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imageSchwarzenegger Addresses U.N. on Climate Change as He Plans Delta's Destruction
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by Dan Bacher
The Governor today (9/24) spoke to the United Nations in New York City to challenge world leaders to "solve global warming." Meanwhile, the Governor is campaigning to destroy the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, the most significant estuary on the West Coast, by building an environmentally destructive canal and more dams....
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 3:41pm PDT
calendarNovato City Council Meet}old City Hall improve.{Costco project}homes development projects by
meetings end a guess...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 6:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 2:16pm PDT
image"Making a Killing in Iraq" comes to Santa Cruz - in more ways than one.
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by Ike Solem
The San Francisco Mime Troup had an outstanding show, but the topic of questionable government contracting reaches all the way from Afghanistan to Santa Cruz, in the form of city contractor Camp Dresser Mckee....
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 1:17pm PDT
calendarMill Valley Parks Commis./Tamalpais Sevices D. meet} owl houses, etc by
end of meeting a guess...
Event Date: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 12:51pm PDT
calendarAfternoon session of marin county sups.>St. Vincent's and housing plans on county's agenda by
end of meeting a guess...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 1:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 12:36pm PDT
textUpdate on/from Daniel McGowan: September 18, 2007 by support!
Hi all, Daniel has been getting settled into FCI Sandstone and has made a number of calls to friends and family. He's back on his 300 phone minutes a month and is able to start responding to letters, although he may not be able to respond to every single person. Daniel's job (all federal prisoners must work for the prison) is a clerical position in the psychology department. He starts it this week. He's been playing "pickle ball" (not quite sure what that is) and has been eating a lot bett...
Posted: Mon, Sep 24, 2007 1:33am PDT
textPETITION TO PROTECT our American "RIGHTS", To use THE OREGON COAST FREE,With No user fee's by www.oregontrackers.com
PETITION TO PROTECT Americans "RIGHTS", To use THE OREGON COAST PETITION TO PROTECT OUR RIGHTS ON THE OREGON COAST Some of us support the idea of marine reserves; some do not. We all want to keep the Oregon coast, ocean seafloor and Oregon beaches available to all Oregonians. Hasn't this all be debated once before. So why are we to debate this again? This has to stop now! So we oppose the creation of marine reserves which sets aside even more coast, ocean seafloor and beach...
Posted: Sun, Sep 23, 2007 10:10pm PDT
textNuclear opponents from six European countries met in Germany by Aktionsbündnis Münsterland gegen Atomanlagen
More than 100 anti-nuclear activists from six European countries met in Dortmund, Germany, on Saturday (22 Sep) for a uranium conference, reported the Aktionsbündnis Münsterland gegen Atomanlagen on IndyMedia Germany. They were from Russia, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, Hungary and Germany itself. The conference was called by more than 40 German and international groups and organisations....
Posted: Sat, Sep 22, 2007 11:25pm PDT
imagePlaying with Fire: The Story of Daniel McGowan, "Eco-terrorism" and the Green Scare
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by The Indypendent
Growing up in New York City, Daniel McGowan saw first-hand how pollution fogged the air and fouled the beaches in some of the city’s poorest communities, setting him on a lifelong path of environmental and social justice. But how he ended up drenched in gasoline and setting fire to Oregon’s Jefferson Poplar Farms in 2001 and was later targeted as a “domestic terrorist” is the story of someone who cared too much and didn’t know what else to do....
Posted: Sat, Sep 22, 2007 10:28am PDT
imageHoopa Valley Tribe Chairman Testifies in Congress in Support of Trinity River Funding
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by Dan Bacher
Clifford Lyle Marshall, Chairman of the Hoopa Valley Tribe of northern California, testified beforethe House Natural Resources Committee this week on behalf of Rep. Mike Thompson's bill, H.R. 2733, to fund the restoration of the Trinity River. Marshall fears that San Joaquin River restoration legislation could cripple Trinity River restoration efforts....
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 8:45pm PDT
textDelta Flows - Restore the Delta Event Features Mark Franco, Winnemem Wintu Headman by Dan Bacher
Here is the latest Delta Flows E-newsletter from Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla of Restore the Delta. Mark Franco, headman of the Winnemen Wintu Tribe, gave a fantastic talk on the indigenous view of the Governor's peripheral canal and dam proposals at the organization's fourth community event, held at Tower Park Resort on Wednesday night. Dante Nomellini, water rights attorney, also gave a great presentation on why we must fight to stop the canal....
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 8:20pm PDT
textRELIGIÓN, ECOLOGÍA Y LA CATÁSTROFE AMBIENTAL... (Nota de PUMHA) by Ramon Godoy
Recientemente,... mas precisamente el 2 de septiembre de 2.007, S.S. el Papa Benedicto XVI, Jefe Supremo de la Iglesia Católica, desde Loreto (Italia), invitó a la juventud a vivir "contracorriente", en el "camino de la humildad", mirando "al ser" y no "al parecer y al tener",... Y luego el Pontífice hizo también un fuerte llamado para la tutela del ambiente, para invertir "las tendencias que hacen correr el riesgo de llevar a la Tierra a situaciones de degrado irreversible"....
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 6:35pm PDT
textoil $84 barrel by financial times repost
Crude oil prices jumped above $84 a barrel late on Thursday after production platforms in the Gulf of Mexico were shut down ahead of a threatened tropical storm. Nymex October West Texas Intermediate hit a record $84.10 a barrel, up $2.17, but settled at $83.32, up $1.39 on the day. The October contract expired at the end of trading. The most active November WTI contract was up $1.05 at $80.75....
Posted: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 11:09am PDT
text9/25 Help Stop Environmental Racism in SF Schools and the Hunters Point Community by Eric Mar
SF social justice and Bayview Hunters Point organizations are urging allies to write emails and make calls to the San Francisco Board of Education members to urge them to vote on a resolution calling for an independent health study in the LENNAR Hunters Point condominium development to protect the health of the mostly low income African American students and their families living in the area....
Posted: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 11:16pm PDT
calendarBerkeley Green mondays by berkeleygreenmondays@gmail.com
Anna's Jazz Island 2120 Allston Way , downtown Berkeley...
Event Date: Mon, Oct 8, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 9:20pm PDT
calendarNational PARK(ing) Day and SF Urban Forest Events Calendar by
The US, but mostly SF - All Day Event...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 9:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 7:26pm PDT
calendarNational PARK(ing) Day and SF Urban Forest Events Calendar by
The US, but mostly SF - All Day Event...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 9:00am PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 7:26pm PDT
text'Forest Stewardship Council' Certification Under Fire by Sell-out Environmental NGO watch
Supported by numerous American "environmental" NGO's,"FSC" certified wood is a greenwashing dream and an environmental disaster....
Posted: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 5:21pm PDT
calendarSan Rafael{Join a San Anselmo businesses man on how to create a greener Home} by
The Wooden Duck 1848 Fourth Street,San Rafael, CA 94901 415-453-0345...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 25, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 3:49pm PDT
calendarLeading Change toward a Green Economy by
Dominican University of California 50 Acacia Ave , San Rafael Angelico Hall...
Event Date: Fri, Sep 21, 2007 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 11:03am PDT
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