In early June, Trillium Asset Management Social Research Analyst Susan Baker led a group of 40 investors on a fact-finding tour of Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.” The investors, who were gathered in New Orleans for the annual meeting of the Interfaith Center for Corporate Responsibility, represented faith-based institutions and socially responsible investment firms collectively holding billions of dollars [...]
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The 2001 Roadless Rule was a widely supported regulation that protected over 58 million acres of public land on national forests from road construction, commercial logging, and development. Hunters, fishermen, hikers, and millions of regular Americans considered it one of the greatest forest conservation measures in U.S. history. Despite its valuable protections, the 2001 Roadless Rule was formally repealed by the Bush administration in May of 2005.
Bush Administration Regulations Reverse Decades of Progress in Forest
Management, Eliminate Wildlife and Natural Resource Protections
Inuit Leader Sheila Watt-Cloutier Announces Intention to File a Human Right Claim Against the U.S. for its Dangerous Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Over 6,000 public appeals ignored, fire resistant 30-inch diameter old growth trees to be cut, safeguards for water and wildlife will be limited, logging given preference over protecting communities from wildfire
Ruling an Unprecedented Victory for Citizen Oversight of Biotech Experiments
Senator Feingold Leads Efforts Protect the Nation’s Waters
Off-road and cattle grazing must be limited to protect species
Unprecedented legal strategy being used to redirect US military’s plan to build airbase on crucial dugong habitat off Okinawa
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