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Tell Governor Cuomo: Don’t Frack New York!
Tell Governor Cuomo: Don’t Frack New York! SIgn up for the bus today!
[Video] Natural Gas Exxposed – Anthony Ingraffea
If we don’t end America’s growing addiction to natural gas, the gas industry will ruin our communities, our health and our climate. ExxonMobil, Chesapeake Energy and Range Resources have hundreds of millions of dollars to spend lobbying Congress, influencing elections and buying airtime for their slanted advertisements. Sign their Call …
[Call to Action] Tell Congress Not to Let Agribusiness Write its Own Rules!
Take action today!! Tomorrow may be too late!! http://salsa3.salsalabs.com/o/1881/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=8071 On the heels of the “Monsanto rider” inserted into the House Agriculture Appropriations Bill a few weeks ago, the Agbiotech Industry’s latest ploy has hit the House Farm Bill in the form of multiple hidden changes to the laws governing genetically …
[Call to Action] Don’t Let Congress Use “Cybersecurity” Fears to Trample on Civil Liberties
UPDATE: Responding to the concerns of the Internet community, the Senate has introduced a new cybersecurity bill (S 3414) that addresses some of the most significant privacy concerns. While not perfect, S 3414 includes strong new privacy protections. Thanks for speaking out! Unfortunately, these new protections are under threat. They …
Support the Student Loan Forgiveness Act
From CREDO: We wanted to give you an update on our fight to address the crushing student debt crisis. First, some good news. We temporarily stopped the interest rate of federal student loans from doubling thanks to your activism. CREDO Action members signed over 320,000 of our petitions to lawmakers, …
ACTA Is DEAD After European Parliament Vote
Proof that when citizens band together, meaningful change is still possible: Today at 12:56 CET, the European Parliament decided whether ACTA would be ultimately rejected or whether it would drag on into uncertainty. In a 478 to 39 vote, the Parliament decided to reject ACTA once and for all. This …
Watch The War on Health: The FDA’s Cult of Tyranny
Our host Gary Null is proud to present his newest film, The War on Health, for free streaming online! While the FDA marches on with their plans to take away your right to health and nutrition, this documentary threatens to blow their tyrannical rule apart. Never before seen footage, and …
Farm Groups and Public Interest Advocates Join Forces to Oust Dangerous ‘Biotech Provision’ From Agriculture Spending Bill
Farm Groups and Public Interest Advocates Join Forces to Oust Dangerous ‘Biotech Provision’ From Agriculture Spending Bill WASHINGTON, DC – June 19, 2012 – Hidden rider poses unprecedented constitutional assault, blocks USDA authority and denies GE crop safeguards The Center for Food Safety (CFS) and a coalition of farm, food …
The True Food Shoppers’ Guide to Avoiding GMOs
The Center for Food Safety has released an empowering app for Android and iPhone, that puts information about avoiding GMO foods right in the palm of your hand. Best of all, they offer it free of charge: Download our NEW True Food Shopper’s Guideto avoiding GE foods, updated for 2011, or …
[Call to Action] Governor Cuomo: Don’t Frack New York
Recently, The New York Times reported that Governor Cuomo is on the verge of lifting New York’s current ban on fracking, and allowing the gas industry free reign across a huge area of our state—specifically targeting economically disadvantaged communities with this toxic practice. This plan, if true, is nothing short …
Breaking News: We Win Major Concession on New Supplement Guidance
FDA reverses itself– for now. We have pointed out for months that the FDA’s NDI (new supplement) guidance threatens our access to supplements and indeed could destroy the industry, leaving drugs with a total monopoly. After adamantly digging in its heels and refusing to reconsider, FDA has now at last …
[Call to Action] URGENT! Tell your Senators to support GMO labeling – Americans shouldn’t have wait to find out what’s in their food!
Take action today to stop agribusiness lobbyists from giving away billions in federal subsidies to the agribusiness lobby. Urgent Calls needed – Senate votes on GMO labeling amendment today! Yesterday was a better day in the U.S. Senate for family farmers, eaters and the environment, with several key amendments …
A Digital Bill of Rights
Keep the Web Open is compiling an intriguing, crowdsourced “Digital Bill of Rights.” The Digital Bill of Rights:1) The right to a free and uncensored Internet.2) The right to an open, unobstructed Internet.3) The right to equality on the Internet.4) The right to gather and participate in online activities.5) The …
Demonstrations against ACTA in the US, Japan, Canada and Europe | ACTA
Tomorrow, Saturday 9 June, there will be about 120 demonstrations against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). Most of them take place in Europe, but there will also be demonstrations in Sendai (Japan), Montreal (QC, Canada) and New York (US). See this map, Stopp-ACTA and Access Now. ACTA is not dead, see EDRi: ACTA – the …