NORFOLK, Virginia, April 10 [Category: Animals] -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release: * * * Chilling Virtual Reality Experience From peta2 Promises Alien Encounters at Eastern Oregon University La Grande, Ore. - Coming to Eastern Oregon University next week is peta2's award-winning virtual reality experience, Abduction, which is touring the country to encourage empathy for animals caged in laboratories on university campuses. In this eerie experie  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, April 10 [Category: Sociological] -- The Mercy Corps posted the following news release: * * * Joint Statement - Two Years of War, Starvation and Global Failure: The World Must Act Now for Sudan Two years of war in Sudan have created a humanitarian catastrophe without parallel. Over 30 million people - nearly 65 percent of Sudan's population - now need urgent assistance to survive. Attacks on civilians are relentless. Women and girls endure systemic sexual violence. The repor  more

EUGENE, Oregon, April 11 -- The Western Environmental Law Center issued the following news release: * * * Water Quality Control Commission poised to adopt rule prohibiting discharge of oil, gas wastewater to ground, surface waters Rule would allow dangerous exception for "pilot projects" to discharge 84,000 gallons per day of treated fossil fuel waste to groundwater, risking public health Following a day and a half of deliberations, the Water Quality Control Commission is poised to adopt a r  more