Humane Issues in the News...

Each week we post links to news about humane education & humane living, and items connected to humane issues, from human rights to environmental preservation, to animal protection, to media, consumerism and culture.

UK sets "legally-binding" pledge to cut emissions 50% by 2025 (via Treehugger) (5/17/11)

UK store engages in "retail activism" to help protect oceans (and sell stuff) (via Treehugger) (5/16/11)

Sea lions to be killed for eating fish (via Treehugger) (5/15/11)

School to offer service learning diplomas (via News-Record.com) (5/15/11)

Produce industry wants USDA to add "context" to its annual report on produce pesticide residues (via Washington Post) (5/15/11)

New map shows "fraccidents" from hydraulic fracturing across U.S. (via Treehugger) (5/13/11)

Study links "fracking" to flammable water (via Planetsave) (5/12/11)

New report calls for "strong national policy" to reduce greenhouse gases (via NY Times) (5/12/11)

New study shows 48 women raped every hour in Congo (via The Guardian) (5/12/11)

An ever-noisier ocean causing problems for sea animals (via Seattle Times) (5/12/11)

New study: 1/3 of world's food wasted (via NY Times) (5/12/11)

Scholastic creates curriculum for American Coal Foundation (via Treehugger) (5/12/11)

"Preventing cruelty on the farm" (opinions) (via NY Times) (5/11/11)

"Green is the new red: the crackdown on environmental activists" (via Mother Jones) (5/11/11)

Presbyterian Church to allow openly gay/lesbian clergy (via Huffington Post) (5/10/11)

How much are Americans working to pay for their cars? (via Treehugger) (5/9/11)