Environment

Chicken Industry's Revised Animal Care Standards Are Weak, Says Animal Welfare Organization

The Animal Welfare Institute (AWI) sent a letter to Mike Brown, president of the National Chicken Council (NCC), condemning the trade association’s new guidelines for the humane treatment of the 9 billion chickens raised for meat each year in the...

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Major victory in conservation battle against oil company

Virunga activists have reported threats, intimidation and unlawful detention.

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PPL Agrees to Install Continuous Monitors for Soot at Its Coal Plants in Montana

In a settlement with conservationists on Wednesday, PPL agreed to install pollution monitors to assure that the Colstrip and Corette coal-fired power plants are continuously complying with the law for particulate pollution. Earthjustice represented...

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United For Wildlife Commits To Tackle The Illegal Wildlife Trade

The Duke of Cambridge joinED the United for Wildlife organisations at a symposium hosted by the Zoological Society of London to discuss the coordinated international effort that is required to combat the illegal wildlife trade.

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