Publish to Newswire
Add an EventNewsitem List
134 of 178 
Organic Farmers Demand Their Fair Share in the 2007 Farm Bill 
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
Trash Builds Community 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
States Introduce Bills to Support Local Food Systems State Lawmakers Introduce Local Food Bills to Combat the Effects of the Globalized Food System...
Posted: Mon, Apr 30, 2007 8:49am PDT
Bringing Al Gore's Climate Project Home 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
Klamath River Fish Kill Memorial Rally 
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
CBE and Public Health Groups to Sue EPA on Carbon Monoxide Standards 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
Buffalo Field Campaign - Update 04/26/07 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
International Day of Direct Action against Climate Change and the G8 Friday 8th June 2007 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
Step it Up Campaign - Stop the accelerting Climate 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
Thousands decry global warming 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
Response: “Drought or no drought, we all must conserve water” 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
Aggressive Sonoma Elephant Seal- Letter to the Editor A letter to the SF Chronicle regarding a story on an aggressive elephant seal. I suggest approaching the issue from an examination of causes of the seal's behavior, as they reflect a wider overlap between animals and human activity....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 12:37am PDT
Sometimes You Win UCSC researcher Shaye Wolf worked with organizations to force Chevron to cancel its intrusion of a fragile ecosystem by halting the building of a liquified natural gas terminal adjacent to the Coronado Islands....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 11:07pm PDT
Anti-Gold Mining Conflicts Spreading Throughout the Americas 
Once isolated communities around the world are suddenly uniting and strengthening in their actions to halt transnational Big Mining projects. On May 2, community and environmental groups around the world will unite in the Global Day of Action Against Barrick Gold Corporation...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 6:51pm PDT
Global Warming No Longer Controversial 
A basic overview of the evidence and logic behind why YOU shouldn't be confused about the issue of Global Warming...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 11:38am PDT
Current GMO News & Other Food News 
Liberty, Maine Goes GMO Free, India’s Supreme Court Slammed With Largest GMO Lawsuit on Record, FDA Moves to Drop “Irradiated” Labeling Requirements, USDA Misleads Consumers With “Raw” Almond “Pasteurization...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 11:34am PDT
Corporate America Jumps on “Green is Good” Bandwagon When New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman authored a April 15 Sunday Times Magazine front-page story urging America to become the world’s leader in all things Green, I knew that America’s “Green Revolution” had finally arrived. Last weekend’s Earth Day celebrations confirmed this, with an unprecedented number of businesses promoting a Green ethic. Not to throw acid rain on anyone’s parade, but a stated commitment to “green” should not become the sole criteria for evaluating social justice...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 10:40am PDT
gatherin anticivilization 2007 After the success of the last gathering in Tavertet, we are calling for a new one this year. It will take place the 8, 9, 10 and 11 of September. The place is not decided yet....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 8:29am PDT
Truely organic beer? Organic beer may not be organic anymore, with the introduction of inorganic hops....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 12:05am PDT
The crisis of Global Warming and the uninformed attitude from Karl Rove This is an article from yesterdays news covering Sheryl Crow and Laurie David's approach to talk to the Presidentail top adviser Karl Rove on Global Warming and his response was that he didn't want to talk about it. Sheryl said "you work for us" he replied, "i work for the American people." Then he dicided to walk away from the issue leaving these women with the thought that this is not a deserving administration....
Posted: Mon, Apr 23, 2007 10:38pm PDT
134 of 178