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Stewart Alexander: Liberty Quarry vs. Reason Stewart Alexander, the Peace and Freedom Party Candidate for California Lieutenant Governor, says, “My campaign is concerned with two main issues; ending the Iraq War and recruiting for the war on Liberty Quarry.”...
Posted: Mon, Sep 4, 2006 9:42am PDT
Berkeley - University Plans to Cut Native Oak Grove 
UC Berkeley plans to destroy a native grove of Coast Live Oaks to build a sports training facility....
Posted: Sun, Sep 3, 2006 11:23pm PDT
Salmon Disaster Relief Bill in Danger of Sinking The Democratic Speaker of the Democratic CA Assembly is stonewalling a disaster relief bill that would send millions of dollars in no-interest loans and grants to commercial salmon fishermen who are at risk of losing their livelihoods due to government mismanagement of the Klamath River....
Posted: Thu, Aug 31, 2006 6:17pm PDT
help clean out air The San Joaquin Valley is one of the most polluted regions in America, often beating out Los Angeles as the air basin with the worst air quality. The San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District Governing Board is in a prime position to clean the Valley’s air, thereby improving the health of the Valley's children, communities and economy.
But the Valley Air District Board needs broader representation and more expertise to develop and implement clean air plans....
Posted: Thu, Aug 31, 2006 1:32pm PDT
Legal Battle to Protect Arizona Sacred Site Coming to SF - Support Needed! 
On September 14, 2006 the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California will hear arguments in a legal battle that may decide the future of American Indian religious freedom and the ecological integrity of the San Francisco Peaks, a mountain located in Northern Arizona which is held sacred by over 13 Native American nations. Tribes and environmental groups have unified to halt Arizona Snowbowl’s development plans to expand the current ski area and use treated sewage effluent to ma...
Posted: Wed, Aug 30, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Contra Costa Delta Region Sprayed w/ Pesticides Within the last few weeks Contra Costa county near the Sacramento/San Joaquin delta was heavily sprayed with pyrethroid (PBO) pesticides. Cancer risks to humans aside, is large scale aerial pesticide spraying even an effective strategy for any purpose besides fattening the bank accounts of pesticide manufacturer CEOs???...
Posted: Wed, Aug 30, 2006 5:24pm PDT
Environmentalist Lovelock Speaks September 18 at CSUMB 
James Lovelock, scientist who first theorized that our planet is a biological organism, not merely a rock, lectures on Sept. 18 at California State University, Monterey Bay....
Posted: Wed, Aug 30, 2006 1:02pm PDT
SF Activist Wants To Make Electric Vehicles Everyone's New, Cool Car As gas prices rise and sea levels inch upward, kicking the nation's oil habit is becoming a priority. Now one group of activists wildly passionate about their electric vehicles (EVs) is fighting to put a plug on American autos. Brian Shott, an editor at New America Media, interviews one such advocate, who says a tiny, ugly EV changed his outlook on energy use and personal transit....
Posted: Wed, Aug 30, 2006 6:32am PDT
Speak up for environmental protections: don't let Bush co-opt cooperative conservation The Bush administration is holding a series of "listening sessions" across the country as it promotes its so-called "Cooperative Conservation" agenda....
Posted: Tue, Aug 29, 2006 5:45pm PDT
Are those UCSC Biodiesel Buses really running on Biodiesel? The University of California, Santa Cruz, has been claiming that it runs all campus buses on biodiesel, yet is unable to provide any evidence of this long-standing claim. Is it engaged in "Greenwashing"?...
Posted: Tue, Aug 29, 2006 4:31pm PDT
SB1056 Update and Alert! Call by Thurs. AM! SB1056 passed the Assembly floor on Thursday, and is now moving to the Senate, where it must be voted on by this Thursday. Time is short, and we have every hope that we can win this in the Senate – please take some time to help!...
Posted: Tue, Aug 29, 2006 11:52am PDT
Forest defenders face repetitive SLAPPs in Humboldt County; Necessity defense possible... Forest defenders face trial after trial against mega-corporation Maxxam, AKA Charles Hurwitz, Jack Abramoff and the rest of the gang. Your support will be appreciated. Help fill the court room. Legal help in a case which may set a precedent by allowing protesters to mount a necessity defense which, for the first time, would be the real case....
Posted: Tue, Aug 29, 2006 12:14am PDT
*EXTREMELY URGENT: Call State Senators TODAY to Oppose SB 1056!!!* Please call or email Senate President Don Perata's office right away and
ask him to oppose SB1056, even if amended.
Also call your State Senator at their Sacramento offices asap - ask them
to oppose SB1056!...
Posted: Mon, Aug 28, 2006 12:33pm PDT
Fish & Game plays dumb over new salamander species For the second time this year conservation groups have sued state agencies over a new species - the Scott Bar Salamander. In May they successfully, but temporarily, stopped the California Department of Forestry from approving logging plans in Scott Bar Salamander habitat without public review. The logging plans are now about to recive the go-ahead from regulators. This time the groups are challenging DFG’s policy of not protecting new species, especially new species that were previously lis...
Posted: Fri, Aug 25, 2006 7:33pm PDT
Critical Mass w Blue Tape: Mark Your Neighborhood High Water Mark:Global Warming & Katrina Title: SF Critical Mass Katrina Anniversary:Critical Mass Against Climate Action & Global Warming
START DATE: Friday August 25
TIME: 5:30 PM - 9:30 PM
Location Details:
Assembling at 5:30 Justin Herman Plaza (foot of Market St @ Embarcadero) Ride leaves at 6pm
Event Type: Critical Mass
http://www.risingtidenorthamerica.org/katrina...
Posted: Fri, Aug 25, 2006 11:02am PDT
8/25 Friday SF Critical Mass Katrina Anniversary:Critical Mass Against Climate Action Critical Mass begins gathering at 5:30ish at Justin Herman Plaza; Ride leaves at 6pm....
Posted: Thu, Aug 24, 2006 12:31am PDT
Latest Environmental Impact Report On Gallinas Creek The City of San Rafael has issued an EIR Scope for the ill-conceived
soccer complex plan for this sensitive wildlife area....
Posted: Wed, Aug 23, 2006 10:19pm PDT
Bear Creek Logging Plan Threatens Water Quality, Marbled Murrelets 
An update on Pacific Lumber's "Pitchfork" logging plan and the situation in Bear Creek....
Posted: Wed, Aug 23, 2006 5:14pm PDT
PacifiCorp Ratepayers Strongly Support Klamath Dam Removal PacifiCorp ratepayers favor removing the Klamath River dams by a two to one margin....
Posted: Wed, Aug 23, 2006 9:45am PDT
Urge Gov. Schwarzenegger to Sign Hemp Bill Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is
now the only person standing between farmers and
their future hemp crops!...
Posted: Tue, Aug 22, 2006 3:08pm PDT
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