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Living Ecocity Examples - Sustainable Communities Salon Series
Green Building Exchange
305 Main St.
Redwood City, CA...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 13, 2007 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Aug 12, 2007 1:42pm PDT
Lennar BVHP LLC and Toxic Mass Pollution in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point area
The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Region IX, in San Francisco is being used as a ploy to make all the Toxic of Mass Pollution in the Bayview Hunters Point area and more precisely Parcel A that comes under the jurisdiction of Lennar BVHP LLC go away. We all remember 9/11 and the EPA, the Katrina fiasco and FEMA, we remember the Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq - no where to be found - we remember the deceit and the lies reaching up to the White House and the scum bags th...
Posted: Sun, Aug 12, 2007 4:48am PDT
Memorials for Cyclist Elena Castaneda Visited by Family & Friends
The day after Elena Castaneda was tragically killed by a truck in West Oakland, family and friends payed tribute at the memorials set up by local residents and witnesses to the accident....
Posted: Sun, Aug 12, 2007 12:49am PDT
Chem Trailing
Cleanup CU-23 of "Encapsulated Bacteria for In Situ Bioremediation" for US Navy fueling station clean up without moving out the soil. Bacteria from fuel contaminated superfund sites is applied in some way to any area where fuel has been supplied to ships over the years. The effect on trees and people could explain 'Chemtrail Syndrome' as we have heard about it in alternative media for years....
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 8:04pm PDT
Rally to Save Coyote Valley
San Jose City Hall
200 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95113-1905...
Event Date: Mon, Aug 13, 2007 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 7:06pm PDT
Few Defend UC Lab in Heated Meeting on EIR
Friday, August 10, 2007 : Berkeley residents came to share concerns about the fuel on the hill Wednesday night, and by the time the meeting had ended, only one voice had been raised in its unconditional defense. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) officials called the gathering to collect comments to be addressed in the environmental impact reviews of two major projects already greenlighted by the UC Board of Regents....
Posted: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 9:21am PDT
8/15: Tickets onsale for 9/21 Berk. Sustainability Summit
The Ecology Center will be hosting the Second Annual Berkeley Sustainability Summit on
Friday, September 21, from 9AM to 3PM....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 8:55pm PDT
7:30pm-11pm>Got Green Love>San Rafael<"One World, One Voice" Fundraiser>Dance/Arts
san rafael community center 168 B st...
Event Date: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 5:42pm PDT
Save Coyote Valley
Please come to a public hearing taking place next Monday, August 13th, at the San Jose City Council Chambers, concerning the future of Coyote Valley. Coyote Valley is one of the last remaining open spaces of its size in Santa Clara County, and is home to many endangered
animals and plants. Developers are planning a community to accomodate an addition 80,000 residents in Coyote Valley, which raises many questions and concerns for the San Jose commuity. Please join us for a small gathering on...
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 2:48pm PDT
Kids in Gardens
Martin Luther Middle School, San Francisco...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 13, 2007 9:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 12:49pm PDT
More Than Your Standard Garden
Richmond Field Station, Richmond, CA...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 3, 2007 10:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 12:44pm PDT
Watching for Wildlife
Civic Park, Walnut Creek...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 27, 2007 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 12:27pm PDT
Pollution May Cancel Out China's Economic Growth
Friday, August 10, 2007 : Much has been made of China's dazzling economic growth, but when the negative effects of China's pollution are factored in, the growth rate is less impressive. The Chinese government has calculated that the effects of pollution wiped out $67 billion, or 3 percent of the nation's GDP, in 2004....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:30am PDT
Britain: Injunction granted against environmental protest at Heathrow Airport
Friday, August 10, 2007 :The granting of only a limited injunction to the British Airports Authority (BAA) on Monday banning named individuals from Heathrow Airport has been hailed as a victory for free speech. But whilst BAA failed in its original and far more sweeping objectives, its legal action and injunction that was agreed on is still in line with ongoing efforts to criminalise extra-parliamentary protest....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:24am PDT
China Chided, U.S. Conducts Business As Usual
Originally From New America Media
Friday, August 10, 2007 : China has been in the news lately for its contaminated exports, but the U.S. is also producing products that contain hazardous chemicals, reports NAM writer, Donal Brown. Brow is a former journalism teacher. The recent flurry of news reports over the Chinese exports of contaminated consumer products raises the specter of dangerous U.S. products long marketed in the U.S. and around the world....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:07am PDT
Chronicle Frames Dispute to Protect Lennar
Friday, August 10, 2007 : “The media may not always be able to tell us what to think, but they are strikingly successful in telling us what to think about.” ~Bernard C. Cohen The corporate media often writes stories where the external factors (i.e., the real causes of the problems) have been relegated an offstage presence. Consider the San Francisco Chronicle’s coverage of last week's Board of Supervisors meeting, where Supervisor Chris Daly proposed a memorandum to temporarily stop the work ...
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 7:02am PDT
Rally/Celebration of Industrial Polluter Shutdown!
East Palo Alto Youth Rallied against Environmental Racism and Celebrated the Partial Shutdown of Romic Technologies, a major toxic waste facililty serving Silicon Valley....
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 3:09am PDT
Cyclist killed by truck on San Pablo in Oakland (warning: graphic photo)
In yet another bicycle tragedy, a cyclist was run over and killed some time around 8am today by a large dump truck at the intersections of West, Isabella, and San Pablo....
Posted: Thu, Aug 9, 2007 10:38am PDT
Yangtze River Dolphin May Be Extinct
Wednesday, August 8, 2007 : The rare Yangtze River dolphin in China is now believed to be extinct, due to pollution and human activity. After a six-week search, an international team of researchers couldn't find any evidence that the species still exists. Samuel Turvey, a conservation biologist who took part in the search, talks with Alex Chadwick....
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 6:28pm PDT
Chevron Hearing Aug 9th POSTPONED
The rally and public hearing has been postponed! Apparently Chevron did not have enough time to respond to all comments on the Draft EIR! new hearing date to be announced!...
Posted: Wed, Aug 8, 2007 5:19pm PDT