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Newswire - April, 2013

Tuesday April 30, 2013

4:39 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Obama Can Transfer Hunger Strikers from Guantanamo
4:37 PM
Food & Water Watch: Three Fracking Moratorium Bills Win Key Vote in California Legislature
4:32 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights Demands Obama Take Action Available to Him to Close Gitmo: Use Waiver, Transfer 86 Cleared Men, Lift Yemen Repatriations Ban
4:13 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: National Academy of Sciences Study: Feds Are Failing to Protect Endangered Species From Pesticides
12:34 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Trade Sanctions Sought to Stop Mass Killing of Sea Turtles in Mexican Fisheries
12:29 PM
CREDO Slams Mark Zuckerberg for Anti-Environmental Ads

Monday April 29, 2013

5:51 PM
ACLU: Supreme Court Rejects Alabama's Request to Review the State's Anti-Immigrant Law
5:08 PM
Wildlife Conservation Groups Join Fight to Ban d-CON Rat Poisons
3:07 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Obama’s “Economic Race Legacy”
3:00 PM
Center for Science in the Public Interest: And Now Caffeinated Gum?
1:11 PM
Friends of the Earth: EU Pesticide Restrictions a Victory for Bees and Common Sense
12:56 PM
Pesticide Action Network: Europe Restricts Bee-Harming Pesticides
12:53 PM
Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance: Two Protesters Lock Themselves to Equipment to Protect the Cross Timbers from Tar Sands
11:56 AM
Peace Groups: Activists Press Hancock Air Base to Obey International Law

Friday April 26, 2013

5:31 PM
Friends of The Earth: Keystone XL: What is Foggy Bottom Hiding?
5:29 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Senators Seek Support for Seniors
3:41 PM
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood: Advocates to Rahm Emanuel: No Coke Ads on Residential Recycling Bins
3:39 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: Venezuelan Audit Can’t Find Any Different Result in Presidential Election, Statistical Analysis Shows
10:16 AM
Bradley Manning Support Network: WikiLeaker Bradley Manning Honored at World Famous SF Gay Pride Parade
10:11 AM
Witness Against Torture: Activists Pressure to Close Guantanamo as Hunger Strike Escalates and Senator Feinstein Calls for Restart of Transfers from the Prison

Thursday April 25, 2013

5:15 PM
Scrap the Map: Join the May Day International Day of Solidarity with the Seattle MAP Test Boycott
4:56 PM
CODEPINK: Wrong Bush Arrested at Bush Library Opening in Dallas
4:53 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Endangered Frog From Mississippi, Louisiana Gets Help in Federal Court
4:52 PM
Amnesty International: Palestinian Academic Given Detention Extension Must Be Released
4:48 PM
Greenpeace: Demands RSPO Strengthen Standards, Expel Rogue Forest Destroyers
4:46 PM
Union of Concerned Scientists: Draft Senate Nuclear Waste Bill Fails to Address Current Storage Safety Issues at Nuclear Power Plants
4:39 PM
350.org: Ten U.S. Cities Commit to Pursue Fossil Fuel Divestment
4:35 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Boston Bombing and Immigration Reform: The Risks of Expanding Biometric Cybersurveillance
4:28 PM
Government Accountability Project: USDA Whistleblowers: Chemical Use in Poultry Plants a Serious Health Hazard
4:27 PM
Food & Water Watch: Shale Commission Report Cites Dangers, But Presumes Fracking Inevitable in Maryland
4:22 PM
Earthjustice: Conservation Groups Challenge TVA’s Expensive Decision on Gallatin Plant
3:39 PM
US PIRG, U.S. Representatives Bass and Courtney Speak on Legislative Solutions to Student Debt Crisis
3:20 PM
War on Want: Campaigners Demand Action Following Bangladesh Building Collapse
1:14 PM
PNHP: Insured But Unable to Afford Health Care
1:11 PM
Environmental Groups: Nearly 1.5 Million Objections to Genetically Engineered Salmon Filed with FDA
1:07 PM
Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance: Blockader Encases Arm Inside Block of Concrete to Halt Keystone XL Construction
1:06 PM
Food & Water Watch: Federal GE Food Labeling Bill a Win for Consumers
1:04 PM
Freedom to Marry: RI Senate Passes Marriage Bill, Assuring Freedom to Marry for Rhode Island

