The Department of Energy is considering risking billions of taxpayer dollars on loan guarantees for construction of new EPR nuclear reactors. One of these reactors--Calvert Cliffs-3 on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland--is reportedly on DOE's

Congratulations to 19 year old Kaitlyn Hunter from West Vancouver, British Columbia, for her Grand Prize winning artwork entitled "An Optimistic Thought". Kaitlyn's art is featured on a brand new 100% organic cotton t-shirt available exclusively in the S

Violence against women is an international epidemic. According to the United Nations, up to 70 percent of women will experience violence in their lifetimes. According to the World Bank, women ages 15-44 are more at risk from rape and domestic violence th

As the Copenhagen climate negotiations begin and the world turns its attention to the climate crisis, it's time to remind our Senators that nuclear power is dirty, dangerous, and expensive, and has no place in U.S. climate legislation or international tr

After 8 years, nearly 5,300 U.S. lives, and $3 trillion, it's time to bring our troops safely home from Afghanistan and Iraq. We urge Congress to vote against any funds for these wars, except to bring our troops safely home..

Remember when the pesticide lobby attacked First Lady Michelle Obama because she wasn't championing the use of chemicals in her White House garden? Somehow a top official from CropLife -- the powerful chemical industry trade group that went after Mich

The Keep Cruelty History campaign has received support from hundreds of parliamentary candidates now, but we must continue this work. With your help in urging your MP to sign EDM 79 we can raise more awareness of the campaign and show that the public doe

Four the past four years, Bernanke has been the leading bank regulator in our country. He turned his back on the problems in big finance and then when it all crashed his only idea was to give as much free taxpayer money to the big banks as he could. He h

The Department of Interior just recognized the need to protect the endangered polar bear by designating critical habitat in the Arctic. Yet it also green-lighted a plan by Shell Oil to drill in the Beaufort Sea, right in the heart of this protected land.

Founded on November 5, 2003 by Monica Thompson, D.V.M., the Feline Well-Care Clinic started as a veterinary hospital that occasionally rescued cats. She eventually established the no-kill Nine Lives Foundation in December of 2004...