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textPHILIPPINES : Election death toll climbs past 100 by Pesante-USA/AJLPP
With just days before May 14, the number of lives lost in election-related violence has breached 100. Camp Crame, the Philippine National Police headquarters, reported that 102 people have been killed and 105 wounded since the election period began on January 14. Camp Crame also said a total of 147 election related violent incidents or ERVIs have been reported....
Posted: Thu, May 10, 2007 10:35am PDT
imagePolice Bloody & Arrest Field Workers Filming Bison Haze on Public Lands
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by Buffalo
WEST YELLOWSTONE, MONTANA. Two members of the Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) were arrested today Montana Highway Patrol (MHP) and U.S. Forest Service law enforcement. One BFC volunteer was taken to the hospital due to injuries caused during arrest....
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 10:09pm PDT
textGro Harlem Brundtland on the Challenges to Curb Global Warming by Democracy Now (reposted)
Nearly 1,000 diplomats from around the world are meeting in Bonn, Germany this week to draft a new global treaty to control greenhouse gases to replace the Kyoto Protocol which expires in 2012. We speak with former Norwegian Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland -- one of three prominent international figures named special UN envoy on climate change. She is former Director-General of the World Health Organization....
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 7:30pm PDT
imageGMO News From Around the Globe
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by Colleen Bednarz
GMOs are Going Down: watch the evidence mount and knowledge spread....
Posted: Wed, May 9, 2007 3:53pm PDT
imageGlobal Day of Action Against Japan's Waste Colonialism in Asia
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by Ecological Waste Coalition
In Manila, international civil society and environmental groups joined in a day of action against Japanese "waste colonialism" in Asia. Activists gathered at the Embassy of Japan, and launched a postcard campaign to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Groups further urged Asian government to ratify the Basel Convention's Ban Amendment, which prohibits export of hazardous wastes from developed to devloping countries....
Posted: Tue, May 8, 2007 9:54am PDT
textTwo articles about Rod Coronado by repost
Rod Coronado gave a talk in San Diego and the feds called his words ‘terrorism.’ How new laws are equating environmentalists with Al Qaeda....
Posted: Mon, May 7, 2007 1:09pm PDT
textTo Chavez, Lula, Requião and Carlos Rovira. by Emilio de Lima
If were not enough all those local threats we mentioned here on the Amazon and other forests of Earth, it weighs on them and on we all this hiper-threat that is global heating....
Posted: Fri, May 4, 2007 7:02am PDT
textBCA E-Alert May 2007 by Breast Cancer Action
1. NEW AT BCA: New Look for BCA E-Alert 2. IN THE NEWS: Decline in Breast Cancer Continues in 2004; Accuracy of Computer-Aided Detection Questioned; Screening Recommendations Challenged 3. TAKE ACTION: Tell the FDA to Keep Hormone-Free Labels for Milk; Join the Target PVC Day of Action on May 24th 4. SAVE THE DATE: ASCO Annual Meeting, June 1-5, Chicago, IL 5. FAQ OF THE MONTH: What is computer-aided detection?...
Posted: Thu, May 3, 2007 5:58pm PDT
textLAST WILD BISON HARASSED BY GOVERNMENT DURING CALVING SEASON by Buffalo Field Campaign
"Montana livestock interests are lying to the public trying to make people believe that brucellosis in wild bison is a serious threat to human health and cattle," said Mike Mease of BFC. "The truth is, brucellosis is off the CDC radar. It's a cattle-borne disease, and that's where management controls should be focused."...
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 8:29pm PDT
imageOrganic Farmers Demand Their Fair Share in the 2007 Farm Bill
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by Colleen Bednarz, Kari Hammerschlag
In order to keep organics on domestic soil and remain competitive, the organic sector needs far more public investment in research, extension, marketing, and conservation. At the very least, federal investment in organic agriculture should be equivalent to its proportional share of the United States food market....
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 3:18pm PDT
textTrash Builds Community by New American Media (reposted)
In the Boston suburb of Winchester, it’s a gorgeous New England morning. It snowed overnight, so everything is a pristine white, the sun is bright, the air is sparkly clean, and it is bitingly cold. Well below freezing, and just a few minutes outside has my poor exposed ears aching....
Posted: Tue, May 1, 2007 7:50am PDT
textStates Introduce Bills to Support Local Food Systems by Britt Bailey
State Lawmakers Introduce Local Food Bills to Combat the Effects of the Globalized Food System...
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 8:49am PDT
textBringing Al Gore's Climate Project Home by Corina Roberts
Al Gore's students come from all ethnic and socio economic backgrounds. Kat High, a southern California resident of the Hupa Indian nation, will carry the message forward from the Antive American perspective....
Posted: Sun, Apr 29, 2007 11:58am PDT
documentKlamath River Fish Kill Memorial Rally
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by Klamath-Salmon Media Collaborative
Due to the degrading condition of the Klamath River, continuing juvenile kills, and the 68,000 adult salmon lost in 2002: A memorial will be held at Pacific Power's headquarters in Portland, Oregon Friday, May 4th 2007, at 11am....
Posted: Sat, Apr 28, 2007 3:51pm PDT
textCBE and Public Health Groups to Sue EPA on Carbon Monoxide Standards by Philip Huang
Public Health Groups to File Suit to Keep Children and Mothers Safe from Carbon Monoxide Pollution; Bush Administration Drags Its Feet, Fails to Strengthen Natonal Air Quality Standards...
Posted: Thu, Apr 26, 2007 3:19pm PDT
textBuffalo Field Campaign - Update 04/26/07 by BFC Repost
The Montana Department of Livestock (DOL) has been hazing Yellowstone buffalo every day this week using horses, all-terrain vehicles, high-powered explosives fired from shotguns, and truly obnoxious cowboy yelling. As I write, another haze is about to begin....
Posted: Thu, Apr 26, 2007 1:18pm PDT
textInternational Day of Direct Action against Climate Change and the G8 Friday 8th June 2007 by rtna
We all know the terrifying statistics: a million species extinct by 2050, 19 of the 20 hottest years on record since 1980, Greenland and Antarctica melting, droughts, floods, famines … the G8 have had over 30 years to address climate change and only succeeded in providing trillions in subsidies to the very industries that are destroying our planet and our future. And while the G8 continues to line their pockets, island states disappear and hundreds of thousands die as a result of the freak we...
Posted: Thu, Apr 26, 2007 7:17am PDT
textStep it Up Campaign - Stop the accelerting Climate by Beau Bradbury
This short letter is asking those in the position of power to spread awareness of the fact that we as a nation are greatly contributing to climate change and global warming, and that we must mitigate our day to day lifestyles towards a sustainable way of life....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 12:50pm PDT
textThousands decry global warming by Verena Dobnik
The article briefly describes American's concern of climate change through the process of global warming, caused by excessive carbon emissions. The demonstration was organized nationwide, through emails, blogs and word of mouth communication and was entitled "Step it Up." "Step it Up" refers to the citizen push for congress to require an 80 percent decrease in US carbon emissions, by 2050....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 11:49am PDT
textResponse: “Drought or no drought, we all must conserve water” by fake name
This is an op/ed in response to “Drought or no drought, we all must conserve water” that originally ran in the San Jose Mercury News on April 24th 2007. Although the everyday people need to conserve water it won't do much because such a small percentage of water is used domestically, most is used to support agriculture. In order to impact our already warming planet in a positive manner there must be a collective effort to conserve water and use it more efficiently....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 9:58am PDT
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