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Biden Administration Announces Decommissioning of Oil Rigs Off California 
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., July 22, 2021 — The Biden administration today announced its intent to prepare a programmatic environmental analysis of the impacts of decommissioning oil and gas drilling platforms, pipelines and wells off southern California....
Posted: Fri Jul 23, 2021 4:48PM
IMF Approves Sudan Debt Relief Plan On Monday, the International Monetary Fund approved a plan to pay for Sudan's debt owed to the financial institution....
Posted: Tue May 11, 2021 8:59AM
Settlement Reached in Groundbreaking Martin v. Boise case 
Parties reach historic agreement that prevents people experiencing homelessness from being cited or arrested for sleeping outdoors when no shelter is available...
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2021 9:27AM
Appeal Targets U.S. Wildlife Agency’s Refusal to Consider California Condor’s Significance to Tribal Groups in Approving Luxury Resort LOS ANGELES, February 2, 2021 — Conservation and tribal groups today appealed a recent court ruling that the California condor doesn’t qualify as a traditional Native American cultural property under federal law....
Posted: Wed Feb 3, 2021 12:59PM
Stimulus Deal Ups Food Aid for Puerto Rico Congress passed additional Nutrition Assistance Program food benefits for Puerto Rico as part of its $900 billion COVID stimulus plan....
Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2020 2:43PM
Biden Should Call for Emergency G20 Leaders Meeting, Says Religious Development Group A religious development group urges President-elect Biden to convene an emergency G20 meeting upon inauguration into the high office....
Posted: Fri Nov 27, 2020 5:26AM
Shark vs. Human: Who Is More Dangerous? Washington, DC, August 10, 2020 — As Shark Week kicks off this week, more than 200 restaurants across the United States and Canada are exacerbating the rapid decline in shark species by continuing to serve an expensive soup made from their butchered fins....
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:33PM
Federal Review of Columbia River Dams Fails to Protect Salmon, Orcas 
Dam Removal Not Chosen Despite Scientific Support...
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:18PM
Santa Barbara County to Vote on ExxonMobil Plan to Restart Offshore Platforms, Truck Oil in California Final Environmental Study Released, Project Approval Hearings Announced...
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:13PM
National nurse survey reveals devastating impact of reopening too soon 
Photo: NNU press conference to release results of first national nurse survey - March 5, 2020...
Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2020 2:04PM
California Coastal Commission Orders Oceano Dunes to Remain Closed to Vehicles to Protect Nesting Shorebirds 
Snowy Plovers Thriving During Vehicle Closure Despite State Parks Interference...
Posted: Wed Jul 8, 2020 5:45PM
Nurses Join Forces Nationally to Warn Against Early Reopening 
June 2, 2020 - As COVID-19 cases continue to climb in the United States, unions representing 230,000 nurses across the country have joined forces to demand hospitals and the government follow strict guidelines before any further reopening measures are taken....
Posted: Tue Jun 2, 2020 4:14PM
RNs to Hold Vigil in Memory of El Paso RN Karla Dominguez Who Died of COVID-19 
Registered nurses will hold a memorial Wednesday night in memory of Karla Dominguez, a pediatric intensive care nurse at Hospitals of Providence Memorial Campus in El Paso who died of COVID-19....
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2020 6:00PM
CDC: Housing, Not Handcuffs Is the Way to Stop COVID-19 Amongst Homeless Populations Advocates Hail First Step, Call for More Help...
Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 4:01PM
Gov. Newsom Urged to Phase Out Fossil Fuel Cars by 2030 
California’s New Vehicles Study Must Meet Urgency of Climate Crisis...
Posted: Mon Oct 28, 2019 9:17PM
Largest McStrike launched at 6 South London stores 
October 25, 2019 - The Bakers Food and Allied Workers’ Union (BFAWU) will today notify 6 London McDonald’s stores that its members will go on strike on 12 November as part of an international day of action for fast food workers’ rights....
Posted: Fri Oct 25, 2019 10:22AM
Feds Launch Process to Protect Endangered West Coast Orcas From Vessel Disturbance Announcement Follows Lawsuit Over ‘Whale Protection Zone’ in Washington’s Inland Waters...
Posted: Thu Oct 24, 2019 10:40PM
Uncooked Impossible Burgers Illegally Being Sold in Grocery Stores 
Food Safety Group Asserts Current Sales are Unlawful...
Posted: Mon Oct 21, 2019 11:06PM
Court Rejects Trump Administration Efforts to Avoid Curbing Risks From Dangerous Pesticide 
OAKLAND, Calif., October 15, 2019 — A federal district court in Oakland today rejected the Trump administration’s efforts to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the failure of the Environmental Protection Agency to protect endangered wildlife and the environment from the dangerous pesticide malathion....
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 7:24PM
Trump EPA’s Paraquat Review Ignores Strong Links to Parkinson’s Disease Agency Considers Reapproving Lethal Pesticide Banned in Much of World...
Posted: Fri Oct 18, 2019 7:20PM