Habitat for Humanity Seeks Volunteers to Help Rebuild Haiti

Habitat for Humanity is re-opening its volunteer program in Haiti, and is looking for people interested in building in Léogane — the epicenter of the January 2010 earthquake. Volunteers will pay their own way, and are challenged to fundraise a minimum of $2,500 for our Haitian program — which has done much, but needs more financing in the face of such... Read More

Tell the DOJ it’s time to Break Up Monsanto

Last year the Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Agriculture held a series of 5 workshops investigating anti-competitive practices in the food and agricultural sectors, particularly pertaining to Monsanto. Nowhere are these abuses more prevalent than in the extreme market share enjoyed by the seed and chemical company Monsanto, which has a virtual stranglehold... Read More

US FWS Requests Public Comment on Endangered Ocelot Recovery Plan

Classified as an endangered species since 1972, ocelot may receive some recovery assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which announced the availability of the Draft Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis) Recovery Plan, First Revision. The ocelot was listed as an endangered foreign species in 1972 under the authority of the Endangered Species Conservation Act of... Read More