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BTL:Airborne Toxic Sediment Endangers New Orleans Residents
Interview with Wilma Subra, a McArthur award-winning environmental chemist, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Mon, Jan 30, 2006 4:56am PST
Public Housing in San Francisco
Public Housing in San Francisco has enslaved thousands because the Housing Authority and the City and County of San Francisco and now Mayor Gavin Newsom has chosen to use residents in Public Housing as a ploy. The Mayor's Office of Community Development and the Mayor's cronies continue to use residents in San Francisco's Public Housing as stooges and this must stop. Jesse Blout from the Mayor's Office of Economic Development and Work Force is doing nothing to help the poor folks that live in ...
Posted: Sat, Jan 28, 2006 5:57pm PST
Calphine Energy Corporation intent to pollute Medicine Lake Highlands.
Calphine Energy Corporation refuses to pay heed to the First People and more to reason to butt out of the area know as Medicine Lake Highlands. We have met with the authorities and have explained to them that this is not about money and greed but about respect for Mother Earth. Again and again some greedy corporation such as the Calphine Energy Corporation will not pay heed but this time we will gather in force and fight this war - one battle at a time....
Posted: Fri, Jan 27, 2006 7:08pm PST
Fire Salvage Logging On Hold In Sierra's Due to Lawsuits
"These well-funded environmental groups seem to want to stop logging and forest management at any cost," said Mike Albrecht, president of Sierra Resource Management, a Sonora-area logging company....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 9:16pm PST
New Lawsuit Demands the Delisting of Marbled Murrelets
The following was originally posted at saveancientforests.blogspot.com...
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 9:00pm PST
Jan. 27th Films in Arcata to Highlight Struggle to Bring the Klamath Salmon Home
Locals and Tribal leaders to present films, discuss dam removal efforts
Arcata, CA - Klamath River residents are coming to Arcata this Friday as the first stop in a string of multi-media events in California and Oregon to build support for efforts to remove dams and bring the Klamath salmon home....
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 7:35pm PST
Talking with Jenny: Who is the farmer at the Farmers' Market?
We buy their tomatoes, but who are they? What stories do small-scale sustainable farmers have to tell, and why does it matter? Santa Cruz author, Jenny Kurzweil began writing "Fields That Dream: Journey to the Roots of Our Food" six years ago because she felt the disconnect between herself and her food. She didn't have an agent, publisher or MFA, but she plowed ahead anyway. The book is a thoroughly researched introduction to small-scale sustainable farming, and a fantastic read (Fu...
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 8:20am PST
Sea Shepherd ship held in South Africa: Payback begins
The anti-whaling protest ship 'Farley Mowat' has been detained indefinitely at Cape Town after seven weeks at sea...
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 7:05am PST
Three indicted on charges of plotting against Forest Service lab
Three people were indicted in Sacramento on Wednesday for alledgedly conspiring to damage property with explosives or fire. They could face 5 to 20 years in prison if convicted. (Note: this article seems sensationalized and biased, but it was actually more fair than most of the msm on this issue.)...
Posted: Thu, Jan 26, 2006 2:13am PST
Daniel McGowan just released into the custody of his sister - judge cited support letters
great news - eco-defender ensared in witch hunt released on bail - our letters matter!
PLEASE take a moment TONIGHT to write and send a support letter for the other eco-defenders - their bail hearings are coming fast!...
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 5:53pm PST
Urgent Alert: Save The Delta by Showing At SDIP Hearing!
If we want to save the Dying California Delta, anglers, environmentalists, Indian tribe members and everybody concerned about the future of the Delta, the most important estuary on the Pacific coast, need to show at this SDIP (South Delta Improvement Act) hearing on Thursday evening at the Department of General Services Auditorium in Stockton. Here are the details from Mark Rockwell and Doug Lovell....
Posted: Wed, Jan 25, 2006 2:44pm PST
PANUPS: Replacing Poison with Poison: We Can Do Better
Stop the Registration of Methyl Iodide!...
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 9:33pm PST
Japanese Losing Their Appetite for Whale Hunt
Japan may use science or tradition to defend its whaling, but whale meat is almost never on the menu in the nation....
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 5:16pm PST
Klamath Salmon near extintion: Record Low Salmon River Salmon Runs – Three Times in a Row
Forks of Salmon, CA - Scientists and Conservationists were shocked last week to find out that the Salmon River fall Chinook run had dipped even lower than the previous year’s record low. Only an estimated 320 fall Chinook returned to the Salmon River according to the California Dept. of Fish and Game (CDFG). CDFG has counts for spawning fall Chinook that go back 27 years to 1978. A large tributary to the Klamath, the Salmon River had an all time low in 2004 with a run of 626 fall Chinook. Bef...
Posted: Tue, Jan 24, 2006 11:47am PST
Tre Arrow and ELF: Radical Environmentalist on Death Row
The government drops bombs on kids in the Middle East, while a hand full of activists torch some yuppie ski resort in Colorado: Bush gets reelected and the radical environmentalists are issued warrants.
Where the hell is the justice?...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 10:33pm PST
Press Release - 11 Indicted in Environmental Witch Hunt
On Friday the Justice Department announced that 11
individuals were being charged in a 65 count indictment handed down by a
Eugene, Oregon grand jury for a series of events from 1996 to 2001....
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 9:23pm PST
Salmon River Suffers From Record Low Chinook Returns
Record low returns of spawning fall chinook salmon on the Salmon River, a major, pristine tributary of the Klamath River, point to the catastrophic impact that dams, diversions, mining and logging have on the fishery...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 6:15pm PST
New Info on Auburn 3 Case
New information from the Fresno Bee on Auburn 3 Case...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 8:58am PST
Funeral for the Delta Set for Tuesday, Jan. 24, 9:30 am Sacramento1
Please show support for the massive opposition to plans to increase Delta exports on the Delta!...
Posted: Mon, Jan 23, 2006 7:16am PST