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Boston City Council Passes Groundbreaking Food Justice Ordinance

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After Last Version Blocked, Iowa's New Ag-Gag Bill 'Gives Middle Finger to Free Speech, Consumer Protection, Food Safety, and Animal Welfare'

Jessica Corbett, staff writer

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"Consumers have a right to know how their food is produced and how animals at factory farms are mistreated."

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Issuing 'Death Sentence' to Gray Wolves, Trump Admin Moves to Gut Federal Protections

Andrea Germanos, staff writer

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"By removing protections across the country, the Trump Administration is...

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'Shame on Trudeau': Anger Stirred as Canada's Energy Board Approves Trans Mountain Pipeline

Julia Conley, staff writer

"We have a duty to protect what we've all been blessed with in British Columbia...

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Scientists Warn Crashing Insect Population Puts 'Planet's Ecosystems and Survival of Mankind' at Risk

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Victory for Free Speech and Animal Welfare as Federal Judge Strikes Down Iowa 'Ag-Gag' Law

'Openly Declaring Their Illegal Whaling Activities,' Japan Abandons Global Effort to Protect Whale Population

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Watch: Doc Follows Six Activists Facing Felonies for Exposing Animal Cruelty at Utah Factory Farms

Taking Path of a 'Pirate Whaling Nation,' Japan Reportedly Set to Resume Commercial Whale-Hunting in Its Waters

Quoting Dr. Seuss, Court Throws Out Pipeline Permit and Implores Forest Service to 'Speak for the Trees' Instead of Corporate Polluters

'A Great Shame': Taken From Oceans Around the World, 100% of Sea Turtles in New Study Had Plastics in Their Bellies

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Challenge to Trump's Environmentally Disastrous Plan to 'Wreak Havoc Along the Border' Blocked by Supreme Court

Trump Greenlights Another 'Violent, Destructive' Assault on Marine Life With Seismic Testing Approval

In Heartwarming 'Act of Thanksgiving Mercy,' Farmer Turns Over 100 Turkeys to Animal Rights Group

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'Final, Pathetic Stab' at Cherished Endangered Species as House GOP Votes to Strip Protections From Gray Wolves

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In 'Loud and Clear' Rebuke of Factory Farming, California Passes World's 'Strongest Animal Welfare Law'

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Western Environmental Law Center

Trump Admin Announces Intent to Strip Wolves of Endangered Species Protections in Lower 48

Endangered Species Coalition

Trump Administration to Strip Protections for Gray Wolves

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Trump Administration Proposes Stripping Protections for Wolves Across the Nation

Defenders of Wildlife

Fish and Wildlife Service Moves to Delist Wolves

Center for Biological Diversity

Trump Administration Announces Stripping Gray Wolf Protections Across Country

Food & Water Watch

USDA Quietly Approves New Line Speed Waivers for Chicken Plants

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Sara Amundson

Animals Scored Significant Victories With the 2018 Farm Bill

Michael Goldberg

Is Whole Foods Telling Us the Truth About Its Stance on Animal Rights?

Dominique Mosbergen

We Need to Talk About Palm Oil

Tom Engelhardt

A Bad World for Migrants (and I Don’t Even Mean Human Ones)

Subhankar Banerjee

Biological Annihilation: A Planet in Loss Mode

Jacy Reese

Emptying the Cages

Cameron Harsh

How to Combat Climate Change with What You Eat

Michael Sainato, Chelsea Skojec

Police Arrest 58 Activists After Factory Conditions Exposed at 'Free Range' Perdue Supplier

Frida Berrigan

The Cheetah in Us All

Lorraine Chow

3.4 Million Chickens, 5,500 Hogs Killed in Florence's Flooding

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