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FBI and Oakland Police Pay Earth First! $4 Million to Conclude Lawsuit
Unanimous 2002 Jury Verdict Remains Intact for Violation of Civil Rights...
Posted: Fri, May 14, 2004 8:15am PDT
Finally! DoNotJunkMail.com
Send a message out loud and clear that we liked Do Not Call and Do Not Junk Mail is next. 100 Million Trees cut per year for unwanted junk mail is unacceptable!...
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 4:59pm PDT
Natural Building and Deep Ecology Training in Tennessee
The Sequatchie Valley Institute at Moonshadow, a non-profit organization, will host its 3rd annual Natural Building Workshop June 18th-27th. Learn how to build a natural, affordable, long-lasting, beautiful home with materials from the land....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 12:49pm PDT
PANNA Report: Toxic Pesticides in Many US Residents Above "Safe" Level
Many U.S. residents carry toxic pesticides in their bodies above government assessed "acceptable" levels, according to Chemical Trespass: Pesticides in Our Bodies and Corporate Accountability a report released today by Pesticide Action Network North America (PANNA) and partner groups in more than 20 cities...
Posted: Wed, May 12, 2004 12:01am PDT
Your representatives are killing you and yours. wake up!:
Official EPA policy is to dispose of radioactive landfill and Superfund leachates in sewage treatment plants around the country. As indicated below **, the EPA and NRC acknowledge that the wastewater treatment process reconcentrates the radionuclides ..........
Posted: Tue, May 11, 2004 2:41pm PDT
5/11, 10am: Press Conference-Pesticides Found in Humans
WHEN: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 10:00 AM
WHERE: City Hall, San Francisco, CA
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place (Polk Street), between McAllister and
Grove
Street, on the front steps of City Hall...
Posted: Mon, May 10, 2004 10:32pm PDT
Oaks and Permaculture in Sacramento/San Joaquin Valley
Dependency on petrochemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides is part of the reason the US military is still in Iraq protecting corporations extracting petroleum from Iraqi oil wells. Growing oaks in the monoculture agribuisiness fields of the Sac valley would help reduce our dependency on the petrochemically derived fertilizers.....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 8:34pm PDT
Latest Dispatch from Jeff "Free" Luers
OK. Well, I’ve been less frequent with these than I originally intended. I’m not gonna make any promises but I’m going to try and fix that....
Posted: Thu, May 6, 2004 1:07pm PDT
ACTION IS LARGEST LISTING EFFORT IN HISTORY OF THE ESA
A coalition of prominent scientists, artists and environmentalists filed 1,000 pages of legal documents with the Bush administration today, requesting that it cease delaying Endangered Species Act protection for 225 of the nation's most imperiled plants and animals....
Posted: Wed, May 5, 2004 8:34pm PDT
WORLD NAKED BIKE DEMONSTRATION
GLOBAL ACTION DAY
CICLONUDISTA (WORLD NAKED BIKE DEMONSTRATION)
SATURDAY JUNE 19, 2004
NAKED BEFORE THE TRAFFIC! JUSTICE ON THE STREETS!...
Posted: Wed, May 5, 2004 6:04am PDT
Palestinian olive trees destroyed by Israeli military
What is the future of the Palestinians after the destruction of their olive trees by the Israeli military? For hundreds of years the Palestinians tended the drought tolerant olive trees, now the trees are no longer there.....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 2:49pm PDT
Jack London Square may be converted into a mall
The Port of Oakland classifies the open spaces of Jack London Square as "non-performing real estate," rather than as a community asset. They plan to build a shopping mall. Please attend the city council hearing at 7 p.m. on Tuesday , May 18th and speak up....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 1:55pm PDT
6/19, SF: Sustainable World Symposium
Join national leaders in a day-long exploration of solutions to urgent
global issues of environmental destruction, social injustice and
economic inequality, and how these affect us in our local communities....
Posted: Tue, May 4, 2004 12:17am PDT
MTC Raids Bike Funds
On April 28th, the MTC voted to shift Regional Bike monies to freeway spending. Particularly hard hit will be Alameda County....
Posted: Sun, May 2, 2004 10:05pm PDT
MOBILIZE IN SOLIDARITY WITH TRE ARROW
Fraser Corrections Center is withholding food from political prisoner Tre Arrow, following his historic 45 day fast. This time it's Tre, but it could just as easily be any of us. WE MUST DEMAND JUSTICE!! Friends & supporters will launch a massive phone and fax campaign Monday demanding an end to these human rights violations....
Posted: Sun, May 2, 2004 6:38pm PDT
Bike Library Needs New Home
After 9 years in its current home, the Baatt Cave Bicycle Library in north Oakland is facing eviction and needs to find a new space....
Posted: Sat, May 1, 2004 4:30pm PDT
HEALTH ADVOCATES ASSAULTED, STONED BY DOE RUN WORKERS
Peruvian health advocates targeted by big polluter....
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 11:05am PDT
5/20 Bike to Work Day Approaches
If previous years are any indication, we expect about 50,000 cyclists out on the streets!...
Posted: Fri, Apr 30, 2004 1:12am PDT