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Whaling Protests continue despite Reprieval for Humpbacks The Japanese Government has announced a suspension of the slaughter of 50 humpback whales due to increasing worldwide attention on the Japanese commercial whaling operation masquerading as a scientific expedition. The United States brokered the deal, which Japan agreed to conditionally that the International Whaling Commission (IWC) reinstates its original task of whale resource management. Japan still intends to continue to kill 50 endangered Fin whales and 935 piked (minke) whales this seas...
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 10:14pm PST
Auto mileage to rise, but Big Oil keeps grip on Congress Friday, December 21, 2007 : The Senate voted almost unanimously Dec. 13 to raise car and truck fuel economy standards for the first time in 30 years. The bill, passed 86-8, requires a 40 percent increase in fuel economy for U.S. vehicles, to an average of 35 miles a gallon by 2020. It is considered a landmark step toward cutting greenhouse gas emissions, equivalent to taking some 60 million cars off the road....
Posted: Fri, Dec 21, 2007 9:08am PST
Buffalo Update from the Field 12/20/07 
AMERICAN BISON ELIMINATED from the last wild population in the U.S.
2007-2008: 20
Total Since 2000: 2,038
*includes lethal government action, quarantine, state and treaty hunts
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In this issue:
* Update from the Field
* Front Lines Volunteers Needed
* National Elk Refuge Bison Hunt
* Crested Butte Ski Vacation Benefit Auction Starts Tomorrow
* Energy-Efficient Hot Water Heater Needed
* Photo of the Week
* Last Words
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Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 7:35pm PST
Mike Huckabee Equates Environmentalism With Pornography Thursday, December 20, 2007 :David Corn of Mother Jones discusses Huckabee's past writings and why the former Baptist minister's sermons are being kept secret. In 1998, Huckabee wrote: "Abortion, environmentalism, AIDS, pornography, drug abuse, and homosexual activism have fragmented and polarized our communities."...
Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 9:58am PST
New Zealand Yachtie to challenge Japanese Whaling Fleet 
David Taylor, a veteran yachtie from Tauranga, departed New Zealand today (December 20) for a two month voyage in his homebuilt yacht, Anne Marie, in the Southern Ocean to protest against the Japanese whaling fleet. Foolish? Maybe, but he has the support of huge numbers of New Zealanders who want whaling in the Southern Ocean stopped. He joins ships from Greenpeace, Sea Shepherd and the Australian Government Customs and Fisheries Patrol in hunting the whalers....
Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 4:38am PST
Sea Shepherd extends olive branch to Greenpeace to find Whalers 
Captain Paul Watson from the Sea Shepherd ship Steve Irwin has offered to co-operate with Greenpeace in searching for the Japanese whaling fleet, utilizing the Sea Shepherd helicopter, Kookaburra. Greenpeace ship Esperanza departed Auckland, New Zealand without their helicopter which had mechanical problems....
Posted: Thu, Dec 20, 2007 3:30am PST
Two coal burning energy plants planned for NV Should additional coal plants be constructed in Ely, Nevada? What are the risks to the ecosystem, nearby residents and contributions to global warming from burning coal?...
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2007 10:22am PST
Sea Shepherd Halts Hunt for Whalers to seek Repairs in Hobart 
Just as the Australian Government announced new protest measures against Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, the Sea Shepherd has had a mechanical failure forcing it to return to Hobart for repairs....
Posted: Wed, Dec 19, 2007 7:20am PST
Australia: Conservation groups call on Government to act on Whaling 
At a press conference in Sydney a coalition of environment and whale watching groups including Greenpeace, The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), Humane Society International, Project Jonah, the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and the National Whale Watch Association have again called on the Australian Government to take immediate action to stop whaling by the Japanese whale fleet....
Posted: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 5:30pm PST
Protest Coos Bay LNG Terminal in Coquille, OR (12/19) Anyone who can please join the protest against the LNG facility in Coos Bay, OR on Weds, Dec 19th in Coquille....
