https://newstandardnews.net Nonprofit. Anticommercial. Progressive. Uncompromised. en-us Copyright 2007, The NewStandard pnw-collective@peoplesnetworks.net support@peoplesnetworks.net https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4757 A government agency is currently weighing a controversial proposal to allow a biotechnology company to plant up to 3,200 acres of rice genetically modified to treat diarrhea. In February,... Megan Tady 2007-04-27 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4756 As stolen identities undercut the assets and privacy of Americans, public-interest groups say the White House's new strategy to combat identity theft ignores core challenges of securing data in the... Michelle Chen 2007-04-27 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4748 Environmentalists are calling for a boycott of bottled water in an effort to reduce the use of fossil fuels, protect the environment and protect local drinking supplies. Campaign leader... Shreema Mehta 2007-04-26 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4740 In reaction to a surge in home foreclosures, an anti-poverty group is attempting to organize low-income people to push for changes to the nation's lending laws. As the number of people... Shreema Mehta 2007-04-25 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4735 Fresh ties are budding between public universities and a leading oil company, seeding fears that industry is profiting from climate-change research at the expense of scientific integrity.... Michelle Chen 2007-04-24 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4724 Privacy advocates are attempting to thwart a merger between Google and an online marketing agency, fearing the deal could further erode Internet users' privacy. This month, Google... Megan Tady 2007-04-23 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4716 In light of news that government regulators have neglected their duties to review pharmaceutical commercials, their proposed fix involves crawling even deeper into bed with drugmakers. Shreema Mehta 2007-04-20 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4711 It took four years for Taco Bell's parent company to agree to demands that the restaurant take responsibility for the wages and working conditions of migrant laborers who pick its tomatoes. It took... Kari Lydersen 2007-04-19 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4700 Accusing a retail giant of wriggling out of over $2 billion in taxes, a watchdog group is pointing to a loophole in certain states that lets huge companies pay rent to themselves. According... Michelle Chen 2007-04-18 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4688 Environmentalists are reacting to a proposal to slaughter some sea lions in order to save the few salmon they in turn kill, pointing to deadly dams as the elephant in the room. Shreema Mehta 2007-04-17 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4681 In an early round of bureaucratic wrangling, Michigan environmental officials have withdrawn their proposal to allow a sulfide mine in a relatively untouched part of the state. Kari Lydersen 2007-04-16 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4677 As the science of tiny particles seeps into commercial markets, controversy is swelling over whether the nanotechnology industry can be trusted to regulate itself. Nanotechnology, which... Michelle Chen 2007-04-16 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4672 Although homeless people, community organizers and academics say the best way to end homelessness is to increase affordable housing, Los Angeles politicians’ most visible response to the city’s crisis has been a police crackdown on homeless people. Jessica Hoffmann 2007-04-13 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4668 A report released this week documents a dramatic increase in greenhouse-gas emissions in the United States since 1990. The state-by-state analysis, published by the advocacy group... Megan Tady 2007-04-13 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4663 This year, Californians will live alongside over half a million pounds of newly hidden toxic waste, thanks to recent changes in the national system for reporting releases of hazardous... Michelle Chen 2007-04-12 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4654 Prisoners who allege being raped, beaten and otherwise mistreated have for years faced an additional burden: limited access to US courts. Now civil-rights groups are renewing efforts to undo... Michelle Chen 2007-04-11 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4650 Dubbing them the Wall Street Seven, some environmentalists are putting pressure on major financial institutions for financing power plants that emit the most greenhouse gases. Megan Tady 2007-04-11 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4646 While new rules will make it easier for some felons to regain certain rights they lost when convicted, civil-rights activists say the process is still far from libertarian. Michelle Chen 2007-04-10 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4644 A federal agency is accusing FedEx Home Delivery of cracking down on employees' attempts to organize in Massachusetts by harassing workers, threatening firings and monitoring employees' activities.... Shreema Mehta 2007-04-10 https://newstandardnews.net/content/index.cfm/items/4628 A so-called "nuclear renaissance" is budding in New Mexico with the construction of a major uranium-processing facility, but activists are waging a legal challenge in an attempt to stem the... Michelle Chen 2007-04-06