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Friday, June 22, 2007 : U.S. warplanes dumped about 18 million gallons of Agent Orange during the Vietnam War. The Vietnamese government says this has left more than 3 million people disabled. We speak with two Vietnamese Agent Orange victims and their lawyers about how the toxin has affected their lives, and why they’re suing over three dozen U.S. chemical companies for manufacturing the toxin....

This is a call out to the Oaxaca solidarity network, forest defenders and all other allies in Santa Cruz, Watzlan and the Bay Area. Our indigenous friends with the Consejo Indigena Popular de Oaxaca urgently need our support now in their defense of native forests, their traditional way of life and for their water rights....

Wednesday, June 20, 2007 :For more than 30 years, residents of Camp Lejeune, a US Marine Corps base in North Carolina, were exposed to contaminated water. From 1957 to 1987, Marines/Naval personnel, family members and civilians drank and used water containing toxic levels of industrial solvents, although the military knew in late 1980 or early 1981 that at least one of the base’s water treatment plants was polluted....

http://www.pccnaturalmarkets.com/sc/0706/goldie.html FDA’s new food irradiation follies: Déjà vu again...

Thursday, June 14, 2007 :As many as 1 million people were exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune, a US Marine Corps base in North Carolina, according to the US Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in a document revealed at a hearing convened by the House Energy and Commerce Committee in Washington June 12....

Midwest ELF Investigation FYI..., 06.06.2007 15:13 In the 6/4/07 sentencing hearing for District of Oregon eco-sabotage defendant Daniel McGowan, the prosecution made references to the “Midwest cell” of the Earth Liberation Front, and stated that investigations are ongoing. Daniel McGowan, who apparently took part in an action against experimental trees in Rhinelander, Wisconsin in 2000, has refused to name names in regards to the Midwest investigation. The government nevertheless state...

Monday, June 11, 2007 :Conflict over global warming took centre stage at the G8 summit with the European countries Britain, France and Germany taking the moral high ground in pressuring the United States to make a commitment to cuts in emissions....

George Cadman of Free Radio Santa Cruz 101.1 fm interviews Stephanie Seay of the Buffalo Field Campaign about the Montana state and the federal govt. practice of capturing wild buffalo on public lands and slaughtering them or transporting them hundreds of miles. In the last two weeks in Montana state and federal authorities planned to slaughter 300 wild buffalo, including calves and their mothers. It was stopped by the BFC and public outcry, but this is not the first time this has happened. I...

Friday, June 8, 2007 :The 3,500 reporters and photographers who travelled to the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, have accomplished their assigned mission. The world has been inundated with reports of progress and idyllic photos: Bush, Merkel and Putin sitting relaxed and chatting in beach chairs; Sarkozy and Blair talking over a glass of beer; a harmonious walk on the beach of the picturesque resort by all of the world leaders....

Wednesday, June 6, 2007 : In the lead up to this year's summit, leaked documents made it clear there was a distinct split among the G8 on the issue of climate change. After all, seven of the member countries have committed to the Kyoto Protocol's binding reductions of greenhouse gas emissions - while the US (far and away the worst offender) has not....