Wednesday April 24, 2013

4:13 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Sierra Nevada Frog and Toad Proposed for Endangered Species Act Protection, With 2 Million Acres of Protected Habitat
12:16 PM
Workers Organizing Committee of Chicago: Strike Wave by Fast Food and Retail Workers Spreads to Chicago
12:09 PM
Public Citizen: 10 Questions for the Corporate Witnesses at Today’s Senate Committee on Finance Hearing on the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Tuesday April 23, 2013

5:04 PM
Earthjustice: Court Upholds EPA’s Power To Protect Communities From Mountaintop Removal Mining
5:01 PM
Earthjustice: Court Orders EPA to Move Forward on Power Plant Water Pollution Rule
4:56 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Submits Field Research to Senate by Yemeni and Human Rights Advocates on Civilian Impact of Targeted Killing Operations
4:54 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Senate Panel Examines Ways to Address Primary Care Crisis
4:21 PM
Cornucopia Institute: Pressure Mounts to Remove GMOs From Infant Formula
4:16 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Fracking Moratorium Bill Attracts Support From Nurses, Farmers, Cancer Group
1:26 PM
Common Cause President Bob Edgar Dies at 69
12:28 PM
Violence Policy Center: NRA’s Long-Running Opposition to Regulation of Common Explosives Threatens Public Safety While Benefiting Its Gun Industry “Corporate Partners” New VPC Report Reveals
12:27 PM
350.org: Public Comments Highlight that Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline is All Risk and No Reward
9:27 AM
Center for Biological Diversity: Federal Court Ruling Leaves Hundreds of Endangered Species Vulnerable to Pesticides

Monday April 22, 2013

4:26 PM
Witness Against Torture: Arrests at Federal Courthouse in NYC as Hunger Strike at Guantanamo Widens
4:04 PM
Voces de la Frontera: Senate Immigration Proposal Introduces Landmark Reforms, But It's Not Enough
2:49 PM
Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance: Activist Locks Himself to Keystone XL Heavy Machinery Launching a “Red River Showdown” Over KXL South
2:43 PM
US PIRG: Texas Fertilizer Plant Tragedy Reminder of Need for Better Chemical Safety Rules
2:41 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Earth Day
2:36 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Earth Day: “No Profit” When You Add Environmental Costs
2:33 PM
Earthjustice: After 30 Years of Inaction, EPA Finally Proposes Plans for Power Plant Water Pollution
2:30 PM
Dēmos: New Report: CT Public Financing Experience Makes Case for Reform in NYS
2:28 PM
CODEPINK Kicks off Week of Protests with Coalition Press Conference and Actions at Southern Methodist University
2:25 PM
CODEPINK: Southern Methodist University Security Issues Citations to Peaceful Demonstrators at George W. Bush Library
2:23 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: 15,000 Free Endangered Species Condoms Distributed for Earth Day
1:59 PM
RootsAction: Vieques Marks 10 Years Since Closing Bombing Range