Posted: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 4:11pm PST
Bali climate conference ends in farce as US vetoes emission targets Monday, December 17, 2007 :The UN-sponsored climate change conference held on the Indonesian island of Bali ended on the weekend without any agreement on combatting global warming other than vague generalities. A last-minute, face-saving communiqué was issued but, at the insistence of the Bush administration and its allies, it made no mention of specific carbon emission reduction targets....
Posted: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 7:13am PST
Whaling Confrontation Brewing in Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary A confrontation between the Japanese Whaling Fleet and conservationists from Sea Shepherd and Greenpeace is likely to happen over the coming weeks in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary off the coast of Antarctica....
Posted: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 7:06am PST
China Must Go Green, and Soon Originally From New America Media
Monday, December 17, 2007 : To alleviate its environmental woes, China should not have America as its role model, but both countries would do well if they came together to clean up the mess they have created. Jun Wang is a reporter and Chinese media monitor for New America Media....
Posted: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 7:04am PST
All I Want for Xmas is 5 Million Tons of Garbage Monday, December 17, 2007 : Xmas is all about spending. Forget Baby Jesus in his cold manger bed, or those overworked sweatshop elves in the North Pole. When all is said and done, Xmas in America is about one thing and one thing only: Cold hard dollars and cents, the kind that people shell out to show someone how much they love them or to make themselves feel as if they are getting “in the holiday spirit.” Last year, Americans spent an average of $910 on gifts, which was down from $1,004 in 2...
Posted: Mon, Dec 17, 2007 7:00am PST
The Search for the Whale Killers Has Begun 
For the fourth year running the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has ventured into the icy waters of the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary bordering Antarctica to enforce conservation law and stop the cruel and inhumane whaling activities of a Japanese whaling fleet. In this commentary by Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, he explains why 41 volunteers on board the Steve Irwin are searching for the Whaling Fleet....
Posted: Sun, Dec 16, 2007 5:57pm PST
Unions Must Rise to the Challenge of Climate Change Sunday, December 16, 2007 : More than 10,000 delegates and observers from around the world traveled to Bali, Indonesia, for the U.N. Climate Change Conference from Dec. 3-14. Of the 90 union delegates, more than 20 were from North America, including Roger Toussaint, president of Transport Workers (TWU) Local 100 in New York, who sent us the following post....
Posted: Sun, Dec 16, 2007 10:11am PST
Benefits of Organic Outdoor Grown Cannabis 
Organic Outdoor Grown cannabis produces more volume, stronger potency and is earth friendly.
With the proliferation of hydroponics shops urging people to set up their own indoor grow rooms, and local authorities implementing regulations regarding cannabis gardens, it is time to take a closer look at the benefits of Organic Outdoor Grown (OOG) cannabis....
Posted: Sun, Dec 16, 2007 7:18am PST
Bush administration isolated at Bali climate conference Friday, December 14, 2007 :The two-week UN-sponsored conference on climate change on the Indonesian island of Bali has been dominated by the intransigence of the Bush administration and the mounting conflicts among the great powers, particularly between the United States and the European Union. United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the official sponsor of the conference, submitted a document calling on the industrialized nations to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 25 ...
Posted: Fri, Dec 14, 2007 8:15am PST
Request To Put Speed Limits On All Sections Of The Autobahn Network In Germany Petition After seeing a TV commercial of a leading German car manufacturer touting its overdesigned windshield wipers that they claim could handle driving on the Autobahn in the rain, and after finding the specs for a 200hp, 30mpg car on a different German car manufacturer's website (ie the technology for super mpg cars is on today's showroom floor, but is being wasted by building muscle cars with ever more hp instead of slimming down these engines and cars to get higher mpg), I wrote this petition....
Posted: Thu, Dec 13, 2007 6:13pm PST
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