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Representative Rahall Invites Dick Cheney to Testify on Klamath Salmon Kill
Representative Nick Rahall has invited Dick Cheney to testify in a July 31 oversight hearing on his apparent role in the 2002 Klamath River fish killl and other scientific and policy decisions at the U.S. Department of the Interior....
Posted: Tue, Jul 17, 2007 5:50pm PDT
Film Screening and Discussion for West Coast Climate Convergence
Station 40 at 3030b 16th Street; at 16th and Mission (across the street from 16th/Mission BART)...
Event Date: Thu, Jul 26, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Jul 17, 2007 3:57pm PDT
Public Health Groups Sue EPA Over Carbon Monoxide Standards
NEWS RELEASE
Public Health Groups File Suit to Strengthen Nationwide Clean Air Standards for Carbon Monoxide
Children Endangered by Outdated Carbon Monoxide Standards, Bush Administration Footdragging...
Posted: Tue, Jul 17, 2007 3:38pm PDT
Governor Schwarzenegger Again Misses the Mark on Protecting the Delta Smelt
Restore the Delta supporters are stunned that the Governor, who recently said that water projects have been studied to death, in a press conference at Twitchell Island on the Delta today called for more research on the Delta Smelt without taking more decisive action to save the fish from extinction....
Posted: Tue, Jul 17, 2007 2:07pm PDT
Governor Schwarzenegger Ramps Up Publicity Effort to Push For a Peripheral Canal
Here is Restore the Delta's press release regarding Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's ramping up of his campaign to destroy the California Delta by building the peripheral canal. Following the press release is Restore the Delta's "Delta Flows" newsletter that includes an urgent action alert.
I urge everybody to RIGHT NOW call the Governor’s office at 916-445-2841 and ask for the date and time for the Governor’s press conference to be held this week in the Delta. If you actually acquire an ...
Posted: Mon, Jul 16, 2007 2:18pm PDT
Feral Visions Against Civilization 2007!
Feral Visions gathering in the Sierra Nevada offers workshops on basketry, archery, shelters, alternative mental health, knots, natural birth control, herbal medicine, wilderness fist aid, self defense and many other useful skills.....
Posted: Mon, Jul 16, 2007 11:43am PDT
Hearing on Dick Cheney's Role in Klamath Fish Kill Set for July 31 in D.C.
The Congressional hearing regarding the role that Dick Cheney played in Klamath Basin decisions leading to the fish kill of 2002 is scheduled for July 31....
Posted: Mon, Jul 16, 2007 8:16am PDT
Time to Recall Sophie Maxwell as she has with intent harmed our children
Time to recall the District 10 Supervisor Sophie Maxwell as she has with INTENT harmed our children in the Bayview Hunters Point. Article 31 of the San Francisco Health Code among others - clear defines the process and the elements that should be put in place to prevent and address harm that could result from adverse impacts linked to Parcel A. Sophie Maxwell has been cognizant of the fact but looked the others way and embraced greed and money to fill her private coffers....
Posted: Mon, Jul 16, 2007 6:53am PDT
Wanna SHUT DOWN the largest fossil fuel development project in our region??
This August 8-14 hundreds of social justice and environmental activists from around the west coast of North America will be convening near the mouth of the Columbia River for 6 days of low impact living and high impact action against the fossil fuel industry - the West Coast Convergence for Climate Action....
Posted: Sun, Jul 15, 2007 11:38am PDT
We expose charade posing as pesticide regs
We expose charade posing as pesticide regs. 5 minute video...
Posted: Sat, Jul 14, 2007 5:52pm PDT
Greywater Guerrillas coming to Arcata's CCAT!
In this era of water privatization we need alternatives to corporate water bottling and provide our communities with safe drinking water. Greywater guerillas and authors of "Dam Nation; dispatches from the Water Underground" can show us how!!...
Posted: Sat, Jul 14, 2007 4:14pm PDT
Dam nation; dispatches from Water Underground!
100 Fires Books
1485 Peninsula Dr.
Manila, CA...
Event Date: Mon, Jul 16, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Jul 14, 2007 4:04pm PDT
Dam Nation: Dispatches from Water Underground!
CCAT (Campus Center for Appropriate Technology)
Parking Lot of 14th & B St.
Arcata, CA
call CCAT for more: 826-3551 or ccat@humboldt.edu...
Event Date: Sun, Jul 15, 2007 1:00pm PDT
Posted: Sat, Jul 14, 2007 3:53pm PDT
Film screening: Point of Return & Escape from Affluenza @Little Roxie
Little Roxie Theater
3125 16th Street
San Francisco, CA, 94103
GoogleMap: http://tinyurl.com/t6pcc
more details: http://www.uas.coop/node/633...
Event Date: Fri, Jan 19, 2007 6:00pm PST
Posted: Sat, Jul 14, 2007 1:54pm PDT
Environmental threat persists a year after Israeli strike in Jiyyeh
Saturday, July 14, 2007 : A year after the environmental crisis precipitated by the Israeli air strikes on the Jiyyeh power plant, environmental experts say that the pollution still remains. The strikes caused oil spills that covered the Lebanese coastline. Around 15,000 tons of crude oil polluted Lebanese shores and caused serious impacts on human health, biodiversity, fisheries and tourism....
Posted: Sat, Jul 14, 2007 8:40am PDT
Mass Bird die-off After Military Exercise in Queensland World Heritage Area
There are initial reports from Australia of mass bird and bat dieoffs in the area of the Shoalwater Bay military training area, on Queensland's Great Barrier Reef. The area recently hosted the Talisman Sabre military exercise involving nearly 30,000 US and Australian military personnel and using live ammunition including phosphorus bombs....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 4:39pm PDT
university says sitters topped trees
Can someone more reliable than the AP newswire quoting this university press official provide the real story of what happened here? They are saying that the tree sitters at the Oak Grove by International house in Berkeley actually took a chain saw to redwoods and oaks in order to make a big platform. That sounds suspect. Where did the big pieces of tree go when they did that? They are concluding that the trees might die now....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 1:19pm PDT
"Bookin' for Daniel": A Marathon Run for Daniel McGowan
Wednesday, July 11, 2007 :
Syndicated Content From Portland Indymedia...
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 7:23am PDT
Hospital Makes Transition to Eco-Friendly Medical Supplies
Thursday, July 12, 2007 : In a move to become more eco-friendly, the Alta Bates Summit Medical Center announced last week a complete switch away from old IV units that officials said add waste and chemicals to the environment....
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 6:55am PDT
Meet the Rangers! and Ranger Film Premiere
San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
Jefferson St by Hyde St
San Francisco, CA 94123
(415) 447-5000
http://www.nps.gov/safr/...
Event Date: Wed, Aug 1, 2007 11:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Jul 13, 2007 12:58am PDT