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California legislature calls for more marine protected areas SACRAMENTO, Calif., September 1, 2024 – California’s legislature highlighted the importance of protecting the state’s ocean habitats on Saturday when it passed ACR 210. The resolution directs state agencies to strengthen and expand protections for California’s network of marine protected areas (MPAs). This legislation, which was sponsored by Environment California, Azul, NRDC and the Environmental Defense Center, aims to help California reach its goal of protecting 30% of state lands and wate...
Posted: Mon, Sep 2, 2024 12:11pm PDT
California Senate Passes Bill to Affirm Local Choice on Oil, Gas Operations SACRAMENTO, Calif., September 1, 2024 — The California Senate has passed a bill affirming local governments’ authority to protect their communities by limiting or banning oil and gas operations, methods and locations. The bill also passed the Assembly concurrence vote and now goes to the governor for a final signature....
Posted: Mon, Sep 2, 2024 10:57am PDT
Newsom: Elected officials protect all CA communities don't delay safety-zones around wells Gov. Newsom needs to keep his promise to stop polluting communities whose citizens live too close to oil and gas operations, say over 500 CA elected officials who signed a letter for 2,300 feet safty zones around wells...
Posted: Mon, Aug 26, 2024 2:08pm PDT
Capitalism can’t overcome the laws of physics That humanity can dominate nature “is an illusion.” The laws of thermodynamics remain in place. “Consequently, a growth-centered capitalist economy finds itself trapped in futile attempts to completely decouple itself from nature — aiming for a 100% circular, service-oriented and zero-waste existence....
Posted: Mon, Jul 8, 2024 3:46am PDT
9th Circuit Stops Oregon Logging to Protect Marbled Murrelets EUGENE, Ore., June 26, 2024 — The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today affirmed a lower court ruling that prevents Scott Timber from clearcutting old growth trees within Oregon’s Elliott State Forest. The decision will protect marbled murrelets, which are a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act....
Posted: Mon, Jul 1, 2024 9:48am PDT
CalGEM issues 13 new drilling permits in Kern County CalGEM) issued at least 13 new drilling permits in May. Ten of these permits greenlight brand new oil wells, placing thousands of lives at risk from fossil fuel toxic air pollution and possible leaks...
Posted: Thu, Jun 6, 2024 10:53am PDT
California Commission to Consider Funding Harmful I-80 Expansion Project ORANGE, Calif., May 14, 2024 — The California Transportation Commission will vote Thursday on whether to fund the Yolo 80 Corridor Improvements Project. The project proposes to add one lane of traffic in each direction, expanding the highway from six to eight lanes as it travels from Davis to Sacramento through the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area....
Posted: Tue, May 14, 2024 11:29pm PDT
20 Parking Pay Stations Sabotaged for Rosebud and People’s Park Anarchist sabotage in the dead of night....
Posted: Wed, Apr 24, 2024 1:23pm PDT
The Vertical Cyclone Effect in the Atmosphere and Global Warming We have a system: the warm surface of the Earth, the blanket of the Earth's atmosphere and the endless vastness of the refrigerator of space. If an ancient giant came and stood here and used some huge crank to turn this system vertically, then in the place where the giant worked, the Earth's surface would cool down and its heat would escape into the space....
Posted: Mon, Apr 22, 2024 11:52am PDT
Agencies Cancel Plan to Frack Oil Wells, Build Pipelines in Los Padres National Forest VENTURA COUNTY, Calif., April 15, 2024 — Two federal agencies have confirmed the cancellation of applications for permits proposed a decade ago to drill and frack eight new wells on federal public land in Los Padres National Forest. The announcement, made April 3, comes just weeks after California officials proposed a statewide ban on this extremely dangerous fossil fuel extraction technique....
Posted: Sat, Apr 20, 2024 6:05am PDT
Ecuador: CONAIE convoca a construir movimiento internacional contra el extractivismo Ecuador: CONAIE convoca a construir movimiento internacional contra el extractivismo...
Posted: Sat, Apr 13, 2024 3:46am PDT
California Senate Declares ‘Year of the California Grizzly Bear’ 2024 Marks Centennial of Last Sighting of State’s Official Animal...
Posted: Wed, Apr 10, 2024 9:57am PDT
Biomass Carbon Capture Project Canceled in California’s Central Valley Company Withdraws Permits Under EPA Scrutiny...
Posted: Sun, Apr 7, 2024 12:57pm PDT
California Resolution Calls for “Year of the California Grizzly Bear” 2024 Marks Centennial of State Animal Extirpation...
Posted: Fri, Mar 22, 2024 12:46pm PDT
Oʻahu Community Leaders File Petition to Protect Coalition Name From Developers HONOLULU, March 14, 2024 — The Center for Biological Diversity and community leaders filed a petition this week with the Hawai‘i Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to protect their coalition’s original name from being hijacked by developers....
Posted: Fri, Mar 22, 2024 12:43pm PDT
Saving the planet means saving the world Instead of today’s economic system, which increases inequality, a new system is indispensable, according to Rockström and colleagues. What is needed is a ‘wellbeing economy’ which serves people and the planet—rather than people and the planet serving the economy, as the Wellbeing Economic Alliance (WeAll) puts it....
Posted: Wed, Mar 13, 2024 7:22am PDT
Willard/Ho Chi Minh Park under attack! Trees and Clubhouse in Willard/Ho Chi Minh Park under attack by the forces of NeoLiberalism and Privatization!...
Posted: Tue, Mar 12, 2024 6:59am PDT
Eastern Monarch Butterfly Overwintering Area In Mexico Drops Precipitously MEXICO CITY, February 7, 2024 – The annual census of monarch numbers at the overwintering sites in central Mexico was released today by World Wildlife Fund-Mexico and partners. It revealed that in just one year, the presence of monarch butterflies in their Mexico wintering grounds dropped by more than half, from 2.2 hectares to 0.9 hectares....
Posted: Thu, Feb 29, 2024 1:34pm PST
U.S. Geological Survey Will Restore Annual Counts of About 400 Farm Pesticides Pesticides Applied to Seeds to Remain Uncounted...
Posted: Thu, Feb 29, 2024 1:25pm PST
Demolition of People's Park Has Been an Expensive Boondoggle, Costs Rising According to their own accounting, the University of California has spent roughly 11-million dollars to turn People's Park into a dirt lot. In addition, the expected cost of their development proposal has increased by a third, now expected to cost 400-million....
Posted: Thu, Feb 29, 2024 12:04pm PST