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River Restoration Forum
CART 2555 Clovis Ave, Fresno CA 93612...
Event Date: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 5:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Mar 21, 2007 2:58pm PDT
Protect Sacred Places
450 golden Gate Avenue San Francisco, CA...
Event Date: Fri, Apr 6, 2007 12:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Mar 21, 2007 2:42pm PDT
Maxxam Inc. Escapes CA for TX with Stolen Forests, Jobs & $$$
Recent attempts by Maxxam Corporation to abscound with billions in profits as Pacific Lumber Chptr 11 Bankruptcy hearings begin. The location of the hearings should be in CA near the workers and their affected ecosystem where the damage occurred, yet Maxxam CEO Hurwitz engineered a ghost corporation 'Scotia Development' to...
Posted: Wed, Mar 21, 2007 12:18pm PDT
India's Uranium Nightmare
The Indo-U.S. nuclear deal may be considered groundbreaking and historic by many in India and the United States, but this euphoria must not shroud the misery of thousands of people suffering the effects of uranium mining in India due to poor technical and management practices in existing mines....
Posted: Wed, Mar 21, 2007 7:08am PDT
Earth Day at the Marine Science Institute
Marine Science Institute
500 Discovery Parkway
Redwood City, CA 94063
(650) 364-2760
http://www.cmiregistration.com/user/about/index.jxp?id=22345&org=261...
Event Date: Sat, Apr 21, 2007 8:00am PDT
Posted: Wed, Mar 21, 2007 2:04am PDT
PAN ALERT: URGENT - Updated Farm Bill Action for Californians
TODAY, we ask that you send an immediate message to Senators Boxer and Feinstein urging them to support the “Grassley-Dorgan amendment” to the budget. http://action.panna.org/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=7046...
Posted: Tue, Mar 20, 2007 11:17pm PDT
PAN ALERT: Ask Congress to fund new initiatives in the Farm Bill
Take Action Today to ensure that there is sufficient funding authorized in the 2007 Farm Bill to protect our environment, achieve energy independence and ensure sustainable, healthy food to all Americans....
Posted: Tue, Mar 20, 2007 11:15pm PDT
Spring 2007 ~ California Agriculture Day ~ National Ag Week
Spring 2007 ~ California Agriculture Day ~ National Ag Week...
Posted: Tue, Mar 20, 2007 9:40pm PDT
The Amazon is in danger... Let's really save it!
I will now mention only three of the most visible and destructive: 1. The wood extration, 2. The introduction of cattle and 3. The plantation of soy for exportation....
Posted: Tue, Mar 20, 2007 12:49pm PDT
Al Gore Seeking 500,000 Signitures to Congress Tomorrow. Please Sign his Petition
Al Gore Seeking 500,000 Messages to Congress by the Time He Testifies There Tomorrow. Email from Al Gore, March 20, 2007....
Posted: Tue, Mar 20, 2007 12:15pm PDT
Massive Egg Farm Unwelcome in the San Joaquin Valley
Coalition of local and national animal welfare groups announce opposition to massive egg factory farm proposed in Stockton...
Posted: Tue, Mar 20, 2007 11:37am PDT
Leno-DeVore Measure to Allow Farmers to Grow Industrial Hemp Gains Traction from Poll
71% of Californians Support Changing State Law to Allow Hemp Farming;
AB 684 to be heard in Assembly Public Safety Committee on March 27th...
Posted: Tue, Mar 20, 2007 10:24am PDT
Video of Police brutality at Charles, WV coalmine protest
At a protest over the location of a mountaintop removal coal mine near an elementary school, police start shoving around protesters including elderly in wheelchairs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jqENyow0cQ...
Posted: Tue, Mar 20, 2007 8:25am PDT
New Christy Minstrels benefit concert
Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon St. San Francisco...
Event Date: Wed, May 9, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Mar 20, 2007 6:56am PDT
Green Is...Not PG&E: Behind the Green Ink of This Nor Cal Utilities Company
Walking around San Francisco, you might have noticed bright green ads featuring cutesy witticisms about what “green is,” sponsored by the local utility monopoly PG&E. My favorite ad prominently displays a piece of cow dung with the quote “Green isn’t always pretty.” Here, PG&E isn’t too far off; for them, green is… a lie....
Posted: Mon, Mar 19, 2007 9:01pm PDT
Beyond Petroleum: UC Berkeley Sells Out to Energy Giant
With royal fanfare, British Petroleum just donated big money in research funds for UC Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories, and the University of Illinois to develop new sources of energy—primarily biotechnology to produce biofuel crops. This comes on the anniversary of Berkeley’s hapless research deal with seed giant Novartis ten years ago. However, at 500 million dollars, the BP grant dwarfs Novartis’ investment by a factor of ten. The graphics of the announcement were unmistakable: ...
Posted: Mon, Mar 19, 2007 8:57pm PDT
East Bay Bicycle Coalition Meeting
Tuesday (third Tues), March 20 at 7:30pm (following Board of Directors Mtg @ 7pm)
Rockridge Branch Library, 5366 College Ave @ Manila (5 blocks from Rockridge)...
Event Date: Tue, Mar 20, 2007 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Mar 19, 2007 4:16pm PDT
CONGRESS INVESTIGATES YELLOWSTONE BISON SLAUGHTER
WASHINGTON, D.C. On Tuesday, at the request of the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands, Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) representatives will testify before Congress on the status of Yellowstone's wild bison....
Posted: Mon, Mar 19, 2007 1:25pm PDT
Urgent - Eric McDavid In Need of Funds for Legal Fees
After paying for all of Eric's legal fees for over a year, his family is in need of assistance. His trial date is approaching and the legal fees are mounting. We need to raise $15,000 to ensure that Eric's legal fees - lawyer, investigators, etc - are covered through trial....
Posted: Mon, Mar 19, 2007 1:22pm PDT
"The Future of US Energy: The Oil Dependence Dilemma"
World Affairs Council
2nd Floor Auditorium
312 Sutter St.
San Francisco, CA 94108...
Event Date: Tue, Apr 3, 2007 5:30pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Mar 19, 2007 10:07am PDT