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textUS Out of Appalachia; Day of Action against Bank of America's Coal Investments by Friends of Appalachia
A few days ago, George Bush declared war against the Appalachian people and their mountains by expanding the rules allowing mountaintop coal mining. This gives coal companies new licence to devestate Appalachian economy, environment and cultural heritage. Coal companies like Massey Energy and Arch Coal can legally devestate people's homes, water supplies and much more. These coal companies are funded by banks like Bank of America. Please join us next Friday August 31 as we openly resist t...
Posted: Sat, Aug 25, 2007 11:25am PDT
textArctic sea ice at record low due to global warming by wsws (reposted)
Saturday, August 25, 2007 :The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), a US government-funded research center at the University of Colorado, reported this week the lowest Arctic sea ice extent on record with time still left to go in the summer melting season. Arctic sea ice extent is defined as the area of Arctic Ocean that is covered by at least 15 percent ice....
Posted: Sat, Aug 25, 2007 11:05am PDT
calendarGREEN HOME TOURS-2 each in Inverness/Point Reyes Station-Then Straus ice cream. by Rae Levine, Executive Director
For more information contact: Community Land Trust Association of West Marin (CLAM)...
Event Date: Sun, Aug 26, 2007 10:30am PDT
Posted: Sat, Aug 25, 2007 8:52am PDT
calendarUAS Green Movie Night -'We Are Traffic!' and 'Winning the Oil Endgame' by
Little Roxie Theater 3125 16th Street San Francisco, CA 94103...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 20, 2007 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 24, 2007 6:03pm PDT
calendarOak Grove Music Festival by
Memorial Oak Grove tree-sit, on Piedmont Avenue just north of Bancroft, above the UC Berkeley campus....
Event Date: Sun, Aug 26, 2007 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 24, 2007 2:05pm PDT
calendarFairfax: Good Festival- A Youth-Propelled Event by The Good Circle
Bolinas & Peri Park...
Event Date: Sat, Aug 25, 2007 9:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 24, 2007 8:08am PDT
text"What This Rule Change Amounts To Is A Declaration Of War Against the Appalachian People": Opponents of Mountaintop Removal by via Democracy Now
Friday, August 24, 2007 : The Bush administration is poised to issue regulations today that would legalize and expand the controversial coal mining practice known as mountain top removal. The technique involves blasting off the tops of mountains and dumping the rubble into valleys and streams. We speak with Appalaichan activist Vernon Halton of Coal River Mountain Watch....
Posted: Fri, Aug 24, 2007 7:33am PDT
imageBFC Update from the Field - 08/24/07 - ESA comments sought
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by BFC Repost
Fish and Wildlife Servie recognizes that the wild population of American buffalo currently living in and around Yellowstone National Park meets the criteria of a Distinct Population Segment (DPS). As you know, BFC has been circulating a petition for years to bolster support for protecting the Yellowstone herd - America's last wild buffalo - as a Distinct Population Segment. Further, FWS also recognizes that Yellowstone National Park is the *only* place in the U.S. where wild bison have con...
Posted: Fri, Aug 24, 2007 12:26am PDT
textLennar BVHP LLC has moved millions of tons of dirt and adversely harmed the public. by Francisco Da Costa
Lennar BVHP LLC has moved millions of tons of toxic dirt from Parcel A and adversely impacted thousands. In recent days Lennar BVHP LLC has had exceedences of 46,000 structures per cubic meter at Griffith and Navy and more in other areas around Parcel A. The Bay Area Air Quality Management District continues to look the other way and fails every time to do its duty. Joining them the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Agency for Toxic, Substances, and Disease Registry (ATSDR) among ...
Posted: Thu, Aug 23, 2007 10:04pm PDT
text“Green Scare”: Minnesota Grand Jury Subpoenas Served in Seattle and Chicago by a
This morning, grand jury subpoenas were delivered to an individual in Seattle, WA and an individual in Chicago, IL. Both have been subpoenaed to appear at a grand jury in Minneapolis, MN on September the sixth....
Posted: Thu, Aug 23, 2007 5:00pm PDT
imageKaruk Tribe, Klamath Riverkeeper and Fishermen Sue State over Klamath River Toxins
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by Dan Bacher
The Klamath Riverkeeper, the Karuk Tribe and the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermens' Associations filed a lawsuit today against the California Regional Water Quality Board, North Coast Region, for failing to regulate toxic algae discharges from PacifiCorp's Klamath dams and reservoirs. PacifiCorp is owned by Billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Corporation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on July 5 issued a warning about bodily contact with the toxic blue-green algae i...
Posted: Thu, Aug 23, 2007 3:04pm PDT
calendarSpoke Bloc Riding Bikes by
Corner of Ashby and California...
Event Date: Sun, Sep 23, 2007 11:30am PDT
Posted: Thu, Aug 23, 2007 2:13pm PDT
calendarThe Village Lives with Mark Lakeman, The City Repair Project, Portland, Oregon by David Baker
New College of California/North Bay 99 6th St., (6th & Wilson Sts. in Railroad Square) Santa Rosa...
Event Date: Sat, Sep 29, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Aug 23, 2007 12:19pm PDT
calendarBiking the Americas for the Climate! by David Baker
New College of California/North Bay 99 6th St., (6th & Wilson Sts. in Railroad Square) Santa Rosa...
Event Date: Tue, Sep 11, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Aug 23, 2007 12:05pm PDT
calendarClimate Change, Despair and Empowerment with Kelly Tudhope! by David Baker
New College of California/North Bay 99 6th St., (6th & Wilson Sts. in Railroad Square) Santa Rosa...
Event Date: Mon, Sep 3, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Aug 23, 2007 12:02pm PDT
calendarBelvedere-Tiburon Library screening{Stewards of the Reef}threats to shark population-reefs by
501 Tiburon Blvd. Not sure how long film is - making a guess - it starts at 7pm - doors open 6:15pm...
Event Date: Fri, Aug 24, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Aug 23, 2007 8:03am PDT
imageArnold, Tell the Truth About California Water!
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by Dan Bacher
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger continues on his crusade to build more dams and a peripheral canal to export more water from the California Delta. His campaign is based on the lie that no dams or water storage facilities have been built in California in the past 20 to 30 years - disregarding the fact that several new dams and water storage facilities have been constructed in recent years and virtually every economically feasible dam site in California has now been taken. California water is al...
Posted: Wed, Aug 22, 2007 11:41am PDT
calendarMountain Justice Day of Action against Bank of America. by Scott
345 Montgomery St;downtown San Francisco...
Event Date: Fri, Aug 31, 2007 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 22, 2007 7:37am PDT
textBritain: Riot police attack Heathrow Airport protest by wsws (reposted)
Wednesday, August 22, 2007 :A week of saturation policing of the peaceful environmental protest at Heathrow Airport concluded on Sunday with a series of brutal attacks on those involved in the Camp for Climate Action. The protest is located near the site of a proposed third runway and fifth terminal building at London’s Heathrow airport....
Posted: Wed, Aug 22, 2007 7:34am PDT
calendarFilm Screening and Discussion "Razing Applachia" by Scott
Station 40 at 3030b 16th Street; at 16th and Mission (across the street from 16th/Mission BART...
Event Date: Thu, Aug 30, 2007 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Aug 22, 2007 7:34am PDT
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