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Pfizer Faces Criminal Charges For Conducting Experiment on Nigerian Children
Business  (tags: children, alert, health, criminal )


- 904 days ago - ahrp.blogspot.com
Pfizer continue to get away with murder... literally!
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Coca-Cola and PepsiCo Agree to Curb Animal Tests
Business  (tags: Good News, Animal Testing, Coke, Pepsi )

Blackcat
- 904 days ago - nytimes.com
ATLANTA, May 30 -- Under pressure from animal rights advocates, two soft drink giants, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo, have agreed to stop directly financing research that uses animals to test or develop their products, except where such testing is required by law.
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NY to Sue Exxon Mobil Over Slow Cleanup of Huge Underground Oil Slick Beneath Brooklyn
Business  (tags: Exxon, oil spill, pollution, lawsuit )

Cal
- 1015 days ago - enn.com
New York's attorney general told Exxon Mobil and two other oil companies Thursday that he intends to sue them for taking decades to clean up a giant underground pond of petroleum left by the refineries that once lined Brooklyn's waterfront.
11 comments
Monsanto Dumped Toxic Waste in UK
Business  (tags: Monsanto, toxic dumping )

Morgana
- 1012 days ago - environment.guardian.co.uk
Inquiry after chemicals found at site 30 years after their disposal John Vidal, environment editor Monday February 12, 2007 The Guardian
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500 Cosmetics Firms Agree to Remove Harmful Ingredients
Business  (tags: Good News, Cosmetics )

Katie
- 1029 days ago - freep.com
More than 500 companies have signed agreements to eliminate potentially unsafe ingredients in their cosmetic and body care products, a national health and environmental coalition said Thursday.
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EBay Bans International Sale of Ivory
Business  (tags: capitalism, ethics, endangered, protection, good news )


- 898 days ago - news.yahoo.com
"The announcement comes as environmental and animal protection groups intensify pressure to eradicate illegal traffic in endangered species from the Internet."
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BP Alaska Still Risks Environmental Disaster
Business  (tags: Katrina, budget, Gulf coast, social ills, Alaska, BP )

Kathleen
- 1000 days ago - truthout.org
Less than a year after a corroded pipeline ruptured causing the largest oil spill in Alaskan history, BP (British Petroleum) has continued to implement severe cost-cutting measures at its North Slope facilities, making it vulnerable to another environmen
6 comments
Denny's Dumps Supplier Following Graphic Video of Bird Abuse
Business  (tags: animalabuse, AnimalCruelty, slaughter, food )

Jonathan
- 904 days ago - opednews.com
A graphic undercover video of turkey and chicken abuse at a poultry slaughterhouse in Raeford, N.C., has prompted Denny's Corp. to suspend its relationship with the poultry supplier. An investigation by national animal welfare group Mercy for Animals foun
7 comments
A Fight About Fish Farms
Business  (tags: Fish, environment, food, endangered )

Susan
- 896 days ago - money.cnn.com
Next time you order a shrimp cocktail, eat a bagel with smoked salmon or enjoy a tuna sandwich, know this: The world's appetite for fish is growing a lot faster than the oceans can supply them.
8 comments
Guide to Giving: Check Out Where Your Donations Really Go
Business  (tags: charity, charities, donations, guide to giving )

RC
- 847 days ago - charitynavigator.org
This is a very informative site that analyzes the actual operations/fund disbursements of hundreds of charities of all kinds. It can help you choose wisely when allocating your charitable contributions.
28 comments
Home Depot to Give Away a Million CFLs This Sunday
Business  (tags: sustainability, environment, green, conservation, eco-friendly, energy, greenliving )

Jarrett
- 945 days ago - lighterfootstep.com
Home improvement giant Home Depot is planning what may be the biggest one-time giveaway of CFLs ever. The retailer will give away one million CFLs to customers this Sunday in observance of Earth Day.
40 comments
A Powerful, Massive Protest: Diminish the Corporate Media's Power By Turning Off Your TV for Good!
Business  (tags: corporategreed, warmongers, corruption, tv, dishonesty, government, freedoms, media, money, politics, profit )

Barb
- 888 days ago - commondreams.org
The mainstream media networks are not interested in educating the public. They are financially supported by the worst criminal polluters (oil & coal) and war profiteers (weapon contractors). Well here's a way to significantly stop the corporate criminals
30 comments
Canon Tops List of Climate-Friendly Companies
Business  (tags: greenproducts, greenlifestyle, eco-friendly )

Cal
- 884 days ago - enn.com
Canon Electronics Inc. , athletic gear leader Nike Inc. and food and consumer goods giant Unilever Plc topped a list rating climate-friendly companies released Tuesday.
7 comments
Judge Halts Award Of Iraq Contract
Business  (tags: freedoms, military, troops, war, neocons, scam )

Robert
- 899 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The order followed an unusual series of events set off when a U.S. Army veteran filed a protest against the government practice of hiring what he calls mercenaries; the contract, worth about $475 million, calls for a private company-
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GM to Speed Up Development of Electric Vehicles
Business  (tags: conservation, emissions, environment, energy, world, GoodNews, globalwarming, electric )

Erika
- 899 days ago - terradaily.com
General Motors Corp., the top US auto maker, said Tuesday it will speed up development of electrically driven vehicles as part of a program to reduce gasoline usage.
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