Saturday April 20, 2013

12:52 PM
ACLU Statement on Capture of Boston Bombing Suspect

Friday April 19, 2013

5:50 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Boston Bombings: Reflection from Watertown
5:45 PM
Public Citizen: On Third Anniversary of BP Disaster, the Story That Needs to Be Told
3:02 PM
Jubilee: IMF Head Christine Lagarde Calls for Investment in Job Programs and Moderation of Austerity Policies for Northern Countries
12:45 PM
Organic Consumers Association: Calls for Resignation of Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo), Author of Monsanto Protection Act
12:41 PM
Jubilee USA: Monday Deadline Approaches for Holdout Hedge Fund – NML Capital – to Respond to Argentina Payment Plan in Landmark US Appeals Court Decision
11:16 AM
Government Accountability Project: 3 Years After Deepwater Horizon, Report Shows Devastating Impact of Dispersant Used in "Cleanup"
9:41 AM
Survival International: Worldwide Protests to Stop Amazon Gas Project Expansion
9:36 AM
Shut It Down: Shut It Downers on Fourth Day of Vermont Yankee Protest

Thursday April 18, 2013

5:35 PM
Physicians for a National Health Program: Study Reveals Austerity’s Harmful Impact on Health in Greece
5:34 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Deadly Texas Explosion: Key Facts
5:32 PM
Earthjustice: Tribe Opposes Proposal to Turn Grays Harbor into an Industrial Crude Oil Zone
5:30 PM
CODEPINK and Allies Converge in Dallas for a Week of Protesting the new George W. Bush Library & Policy Center
5:29 PM
PennPIRG to EQT: Elections Are Not for Shale
5:27 PM
Greenpeace Urges Mauritius to Deny Entry to Suspected Illegal South Korean Fishing Vessel
4:33 PM
League of Conservation Voters: House to Move Forward with Toxic Tar Sands Spill Approval Act
4:30 PM
Free Press: Dangerous Cybersecurity Bill Passes House, Despite Opposition by White House and Civil Liberties Groups
4:24 PM
Civil Rights Groups: Voting Rights Is Under Attack
4:21 PM
Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility: EPA Abdicates Oversight Role in Protecting Florida Waters
4:18 PM
Oakland Institute: Eco-Skies: The Global Rush for Aviation Biofuel
4:15 PM
Task Force Applauds Reintroduction of Student Non-Discrimination Act in U.S. House
3:51 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: New Lawsuit Aims to Protect More California Public Lands From Fracking
3:48 PM
Jubilee USA: International Monetary Fund Lowers Growth Estimates for United States and Global Economy
3:46 PM
ACLU Comment on House Passage of CISPA
1:20 PM
ACLU Hails Introduction of Key House Bill to Stop Discrimination and Improve Lives of LGBT Students
1:15 PM
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood Screen-Free Week is April 29 – May 5, 2013!
1:09 PM
Food Democracy Now: “Monsanto Protection Act” Spreads to Oregon in New Bill Passed that Will Ban Local Control Over Food and Farms
10:11 AM
Organic Consumers Association and Consumer Activists to Picket, Protest GMO Apple at Biotechnology Industry Organization Convention in Chicago

Wednesday April 17, 2013

5:34 PM
Friends of The Earth: Robin Hood Tax Legislation Introduced, Could Generate Billions of Dollars to Fight Climate Change
5:33 PM
Earthjustice: Communities Ask Court for Protection from Toxic Air Pollution
5:31 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Press and Public Denied Access to Documents in Bradley Manning Case
5:28 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Rights Group Appeals Dismissal of Federal Animal Rights “Terrorism” Challenge
5:24 PM
Common Cause: Expected Senate Action on Gun Violence Legislation Is Cowardly Dodge
5:08 PM
NOW Supports Robin Hood Tax
3:36 PM
Robin Hood Tax Campaign: Rep. Ellison’s Inclusive Prosperity Act - HR 1579 Reintroduced with Broad Public Backing
3:33 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: EPA Urged to Toughen Standards to Protect Marine Life From Ocean Acidification
3:30 PM
ACLU of Florida Statement on Immigration Reform Bill
12:30 PM
Marijuana Policy Project: Poll: Three Out of Four Washington, D.C. Voters Want to Remove Criminal Penalties for Marijuana Possession Under District Law
12:27 PM
Freedom to Marry: New Zealand Passes Marriage for Same-Sex Couples
12:23 PM
Greenpeace: Polluting Paradise: Big Brands Including Gap Exposed in Indonesian Toxic Water Scandal

