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ELF! gets sent to Prison for 3.5 years for SUV Vandalism
Aaron L. Linas, who was 17 at the time of the vandalism spree, pleaded guilty in January to conspiracy charges, and was sentenced Monday....
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 6:19pm PDT
Mountain Watch to Sue Colma Dump
Mountain Watch Files Notice of Intent to Sue Colma Dump
for Polluting Bay-Bound Water...
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 3:53pm PDT
10 Years of the Northwest Forest Plan
Part one of a two part feature on the Northwest Forest Plan and Cascadia Eco Resistance. Unfortunately the internet server which hosts some of the links is down! Look for part two in the coming days....
Posted: Tue, Apr 13, 2004 10:21am PDT
Open Letter to Maxxam Exec. Neighbors
While forest defenders battle Pacific Lumber in the old growth forests of the Pacific Northwest, Dirty South Earth First! has taken the battle to the executive homes of PL's Houston-based parent company, Maxxam Corporation. In addition to numerous home demonstrations, the following letter was recently sent to the neighbors of these executives....
Posted: Mon, Apr 12, 2004 10:11pm PDT
Mercury is Toxic and Threatens Public Health
The White House Office of Management and Budget, which employs economists and scientists to review regulations, made most of the changes. Scientists on the academy panel and others outside it, as well as environmentalists and politicians, expressed concern in recent interviews that a host of subtle changes by White House staff members resulted in proposed rules that played down the health risks associated with mercury from coal-fired power plants....
Posted: Fri, Apr 9, 2004 10:56am PDT
Nonviolent Action Shuts Buffalo Trap
"I am doing my best by non-violent means to stop this assault on the buffalo. I believe that as long as I can remain inside the Hose butte trap, no buffalo will be captured here. This is why I am here."...
Posted: Fri, Apr 9, 2004 12:40am PDT
Parkway Action Alert: Attend BOS Meeting 4/13
Here's the latest action alert from Warren Truitt of the Save the American River Association. I urge everybody to attend the budget workshop at the Board of Supervisors meeting on Tuesday, April 13!...
Posted: Wed, Apr 7, 2004 9:00am PDT
Help Keep Biodiesel Available for Sale!
>Due to a technicality, pushed by ChevronTexico, the
>California Department of Weights and Measures has
>essentially outlawed the sale of biodiesel in
>California...
Posted: Tue, Apr 6, 2004 5:44pm PDT
Madrones, MAXXAM and the Mattole
the Mattole watershed is recovering from years of clearcuts by MAXXAM/Pacific Lumber. This past week people gathered at Fox Camp Gate in the Mattole to rally and save old growth trees from Maxxam's continued assault on the ecosystem.....
Posted: Fri, Apr 2, 2004 5:50pm PST
Gasoline Substitutes
Coal gas is the gaseous product of the distillation of coal. An ad man would probably describe it as “Hydrogen enriched methane", the cleanest and most viable fuel for the internal combustion engine....
Posted: Wed, Mar 31, 2004 10:16am PST
See Eric Run
One year later, Eric Schatz continues to hide from the legal process against treesitters....
Posted: Tue, Mar 30, 2004 1:11pm PST
Is There Life on Mars?
Is there still life on earth? is the great question nowadays.. Unemployment and economic losses are often results of the loss of diversity of species.. The earth doesn't belong to people; people belong to the earth. The Sabbath belongs to people.. The econmy should serve life; life should not serve econ...
Posted: Mon, Mar 29, 2004 6:26am PST
Humboldt Forest Defense updates
The legal team representing nine forest activists who were pepper-sprayed in 1997 won another big legal victory Monday, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal brought by Humboldt County's attorneys.
Earth First! activist Naomi Wagner, who this week began a 40-day jail sentence for resisting arrest during a logging protest in Freshwater last March, said she will fast during her imprisonment....
Posted: Sat, Mar 27, 2004 2:06pm PST
American River Parkway Update/Action Alert
Ensure funding for the American River Parkway. Attend the Board of Supervisors meeting on April 13!...
Posted: Fri, Mar 26, 2004 12:47pm PST
Mandella Garden Update & Action Alert
Remember last year's agricultural ministerial in Sacramento where Mandella Garden activists locked down and were arrested by the Sacramento Police? The struggle against CADA continues! You are encouraged to attend a public meeting on Tuesday, March 30th. CADA (the Capital Area Development Authority) will meet at its offices on 1522 14th street at 9am to certify
the Environmental Impact report for the Ron Mandella Community Garden....
Posted: Tue, Mar 23, 2004 3:31pm PST
Newsom to meet with Navy officials over Hunters Point shipyard concerns
The City should have thought about commiting to a developer through a Disposition and Development Agreement, before an agreement neogations were completed with the Navy and the tranfer completed....
Posted: Tue, Mar 23, 2004 11:08am PST
Help Save Alaska's Wolves
Use the democratic process to save Alaska's wolves....
Posted: Sun, Mar 21, 2004 12:11pm PST
New FDA Advisory Fails to Protect Seafood Consumers
Today, the FDA released an mercury warning advisory that will threaten the health of children nationwide....
Posted: Fri, Mar 19, 2004 4:30pm PST
Hoopa Valley Tribe Marches In Roseville to Save the Trinity
The city of Roseville - and Northern California Power Agency - were surprised on Monday by a great, well organized march on the NCPA offices. This was the best demonstration I've been in this year so far!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 18, 2004 4:26pm PST