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The umbilical cord is a baby’s lifeline, bringing nourishment from the mother and removing waste. The amniotic fluid bathes the growing embryo, and the umbilical cord brings the embryo oxygen, nutrients—and a startling array of toxic industrial chemicals, according to a recent study, “Body Burden: The Pollution in Newborns.”...

In 32 countries around the world, thousands of protesters railed against the inaction of the US Government to curb it's fossil fuel polluting of the atmosphere....

The Alliance for Community Trainers -- a new 501c3 organization facilitated by Starhawk, one of the founders of Reclaim the Commons in 2004 -- will help support efforts to clean up New Orleans using the natural methods of bioremediation: using bacteria, plants and fungi to break down toxins and restore the health of the soil...

YOUR help is needed to protect the world's largest intact temperate rainforest, the Great Bear Rainforest, by sending the government of British Columbia, Canada, a fax through the website: www.savethegreatbear.org Below is a joint statement by the coastal indigenous native bands and environmental groups about the Great Bear Rainforest deal:...

Flexcar is a car sharing program that started in Seattle, Wa., but it is quickly spreading across America. Flexcar is now in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, and more. Flexcar members pay a small initial fee to join, then reserve cars online, for use as needed. People pay by the hour to use Flexcars, and the fees are all-inclusive, meaning that insurance, gas, maintenance, parking, etc. are all included in the hourly fee. The hourly fees range from approximately $7.50 - $9 an hour, depend...

The enduring vigorous stupidity of the U.S. military pretends that radiation is one of those things that if you can't see it, it can't hurt you. They are thoroughly delusional, of course. A National Academy of Sciences report released June 30, 2005, finds that there is no safe level of radiation. Any radiation is bad.......

Have we heard the voices of our indigenous people, or low income or people of color? They have expressed concerns on their environment for decades....

Many Low income and Communities of Color through out the world have been hollering and saying to anyone who would listen the "TOXICS ARE KILLING US" now we see this type of potential withholding of funds towards Africa. Had we listened to the communities that were asking to be saved from the toxics would we be at Global Warming's deadly doorstep. Environmental Racism does show that it can boomerang. It does not matter if you are a billionare or a pauper you are in the Global Warming...

We are sleepwalking to the end of the earth remember the frogs in warm water keep turning up the temperature gradually they won't notice until after it is too late...

I sent this editorial from the NY Times to various Central Valley newspapers, but no one saw fit to reprint it. Maybe you will have more nerve....