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Desalination and War Profiteering in the City of Santa Cruz The City of Santa Cruz has entered into an arrangement with a global engineering firm, Camp Dresser and Mckee, to build a trial desalination plant on the Westside of Santa Cruz. The company in question is a global engineering firm with contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan and which has an unsavory history of bribing public officials. Desalination has a very poor economic and environmental track record, but the city has nevertheless signed a multi-million dollar contract with this firm....
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 12:24pm PDT
More Clapper Rail Sightings on Gallinas Creek Additional sightings of the endangered clapper rail on Gallinas Creek, San Rafael, near a proposed monster development, were filmed on Sept 26 2006...
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 10:03am PDT
Rally in Sacramento on October 25 for a Clean Klamath! We need a big turnout in Sacramento at the State Water Resources Control Board meeting on October 25 to bring down the Klamath River Dams and clean up the river. Also below is an action alert to clean up toxic algae...
Posted: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 7:17am PDT
Rally in Sacramento for a Clean Klamath on October 25 We need a big turnout in Sacramento at the State Water Resources Control Board meeting on October 25 to bring down the Klamath River Dams and clean up the river. Also below is an action alert to clean up toxic algae....
Posted: Tue, Sep 26, 2006 11:45am PDT
New Sightings of Endangered California Clapper Rail on Gallinas Creek California State Status: Endangered
United States Federal Status: Endangered
County endangered in: San Mateo/ Marin/ Alameda
Bioregion: Bay Area Delta
Threats to species:
* Habitat loss from construction of oil fields
* Non-native prdators
* Habitat alteration due to industral development
According to the California Academy of Sciences,
these are the three primary threats to the California
clapper rail. This information was retrieved through
an i...
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 11:09pm PDT
FERC Threatens Plan to Remove Klamath Dams The Yurok and Karuk tribes responded today to a FERC draft environmental impact statement that recommends only modest changes to current dam conditions....
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 5:20pm PDT
California Certified Organic Farmers Statement Regarding Spinach 
E. coli and the Spinach Recall
September 18, 2006 - Food safety is a top priority at California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), and our hearts go out to the individuals and families affected by the E. coli outbreak....
Posted: Sun, Sep 24, 2006 9:59pm PDT
TOMORROW: 9/21 'Green Collar Jobs' Solutions Salon Thursday, September 21
6 - 7pm: Reception and light food (please bring your own cup and utensils, if you
can)
7 - 9pm: Discussion
WHERE:
Laney College Theatre...
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 7:26pm PDT
Celebrate A Day Without Cars! (9/22) 
How to participate:
Friday, September 22nd
- Join fellow Santa Cruzers for a Community "Green Cities" Bike Parade!
- Gather 5:30 at the clock tower Ride at 6:00
- Don’t drive or ride in a car
- Walk, bike, skateboard, or take public transportation!
- Wear/decorate your bike in Green!
- Tell a friend...
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 1:33am PDT
San Francisco Peaks and Environmental Issues Court Hearing I am sure there are some of you that stayed outside to pray for the success of what went inside the Court September 14, 2006 would like to hear the proceedings. I think you will be proud of those that defend the 13 Tribes and were against the use of treated waste water to make snow. The arguments made on behalf of the Tribes were intresting. The lawyer for the Snowball Ski Resort tried to hoodwink the Judges - they did not succeed. Below is the link - once you down load the file you can hear ...
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2006 7:48pm PDT
Lootin' & Pollutin': Pics from RAN/Greenpeace Protest 
Rainforest Action Network, Greenpeace and Amazon watch held a protest to demand corporate responsibility from Wells Fargo, Kimberly Clark and ConocoPhillips on the morning of September 18 at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Robbin Hood also made a surprise appearance at the Investors Conference, calling for weath redistribtion. More details at: www.ran.org, www.greenpeaceusa.org, amazonwatch.org....
Posted: Mon, Sep 18, 2006 3:16pm PDT
Protection of Sacred Sites: Invite & Challenge Victory in reclaiming the earth will require a very broad movement that
can help bridge cultures, issues, and nations.
HELP TOHONO O’ODHAM PEOPLES OF SONORA, MEXICO AND THE U.S. STOP A
HAZARDOUS WASTE DUMP FROM BEING BUILT NEAR THEIR SACRED SITE IN QUITOVAC!
JOIN THE PROTEST!
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2006
11:30 A.M. Rally & Treaty Council Drum
in front of Mexican Consulate
532 Folsom Street, San Francisco (between 1st/2nd Streets)
12:30 March to US EPA office....
Posted: Sun, Sep 17, 2006 8:54pm PDT
Mattole Forest Activists in Fifth & Final Week of Trial The Mattole SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation) will
be in its 5th and final week beginning Monday, September 18, 2006, as
activists present the rarely permitted “necessity defense” to the court....
Posted: Sat, Sep 16, 2006 12:09pm PDT
San Francisco Peaks and Environmental Issues 13 Native American Tribes and more consider the San Francisco Peaks very Sacred. How ever to some developers they consider the San Francisco Peaks a site to make money - it is that "greed" that always seems to be high on the totem pole of those that are materialistic. Some developer wants to make artificial snow using treated sewage water - thinking nothing less that millions repect the San Franciso Peaks and more consider them very Sacred. The packed artifical snow the developer hopes will m...
Posted: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 4:38pm PDT
Save the Peaks! (video/quicktime 15.2MB) The March from Dolores Park to Seventh & Mission: the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit. Two-minute QT movie. 15MB....
Posted: Fri, Sep 15, 2006 2:35pm PDT
Save The Peaks 13 Tribal Representatives meet in Yerba Buena Gardens Sept. 13 to Pray and hold sacred talks over saving San Francisco Peaks in Arizona from desecrating development....
Posted: Thu, Sep 14, 2006 7:38am PDT
Sept. 11: Call for Justice for Bicyclist Hit by Car WHO: Rachel Kasa was injured while riding to work on Dec 20, 2004
WHAT: Plea bargain hearing for the driver
WHEN: Monday, September 11th, 9:30 AM
WHERE:Alameda County Superior Court, 1225 Fallon St Oakland between 12th and 13th Sts
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Let the Alameda Co DA know that you demand justice....
Posted: Sun, Sep 10, 2006 2:13pm PDT
Action Alert and Leg Updates CFJC encourages you to participate in the California Food Policy Advocates
Call-In Day on Friday, September 8 to voice your support for this
legislation....
Posted: Thu, Sep 7, 2006 6:36pm PDT
SB1056 VICTORY! SB1056, the bill that would have preempted local restrictions on genetically engineered
organisms, failed to make it through the California Senate, and has died with the close of the
legislative year!...
Posted: Thu, Sep 7, 2006 12:34pm PDT
In SF: Tribes and Environmental Groups Unified in Efforts to Protect Mountain Tribes and Environmental Groups Unified in Efforts to Protect Mountain,
Peaks Legal Battle Continues September 14, 2006...
Posted: Thu, Sep 7, 2006 12:32pm PDT
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