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.


Congress bans green building at Department of Defense (via Treehugger) (12/20/11)

Will Russian ban on seal skin products affect Canadian seal hunts? (via Treehugger) (12/19/11)

"Environmentalists get down to earth" (via NY Times) (12/17/11)

Study says marriage equality may boost public health benefits (via USA Today) (12/17/11)

Study notes that more roads = more traffic (via Sightline Daily) (12/16/11)

"EPA finalizes tough new rules on emissions" for coal plants (via Washington Post) (12/16/11)

Wood smoke now a major NW air polluter (via OPB) (12/16/11)

NIH puts moratorium on new studies using chimpanzees (via Washington Post) (12/15/11)

Tar sands oil everywhere in U.S.: map of refineries (via Mother Jones) (12/15/11)

2011 marks biggest elephant ivory seizure in more than a decade (via IFAW) (12/14/11)

"Food giants fight proposed nutrition guidelines" (via SF Gate) (12/12/11)

"Scientists investigate water memory" (via Ode) (12/8/11)

LA city council votes against corporate personhood (via Examiner) (12/7/11)

Study shows protected status makes endangered species more valuable to trophy hunters (via Conservation Magazine) (12/5/11)


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