Tuesday April 16, 2013

6:21 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Parents Boycott Testing
3:59 PM
Move to Amend: New Internet Commercial by Campaign to End Corporate Personhood
3:48 PM
National Low Income Housing Coalition Statement in Support of Trail of Hope Demonstration
3:44 PM
Public Citizen: 500,000 Americans Urge SEC to Require Disclosure of Corporate Political Spending
3:42 PM
Friends of the Earth: San Onofre: NRC Opens Public Comment on Edison's Dangerous Nuclear Experiment
3:39 PM
NARAL: Statement on the Trial of Kermit Gosnell
3:37 PM
Earthjustice: San Pedro River Condemned by Arizona Department of Water Resources
3:30 PM
ACLU and Center for Reproductive Rights File Challenge Against Arkansas Abortion Ban
3:25 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Obama’s Much-needed Ocean Plan Falls Short on Warming, Acidification
1:01 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy (IPA): Kermit Gosnell Trial: Separating Truth From Lies
12:44 PM
Center for Biological Diversity and Sierra Club: More Grand Canyon Condors Die of Lead Poisoning
10:04 AM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Election Analysis from Venezuela
8:00 AM
Great Plains Tar Sands Resistances: Two Lifelong Oklahomans Halt Construction of Keystone XL Work Site
7:30 AM
ACLU: Gang of 8 Bill Important First Step, Needs Improvement
7:00 AM
Oceana: Marine Life and Coastal Economies Threatened by Seismic Airgun Use in Atlantic Ocean

Monday April 15, 2013

5:30 PM
CCR: Retaliation for Guantanamo Hunger Strike Grows
5:29 PM
Public Citizen: Keystone XL Would Increase Gas Prices, Reduce National Energy Security, New Public Citizen Report Finds
5:26 PM
CCR: Brooklyn College Students for Justice in Palestine Vindicated After 2-Month CUNY Investigation into BDS Event
3:50 PM
Public Citizen to Secretary of HHS: Suspend Enrollment in Baby Trials, Release Details of Ongoing and Earlier Experiments
3:40 PM
EWG: Superbugs Invade America’s Supermarket Meat
2:00 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Thousands Call for Investigation of Wildlife Services' Killing of Mexican Wolf, Cover-up
1:08 PM
ACLU: Supreme Court Hears Arguments Challenging Patents on Breast and Ovarian Cancer Genes
12:29 PM
Friends of the Earth: Keystone XL: Friends of the Earth Files for Release of State Department Records on Massive Lobbying Operation by TransCanada and Province of Alberta
12:24 PM
Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood: Parents to United Airlines: No Media Violence on Overhead Screens;
12:23 PM
US PIRG: New Legislation Introduced to Close Offshore Tax Loopholes
12:20 PM
Americans for Safe Access: Michigan Medical Marijuana Patient Refused Placement in Prison Medical Facility Despite Judge's Recommendation
12:17 PM
Violence Policy Center: Guns are Rarely Used to Kill Criminals or Stop Crimes New VPC Analysis Reveals
12:15 PM
Jubilee USA Network: Stop Tax Haven Abuse Act Introduction on Tax Day
12:08 PM
Greenpeace: Young Explorers, Greenpeace Plant Flag on Seabed at North Pole, Call for Global Sanctuary
9:21 AM
CEPR: Maduro’s Win, Though Narrow, Likely Results from People’s Improved Living Standards in Chávez Era, says CEPR Co-Director

