WASHINGTON, May 19 [Category: Animals] -- The Center for a Humane Economy posted the following news release: * * * Animal Wellness Action Applauds Oregon State Police and Federal Agencies for Taking Action Against Inhumane Roadside Zoo BANDON, Ore. -- Animal Wellness Action is applauding the Oregon State Police and partnering agencies for shuttering the West Coast Game Park Safari in Bandon and seizing approximately 300 animals housed there and placing them in safe settings. Animal Wellness A  more

EUGENE, Oregon, May 20 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release on May 19, 2025: * * * Cowlitz Indian Tribe, salmon conservation group put Tacoma Power on notice over failure to protect threatened salmon, steelhead Today, the Cowlitz Indian Tribe and The Conservation Angler, represented by attorneys at the Western Environmental Law Center, notified Tacoma Power the groups intend to challenge in court the utility's failure to provide safe and effective downstre  more

WASHINGTON, May 20 -- The Center for Food Safety issued the following news release on May 19, 2025: * * * Oregon Judge Blocks Mega Chicken Farm Near North Santiam River Ruling invalidates regulatory definition of "new CAFO" and finds J-S Ranch is a "new CAFO" that failed to comply with the current law SCIO, OR -- In a major victory for Oregon farmers and clean water advocates, an Oregon circuit court judge today ruled that a pollution permit issued to J-S Ranch, a proposed 3.5 million chicke  more

WASHINGTON, May 19 [Category: Health Care] -- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Physicians Committee Complaint Calls on OHSU to Suspend Decades-Long Alcohol Experiments on Nonhuman Primates PORTLAND, Ore.--The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a nonprofit medical ethics group, is filing a complaint on Monday, May 19, calling on Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to suspend decades-long alcohol-related experiments on nonh  more

YONKERS, New York, May 20 -- Consumer Reports posted the following news release: * * * Washington Governor signs key digital right to repair bill into law Consumer Reports applauds new law that will extend rights to nearly 8 million Washingtonians Olympia, WA -- Washington Governor Bob Ferguson today signed a digital right to repair bill (House Bill 1483) into law. The new law is designed to make it easier and less expensive for consumers to fix their broken devices, while reducing electroni  more