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Congress Urges Action on Mexico Turtle Deaths
US Congress calling for halt to thousands of endangered sea turtle deaths in Baja Mexico fishery
Rep. Jared Huffman (CA-2nd) and 12 House members urged Obama officials to pressure Mexico to immediately end the needless drownings of Pacific loggerhead sea turtles in a Baja California fishery -- a global hot spot for turtle bycatch. Download the letter here: http://www.seaturtles.org/downloads/HuffmanCongressLTRBajaTurtles12.13.pdf...
Posted: Mon, Dec 16, 2013 3:48pm PST
Widened Panama Canal Threatens the Environment
The Obama administration’s push to modernize U.S. ports to accommodate huge new ships that can pass through the widened Panama Canal worries environmentalists who believe U.S. coastlines will be subjected to enormous damage and coastal residents will face increased health risks. For marine life already threatened by shipping traffic, like the majestic right whale, the odds are even tougher....
Posted: Sun, Dec 15, 2013 4:43pm PST
Ice Sheets and Sea level: what past climate change tells us is likely
Paleoclimate shows us that sea level rise could become catastrophic with rises of 3 feet per 20 years seen as possible. "We are still potentially underestimating the instability of the ice sheets" informs Stefen Rahmstorf, Professor of Physics of the oceans from Postdam University in a video interview. "The IPCC has greatly revised it's estimates of how unstable the Greenland ice sheet was."...
Posted: Fri, Dec 13, 2013 10:31pm PST
New Report: Rising Seas Threaten 233 Federally Protected Species
SAN FRANCISCO— Sea-level rise driven by climate change poses a deadly threat to 233 federally protected animal and plant species in 23 coastal states, according to a new scientific report from the Center for Biological Diversity (see PDF), and U.S. wildlife protection agencies are not doing enough to protect at-risk species....
Posted: Tue, Dec 10, 2013 3:44pm PST
All-Woman Review Board to Decide on Distribution of Viagra
The Raging Grannies have formed an all-woman Viagra Review Board to decide on the distribution of the popular drug said to enhance male sexual performance....
Posted: Wed, Mar 7, 2012 4:52pm PST
Where are the calls to demonstrate in support of Wikileaks???
Calls for demonstrations in support of Julian Assange, Bradley Manning, & Wikileaks....
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2010 2:29am PST
Facebook Blocks Ads For Pot Legalization Campaign
Facebook spokesman Noyes says in a statement: "The image in question was no longer acceptable for use in Facebook ads. The image of a marijuana leaf is classified with all smoking products and therefore is not acceptable under our policies."
Facebook objects to the pot leaf under medical circumstances, as well....
Posted: Tue, Aug 24, 2010 2:13pm PDT
Cannabis Culture Lights Up New Facebook Page
CANNABIS CULTURE - Cannabis Culture has launched a new Facebook Page to replace the one deleted recently by the social networking site....
Posted: Tue, Jan 5, 2010 3:47pm PST
Facebook Shuts Down Cannabis Culture Page
CANNABIS CULTURE - For reasons unknown, Cannabis Culture Magazine's Facebook page has been disabled by the popular social networking site.
[*Facebook is based in Palo Alto, CA]...
Posted: Tue, Dec 29, 2009 1:08pm PST
Venezuela and the Revolutionary Struggle
Learn about Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution....
Posted: Sat, May 10, 2008 11:39am PDT
CBCP slams conduct of midterm elections
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) expressed dismay yesterday over the conduct of the May 14 midterm elections, saying the challenge of credible, honest, meaningful and peaceful polls remains.
CBCP president Archbishop Angel Lagdameo lamented that “vote-buying and other anomalies have already become systematic and even cultural.”
He said election watchdogs, including the Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV), said the problem no longer lies in th...
Posted: Fri, Jul 6, 2007 5:57pm PDT
Letter to the Editor: Stanford hunger-striker heads to infirmary
In regards to the article: Stanford hunger-striker heads to infirmary...
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 2:58am PDT
The Ides of March by Cindy Sheehan
Call Dennis Kucinich’s office to thank him: 202-225-5871...
Posted: Thu, Mar 15, 2007 4:44pm PDT
Greenpeace Organizing Term
The Greenpeace Organizing Term (GOT) is an action-filled semester and the best hands-on training for you to become an environmental leader....
Posted: Thu, Oct 19, 2006 8:18pm PDT
Palestina, el Líbano:¡Sionismo asesino, imperialismos y Estados árabes cómplices!
Los ataques de Israel en el Líbano se inscriben en la continuidad de sus ataques contra los palestinos en Gaza y Cisjordania. El pretexto de estas sangrientas operaciones de policía imperialista ha sido la captura de tres de sus soldados –entretanto miles de prisioneros palestinos y también libaneses, se pudren desde hace años en las cárceles israelíes....
Posted: Thu, Jul 27, 2006 4:50am PDT
The Opposite of Good is Apathy
Hold your vigils and marches in relevant places: such as warmongering local Congressional offices. So many Senators and Congresspeople come to mind. Or in front of a recruiting station. Or Federal Buildings. Or military bases. Then instead of going home and cracking open a beer, or uncorking a bottle of wine, sit down and say "we aren’t leaving until you call for an immediate end to the occupation of Iraq." Put your butt on the line for humanity....
Posted: Fri, Jan 6, 2006 2:20pm PST