Friday April 12, 2013

5:37 PM
Public Citizen: U.S. Laws Would Be Exposed for Attacks by Japanese Corporations if Japan is Included in Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)
3:41 PM
Marijuana Policy Project: Bipartisan Bill Introduced in Congress to Immunize Individuals Acting in Compliance With State Marijuana Laws
2:34 PM
Greenpeace: Global Sustainability Forum Tells Indonesian Paper Giant: End Deforestation or Else
2:32 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Hunger Strikes Malian Refugees Stranded in Mauritanian Desert
2:05 PM
Survival International: Paris Judge Rejects Attempt to Halt Auction of Hopi Sacred Objects
12:53 PM
Lakota Solidarity: UN Fails to Accommodate Lakota Genocide Complaint
12:49 PM
Food & Water Watch: National Organic Board Decision a Victory for Organics, Preservation of Antibiotics
12:46 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: After Legal Challenge, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Rescinds Permit to Trap Border-crossing Wolves in the Southwest

Thursday April 11, 2013

5:03 PM
Witness Against Torture: As Guantánamo Hunger Strike Continues, Activists Rally Nationwide for “Day of Action to Close Guantánamo & End Indefinite Detention”
5:01 PM
ACLU Statement on Senate Gun Control Package
4:58 PM
PIRG: 'Don't Frack Our Elections'
4:30 PM
ACLU Comment on CISPA Markup
12:09 PM
Harvard Law School, National Lawyers Guild: 'Deep Capture: Psychology, Public Relations, Democracy, and Law' Conference Saturday April 13, 2013
10:13 AM
Bradley Manning Support Network: Military Decrees Media Access is a Privilege, Not a Right

Wednesday April 10, 2013

3:41 PM
Food & Water Watch Obama Administration Caves to Poultry Industry By Proceeding With Privatized Inspection
2:35 PM
PEER: Federal Pipeline Safety Vacuum Magnifies Risks
2:30 PM
Center for Constitutional Rights: Judge Refuses to Dismiss Pelican Bay Solitary Confinement Case
2:29 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Baltimore Becomes 54th U.S. City Urging Obama to Use Clean Air Act to Stave Off Climate Crisis
2:27 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: EPA’s Climate Change Adaptation Plan Falls Short: Groups Urge Three Key Actions
2:10 PM
Nuclear Information and Resource Service: GAO Report Finds NRC Does Not Understand, Nor Do Its Regs Adequately Consider 'Shadow Evacuation' Phenomenon at Nuclear Reactor Sites
2:06 PM
ACLU Statement on Senate Passage of “Freedom from Unwarranted Surveillance Act” Restricting Surveillance Drones
12:35 PM
Friends of the Earth: President Obama’s Budget Capitulation
10:19 AM
Jubilee USA Network Releases Statement on EU Agreement Extractive Industry Transparency

Tuesday April 9, 2013

5:41 PM
Great Plains Tar Sands Resistance: Oklahoma Grandmother Locks Herself to Keystone XL Heavy Machinery
5:36 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Scientists and Health Experts: It's Time to Phase Out Lead Hunting Ammunition
5:29 PM
Voces de la Frontera: 200 Immigrant Families from Wisconsin to Travel to Washington for National Immigration Reform March
5:27 PM
NOW Calls on Congress to Reject President Obama's Betrayal of Women, as Chained CPI Compounds Harm Caused by Gender Pay Gap
4:57 PM
Lakota Elders Delegation: Lakota Elders Waiting to be Received by the UN Secretary General
1:07 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Sanders, Sherman Propose Legislation to Break Up Big Banks
1:02 PM
CEPR: New Report on Deadly Honduras Counterdrugs Operation Raises New Questions Regarding U.S. Role
12:56 PM
CREW Calls on IRS to Amend Rule Allowing Social Welfare Groups to Engage in Political Activity
12:46 PM
Occupy Toronto: Millions Against Monsanto/Occupy Gardens Toronto
12:36 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Court Victory for Opponents of Fracking in California

Monday April 8, 2013

4:32 PM
ACLU Asks President Obama to Take Executive Action on Equal Pay
4:30 PM
Demand Progress, Internet Defense League Launch Week Of Action To Reform Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
3:41 PM
CCR: BOP Invents Special Restriction for Environmental Activist Daniel McGowan: No Publishing Articles
1:43 PM
ACLU of Florida: Florida Campaign for Juvenile Justice Rallies at State Capitol
1:13 PM
UCS Tells EPA: No More Food for Fuel
1:09 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: “I’m a Nation to Myself:” Iraqi Refugees in the United States
11:46 AM
Bradley Manning Support Network: Icelandic Leader Supporting Bradley Manning in the U.S.

