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Newswire | All Press Releases for 2013-08-22

Thursday, August 22, 2013
6:35 pm
Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
California Department of Public Health Fails to Set Safe Drinking Water Standard for Hexavalent Chromium
1:39 pm
OUR Walmart
Update: 10 Walmart Workers Arrested in Protest of Low Wages, Illegal Retaliation
12:45 pm
OUR Walmart
Walmart Workers Risk Arrest in Protest of Low Wages, Illegal Retaliation
11:36 am
ACLU
ACLU and Planned Parenthood File Anti-Discrimination Lawsuit Against Indiana Department of Health
11:11 am
Americans Against Fracking
Hundreds of Thousands of Americans and Numerous National Organizations to Call on Federal Government to Ban Fracking on Federal Lands
10:55 am
ACLU
ACLU Response to Chelsea Manning's Disclosure of Gender Dysphoria
9:59 am
Food & Water Watch
Nearly 650,000 Comments Call on Obama Administration to Ban Fracking on Public Lands

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