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protest this friday against the FTAA and in solidarity with the Zapatistas...
Posted: Tue, Feb 20, 2001 8:49am PST
I've researching our power situation today and ran across this press release from the California Energy Commission. Basically this says a new power plant is being proposed for SF airport, owned by El Paso Merchant Energy. This looks like an alternative to the plant that was going to float on the bay that no one wanted. Looks like there trying to slip this in. A Energy Commission vote is scheduled for Mar. 7. A public hearing is 2/23 at 10 am at the Holiday Inn in South San Francisco....
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2001 4:32pm PST
The Washington State House of Representatives produces a petition to the federal government concerning power export to California that might as well have been written by the energy industry....
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2001 9:40pm PST
A Seattle resident's letter to Oregon U.S. Represenative Peter DeFazio on his lesislation to reregulate the energy industry....
Posted: Sun, Feb 18, 2001 9:58am PST
the march will make a stop at the 21st Street PG&E Payment Station to say, "No to Rate Hikes!" Then on to Dolores Park for music, dance, food, and a celebration...
Posted: Sat, Feb 17, 2001 9:21am PST
For the $2 billion spent since mid-January, we could have bought all the plants that the utilities sold to private companies that are now gouging us....
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2001 8:18pm PST
Deregulation Price Tag: $40 billion. Here¹s a partial, estimated itemization of what this colossal mistake has cost ratepayers so far:...
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2001 8:15pm PST
Executive officers of leading energy companies fear "discrimination" in favor of consumers, "setting a bad precedent" for deregulation elsewhere. Plus a healthy bit of Red-baiting....
Posted: Fri, Feb 16, 2001 1:35pm PST
Subscribe to the BAILOUT WATCH daily newsletter...
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2001 9:17pm PST
A letter to Canadian friends...
Posted: Wed, Feb 14, 2001 2:33am PST
Teach-in report, plus:
Next general Campaign for Public Power meeting: Monday, Feb. 19 at 7pm at City Blend Cafe on 16th Street between Valencia and Mission...
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2001 6:25pm PST
Shaping the Policies of Globalization: Legislative Training. Feb. 14, New College SF, 6:30 pm...
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2001 10:30am PST
California energy crisis manufactured in Texas.
Where is the Special Prosecutor who will investigate Bush's ties to the Oilies?...
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2001 12:04am PST
Come to a press conference Wednesday, February 14, 2001 at Noon on the West Steps of the Capitol in Sacramento...
Posted: Sun, Feb 11, 2001 11:55pm PST
12 noon, Mission and 16th Street, SF, for speeches and street theater; then march to Dolores Park for music,
dance, food, and a celebration...
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2001 1:05pm PST
This Monday, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will be discussing the creation of a Municipal Utilities District.
Come to support this, plus......
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2001 12:52pm PST
Bay Area wide TEACH IN
Sunday, February 11 at 3pm
Women's Building 3543 18th Street (at Valencia)...
Posted: Thu, Feb 8, 2001 12:41am PST
Campaign Against Utility Rate Increases (CAURI)
Mass Mobilization Sat, 2/10, SF
Teach-In Sun 2/11...
Posted: Tue, Feb 6, 2001 7:28pm PST
2/2 message re upcoming organizing meetings and rallies to stop the bailout of PG&E and SoCal Edison...
Posted: Sat, Feb 3, 2001 2:24pm PST
Caravan to Sacramento today to Extricate California taxpayers from rescuing failed private corporations...
Posted: Wed, Jan 31, 2001 12:56am PST