Friday April 5, 2013

2:43 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders: Statement on Obama Cuts in Social Security, Veterans Benefits
12:40 PM
Campaign for America's Future: Jobs Report Shows “Little Change” at a Time of Mass Unemployment

Thursday April 4, 2013

5:37 PM
Public Citizen: Time to Open the Books on the Political Intelligence Industry
5:34 PM
Food & Water Watch:: Group Asks NC Attorney General to Investigate Possible Conflicts of Interest Behind NC’s Rush to Frack
3:43 PM
MPP: New Pew Poll Finds Majority of Americans Now Support Making Marijuana Legal
3:15 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: The Koreas: Lurching Towards War
3:14 PM
Fast Food Forward: Biggest Ever Fast Food Strike Sweeps NYC
1:36 PM
Common Cause and 46 Organizations Urge Public Interest-Oriented Leadership at FCC
1:33 PM
US PIRG:: Offshore Tax Havens Cost Average Taxpayer $1,026 a Year, Small Businesses $3,067
1:10 PM
ACLU Report Exposes Debtors’ Prison Practices in Ohio
12:36 PM
Food & Water Watch: Privatized Water Systems More Costly than Loans 


10:46 AM
Handicap International: 4 April - International Day of Mine Awareness

Wednesday April 3, 2013

5:20 PM
Friends of the Earth Civil Society and Entrepreneurs Call on World Bank to Clean Up Energy Lending
5:18 PM
Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington Calls on FEC to Investigate Checks and Balances for Economic Growth
5:14 PM
Campaign for America's Future The Rising American Electorate Sinking Together
12:53 PM
Center for Economic and Policy Research: New Report on U.S. Aid to Haiti Finds “Troubling” Lack of Transparency, Effectiveness
10:29 AM
Food & Water Watch: From Saccharin to GE Seed, Report Profiles Monsanto’s History Peddling Chemicals for Food, Agriculture, War

Tuesday April 2, 2013

4:51 PM
League of Conservation Voters, Sierra Club, Media Matters Launch Campaign Demanding More Climate Change Coverage on Evening News
4:48 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Minnesota Court of Appeals to Hear Argument on Lawsuit Challenging Wolf Hunting and Trapping
2:29 PM
Center for American Progress: VIDEO: CAP Unveils ‘Boom Without Boundaries’ Video Narrated by Winthrop Roosevelt
2:27 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Nobel Peace Prize for Bradley Manning?
2:27 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Paid Sick Days: Spreading Across the Country
2:24 PM
Institute for Public Accuracy: Launch of Campaign to Revoke Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize
2:18 PM
Food & Water Watch: Nationwide Coalition Urges USDA to Protect Integrity of Country of Origin Labels
12:43 PM
Oil Change International Statement on 'Ludicrous' Exxon Tax Break for Arkansas Spill

Monday April 1, 2013

6:08 PM
Center for Biological Diversity: Huge Arkansas Oil Spill Another Reminder of Spill Danger From Keystone XL, Other Pipelines
4:18 PM
Veterans for Peace: Don't Iraq Iran or Any Other Nation
4:10 PM
Doctors Without Borders: Indian Supreme Court Decision on Novartis Case a Victory for Access to Medicines in Developing Countries
4:06 PM
350.org: Bill McKibben Response to Tar Sands Spill in Arkansas
11:20 AM
Demand Progress: On Day Swartz Trial Would Have Begun, Demand Progress and Swartz's Partner Announce Week of Action Against Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
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