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textCorn Ethanol and Unintended Consequences For California by Juliette Anthony, M.A., M.S.
A Background Research Paper on Corn Ethanol...
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 6:03pm PDT
imageAsheville Activists Need Help!
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by Southeast Convergence
Police violently arrested five people at a nonviolent direct action at the regional Bank of America headquarters in downtown Asheville. The action was the culmination to the Southeast Convergence for Climate Action. See http://asheville.indymedia.org/ for press releases and photos....
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 4:58pm PDT
textUrban Permaculture Solutions & Success Stories by Mark McBeth
Urban Permaculture Solutions & Success Stories Fred Bové (San Francisco Botanical Garden), Kevin Bayuk (Urban Alliance for Sustainability) & Kat Steele (Urban Permaculture Guild)...
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 4:54pm PDT
imageSchwarzenegger's Water Board Says It Can't Protect Water Quality in Delta, Central Valley
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by Dan Bacher
While the corporate media completely buys Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's posturing as the "green" governor, his anti-environmental policies are destroying the California Delta and water quality throughout the state. Schwarzenegger is undoubtedly the worst governor ever for California's fish and the environment. The Executive Officer of the Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board (Regional Board) has acknowledged that the Board is so understaffed that it can’t meet its core regul...
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 2:59pm PDT
textCoos Bay, OR; Community Action Against LNG Terminal! by NO California Pipeline!
Community action meeting 8/25 to prepare for a public hearing in Coos Bay, OR on 8/28. Speak out to prevent an ecological disaster from entering coastal Oregon's Coos Bay in the form of a supercooled liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal and pipeline with hundreds of miles of linear clearcuts across Oregon's mountains.....
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 1:46pm PDT
textIreland's "Green" coalition: Environmentalists and Fianna Fail unite by wsws (reposted)
Tuesday, August 14, 2007 :Green parties worldwide are already synonymous with spectacular renunciations of principle. Policies advocated, perhaps for decades, are dropped within hours of entering government. In return for some minor adjustments of environmental policy, Greens have assumed responsibility for aggressively advancing the interests of their own capitalists....
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 10:05am PDT
imageCelebration: Victory Over Environmental Racism!
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by Raging Grannies
Victory over the toxic waste recycler Romic Technologies sparked a celebration with speakers, food and fun in East Palo Alto on Sunday August 12, 2007....
Posted: Tue, Aug 14, 2007 2:48am PDT
image"Community" Foundation Destroys 200-Year-Old Aptos Landmark
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by Madre del Tierra
Despite the fact that there is overwhelming vacant commercial space in Santa Cruz County, the "Community" Foundation of Santa Cruz has decided to build a shiny, brand-new office building in Aptos. Instead of building around the gorgeous landscape that defines the downtown Aptos area, they chose to tear down one of a few remaining very old Monterey Cypress trees. These pictures show the tearing down on this past Saturday of one of the most definitive trees in the area that was estimated to b...
Posted: Sun, Aug 12, 2007 9:54pm PDT
calendarThe Good Festival - A festival of inspiring peace and sustainability in Fairfax, Marin by The Good Circle
Saturday, August 25, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. The GOOD FESTIVAL A YOUTH PROPELLED EVENT - Booyah Downtown FAIRFAX – Bolinas&Peri Park...
Event Date: Mon, Aug 13, 2007 9:00am PDT
Posted: Sun, Aug 12, 2007 7:34pm PDT
calendarLiving Ecocity Examples - Sustainable Communities Salon Series
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by Lucas Patzek
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
textLennar BVHP LLC and Toxic Mass Pollution in San Francisco's Bayview Hunters Point area by Francisco Da Costa
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
imageMemorials for Cyclist Elena Castaneda Visited by Family & Friends
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by dave id
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
textChem Trailing by Wendy Buckleman
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
calendarRally to Save Coyote Valley
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by Lailo
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
textFew Defend UC Lab in Heated Meeting on EIR by via the Berkeley Daily Planet (reposted)
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
image8/15: Tickets onsale for 9/21 Berk. Sustainability Summit
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by via Ecology Center
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
calendar7:30pm-11pm>Got Green Love>San Rafael<"One World, One Voice" Fundraiser>Dance/Arts by
san rafael community center 168 B st...
Event Date: Sat, Aug 11, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 5:42pm PDT
documentSave Coyote Valley
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by Lailo
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
calendarKids in Gardens by Kari
Martin Luther Middle School, San Francisco...
Event Date: Sat, Oct 13, 2007 9:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 12:49pm PDT
calendarMore Than Your Standard Garden by Kari
Richmond Field Station, Richmond, CA...
Event Date: Sat, Nov 3, 2007 10:00am PDT
Posted: Fri, Aug 10, 2007 12:44pm PDT
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