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Brooklynites Deserve Better: Cleaning Up Exxon's Greenpoint Oil Spill You have to wonder why it has taken so long. It happened over 57 years ago when Exxon Mobil leaked at least 17 million gallons of oil in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Greenpoint. The 55-acre spill, which is estimated to have been larger than the Exxon Valdez catastrophe, went undiscovered until the late 1970s. Since then little has been done to hold the guilty parties accountable. But on February 8, New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo finally filed notices of intent to sue Exxon Mobil...
Posted: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 6:29am PST
Antarctica: The Dilemmas of a Stricken Whaling Factory Ship 
The Japanese Government faces tough dilemmas about the best way to move the stricken whale factory ship, the Nisshin Maru, and where best to move it to. The ship remains without engines in the Ross Sea area of Antarctica, damaged by a fire onboard. Strong concerns have been expressed by environmentalists and the New Zealand Prime Minister over the danger of an environmental disaster should the ship's substantial supply of oil leak....
Posted: Tue, Feb 20, 2007 8:07am PST
Free's sentence thrown out, but right-wing and landlord arsonists never sentenced at all (audio/mpeg 3.7MB) Free's unjust 23 year sentence has finally been thrown out. Only thing is, he has already served more time than rapists would serve if convicted in the same court....
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 5:13pm PST
Part 3: John Locke, Yellowstone, and the Dogma of the Right to Private Property: Against t Part 3: Against the right to private property. This series of essays has looked at connecting John Locke's theories of property rights to the considerations that founded Yellowstone National Park as well as to the issues of today. Previous parts explored that connection and looked. In this part, a right to property is denied; that view is defended. The final part will explore what to do in Yellowstone today in a world that is falsely built on property rights, rights which have no rational...
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 12:03pm PST
The Planet Can No Longer Afford Americans! If Americans don't "stop going to work"...
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 10:09am PST
We can revive the electric car 
We can revive the electric car. 1:30 minute video...
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2007 10:20am PST
Ethanol: World’s grain for food or profit? The grain to fill a 25-gallon SUV tank with ethanol could feed a person for a year. The diversion of grains for the world’s 800 million cars will increase the price and decrease the production of food to feed the 2 billion poorest people of the world who spend at least half their income on food, according to the Earth Policy Institute. Thus, endangerment of the world’s food supply is one addition to the list of serious threats to our world stemming from the growing energy crisis....
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2007 7:00am PST
More on Jeffrey Free Luers' appeal decision Friends,
There has already been a lot of media coverage on the appeal decision in Jeff's case. Below is an example from the Register-Guard in Eugene, Oregon.
Thank you to those that have emailed us congratulatory messages - it is greatly appreciated and we will be passing them on to Jeff. Please also write to Jeff if you can and let him know we will be here fighting for him until he is Free!
In addition, fundraising is critical right now as well, to cover legal costs, so please help i...
Posted: Thu, Feb 15, 2007 12:52pm PST
Tenth Annual Great Bacyard Bird Count seeks participants 
Amatuer and seasoned bird watchers are encouraged to take part in this four day survey of bird species and populations in North America, starting February 16 and ending February 19...
Posted: Thu, Feb 15, 2007 7:49am PST
Jeff Luers' sentence REVERSED (good news) The Court of Appeals just unanimously ruled that Jeff's case will be reversed and remanded back to the Circuit Court for resentencing as a result of Judge Velure's errors in imposing the original draconian sentence. The opinion just came out this morning and we are still reviewing it for details, but it looks like Jeff could potentially get about 15 years taken off his 266 month sentence. We will provide you with more information as it becomes known. The entire opinion is included below for t...
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2007 4:25pm PST
SEA SHEPHERD MAKES AGREEMENT WITH NZ CONSERVATION MINISTER Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is announcing that they will not be ramming the illegal Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru after Founder and President of Sea Shepherd Captain Paul Watson spoke with New Zealand Conservation Minister Chris Carter earlier today....
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 11:53pm PST
Climate Change Concerns? It is about US! We don't have to wait for "Government" to take action on Global Warming!
We are personally responsible for environmental problems such as Climate Change/Global Warming, so, lets' develop the information to help the average person support "progress" as they make their everyday purchases!
Plus.. a Letter to Al Gore.....
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 2:03pm PST
Sea Shepherd Ship Holed during Collision with Whaling Ship 
The Sea Shepherd ship, Robert Hunter, has been holed in its starboard bow, and its port stern section above the waterline, during a collision with the whale spotter ship Kaiko Maru , according to Sea Shepherd's president Paul Watson. No injuries have been incurred by crew on both ships, and neither ship is in danger of sinking....
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 8:42am PST
Dennis Zarelli: Shaking the tree: an eco-defender's ordeal The thirty-year-old activist (and comrade of mine) was convicted of
obstructing justice in December 2006. A BC Supreme Court judge refused
to believe police endangered his life in a tree-sit one hundred and
fifty feet off the ground. He is facing nine months in jail at his
sentencing in February 2007.... “Even had someone died six years ago, it
seems the courts would have found that it was our own fault.”-- dennis...
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 8:40am PST
GMO 'Bt' Cotton; Facts Behind Biotech's Hype Article from GRAIN's Jan '07 issue of Seedling details the myths behind biotech's promotions of 'Bt' genetically engineered (GE/GMO) cotton.....
Posted: Sun, Feb 11, 2007 12:58pm PST
Scientists conclude global warming is “unequivocal” The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the “Summary for Policy Makers” from its fourth assessment report on science of global warming and climate change February 2. The new report concludes that global warming is “unequivocal” and strengthens the previous assessment that most warming in the last 50 years is due to human activity....
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2007 4:45pm PST
Report: Catastrophic Climate Change may be Inevitible unless Drastic Steps are Taken 
A report by Friends of the Earth Australia warns that catastrophic climate change may be inevitable unless dramatic steps are taken to reduce emissions. While the scientific community have finally consensed that human induced climate change is an unequivical reality with the release of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scientific report on 2 February 2007, the survey of recent scientific research by FOE(Australia) indicates the IPCC climate change models may be very conservativ...
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2007 7:11am PST
US Government Refuses to Act against Japan on Whaling 
The U.S. Whaling Commissioner, Bill Hogarth, has denounced Sea Shepherd's clash with Japanese Whalers. Hogarth is the current chairman of the IWC and the director of NOAA’s Fisheries Service, the agency charged with researching and protecting whale species in U.S. waters. He did not outline any plan for the International Whaling Commission to stop the Commercial Whaling activities by Japan in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary....
Posted: Fri, Feb 9, 2007 9:59pm PST
PANUPS: News Update on Pesticides, Health and Alternatives Pesticide Action Network Updates Service (PANUPS)
A Weekly News Update on Pesticides, Health and Alternatives...
Posted: Fri, Feb 9, 2007 9:38pm PST
Antarctic Direct Action: Japanese Claims of Injuries are Bogus says Sea Shepherd 
Captain Paul Watson, from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, has refuted Japanese claims that two whalers were injured during an engagement between the Sea Shepherd vessel 'Robert Hunter' and the 'Nisshin Maru' on Friday. Sea Shepherd activists threw 6 one litre bottles of foul smelling but non-toxic butyric acid to the flensing deck of the 'Nisshin Marun' Whaling Factory Ship....
Posted: Fri, Feb 9, 2007 6:28pm PST
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