceptive Coverage
6:19 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Hagel Hearings Lessons: Iraq “Surge”; Israel’s Primacy
6:16 PM
Americans United Issues Statement On Obama Contraceptive Rule
6:14 PM
ACLU: Michigan Reverses Policy, Issues Driver’s Licenses to DREAMers
4:48 PM
ACLU: Obama Administration Issues Proposed Contraception Rule
3:39 PM
Planned Parenthood Says New Regulations Ensure Women Can Get Birth Control at No Cost
3:36 PM
Food & Water Watch: Hopes For GE Food Labeling Bill Dashed By NM Senate
3:35 PM
Earthjustice: NEWS: Rare Wolverines Closer to Getting Long-Awaited Federal Protections
3:33 PM
CODEPINK: Press Conference: Faith-based, human rights and ex-military leaders speak out against John Brennan to head CIA
3:29 PM
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Statement by Chad Stone, Chief Economist, on the January Employment Report
3:27 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Jobs Numbers Demonstrate Economy Needs Action to Spur Growth, Not Austerity
1:25 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered Species Act Protection Proposed for Wolverine
1:16 PM
Arise Chicago: After Spontaneous Strike to Protest Wage Issues, Textile Workers' Partnership with Community Organization and Union Leads to Victory
11:11 AM
Friends of The Earth: Land Grabs and Human Rights Violations Exposed in LIberia Ahead of Global Development Summit
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