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Federal Judge OKs Uranium Mining Next to Grand Canyon National Park PHOENIX, Ariz.— U.S. District Court Judge David Campbell denied a request to halt new uranium mining at the Canyon uranium mine, located only six miles from Grand Canyon National Park’s South Rim. The Havasupai tribe and a coalition of conservation groups had challenged the U.S. Forest Service’s decision to allow Energy Fuels Inc. to reopen the mine without initiating or completing formal tribal consultations and without updating an obsolete federal environmental review dating to 1986. At sta...
Posted: Wed, Apr 8, 2015 1:08pm PDT
Oil Industry Drops Lawsuit Over California County's Fracking Ban HOLLISTER, Calif.— The only oil company to sue San Benito County over a local ban on fracking and other high-intensity petroleum operations announced today it has dropped its lawsuit, leaving the voter-approved ordinance in place....
Posted: Mon, Apr 6, 2015 8:34pm PDT
Legendary Anime Voice Actress to Guest on Lava Lamps & 8-Track Theatre! Celebrating 30 Years of Robotech!...
Posted: Thu, Apr 2, 2015 9:12am PDT
Court Rules Navy Training in Pacific Violates Laws Meant to Protect Whales, Sea Turtles HONOLULU— A federal judge ruled on Tuesday (see PDF) that the National Marine Fisheries Service acted illegally in approving U.S. Navy testing and training activities in the Pacific Ocean that threaten widespread harm to whales, dolphins, other marine mammals and imperiled sea turtles....
Posted: Wed, Apr 1, 2015 2:04pm PDT
California Public Records Requests are the RIGHT of the PUBLIC I wanted to share some information about a Senate Bill ( SB 272) which has to do the public right's to access public information at little to no cost to private citizens. If this bill get's approved it will save money, paper and give the people access to information we have a right to ask for. If you don't have a computer you can go to a Library and access what costs you 25 cents a page for.
"With a public sector committed to success in the digital age, the residents and businesses of Calif...
Posted: Tue, Mar 31, 2015 11:51pm PDT
Yemen: At least six civilians burn to death in further airstrikes overnight There is growing evidence that the Saudi Arabian-led military coalition is failing to take precautions to prevent civilian deaths amid ongoing airstrikes on sites around Yemen, Amnesty International said, as it confirmed that at least six civilians, including four children, were among 14 people who burned to death in further strikes early this morning....
Posted: Tue, Mar 31, 2015 4:58pm PDT
Statewide Coordinated Actions To End Solitary Confinement Begin Statewide Coordinated Actions To End Solitary Confinement (SCATESC), began March 23, 2015. Actions were held in California from San Diego to Arcata (Arcata/Eureka, LA, Oakland, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Cruz) and in Philadelphia, PA. More locations to come on April 23rd and the 23rd of each month. Below is a report from just one locality, Santa Cruz, which took a creative approach. ...
Posted: Wed, Mar 25, 2015 7:13pm PDT
Utah move on firing squads latest attempt to "fix" the unfixable Utah’s decision to turn to the firing squad if it is unable to secure drugs for lethal injection is the latest attempt by a US state to keep alive a punishment that should have long ago been consigned to the history books, said Amnesty International om March 24....
Posted: Wed, Mar 25, 2015 2:24pm PDT
Proposed Bill Major Step Forward for Preventing Fiery Oil Train Derailments WASHINGTON— In response to the recent spate of fiery derailments that have highlighted the dangers posed by oil trains, Senators Maria Cantwell, (D-Wash.), Dianne Feinstein, (D-Calif.), Tammy Baldwin, (D-Wis.), and Patricia Murray, (D-Wash.), have proposed a bill that would remove the most dangerous tank cars from service, increase track inspections, and help to ensure that first responders have the equipment needed to respond to derailments....
Posted: Wed, Mar 25, 2015 12:51pm PDT
Innovative New Show on Free Radio Santa Cruz New program on Free Radio Santa Cruz....
Posted: Mon, Mar 23, 2015 4:14pm PDT
New Report Links World's Most Commonly Used Herbicide to Cancer SAN FRANCISCO— A new report by the World Health Organization has linked the world’s most commonly used herbicides to cancer. Glyphosate — widely known as Roundup and marketed by Monsanto — has also been linked to the decline of many wildlife species, including the monarch butterfly. The WHO determined that glyphosate and two other insecticides, malathion and diazinon, are “probably carcinogenic to humans.”...
Posted: Mon, Mar 23, 2015 2:49pm PDT
This is the Moment We Have All Been Waiting For SCRAM! Calls Community to Action: Let Council Hear Your Voice on Tuesday Night...
Posted: Sat, Mar 21, 2015 6:30pm PDT
Obama Administration's Weak New Fracking Rule Endangers Public Lands, Climate WASHINGTON— Interior Secretary Sally Jewell today released a weak new rule for hydraulic fracturing on public lands that does little to reduce fracking pollution’s dangerous contribution to global warming and damage to America’s air, water and wildlife....
Posted: Fri, Mar 20, 2015 10:44am PDT
Misguided Border Security Bill Threatens Public Lands TUCSON, Ariz.— Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and Rep. Matt Salmon (R-Ariz.) today jointly introduced the “Arizona Borderlands Protection and Preservation Act” in the U.S. Congress. A press release from Sen. McCain’s office claims that the bill is necessary to grant border security personnel full access to federal lands along the Arizona-Mexico border, including national parks, wildlife refuges, forests and monuments....
Posted: Wed, Mar 18, 2015 5:33pm PDT
Community Alert: PredPol Company and Involvement of Local Politicians Several local politician/community figure types have been involved in the formation, marketing, and ongoing operation of a local startup company called "PredPol". This company claims to make crime-predicting software which they want police departments across the country to buy. There are some who think they are just blatant prison-industrial complex profiteers abusing their political connections to become rich on the backs of the 99%.
The real scoop on this has been censored in the loca...
Posted: Mon, Mar 16, 2015 11:21am PDT
Public Statement on OAS Indigenous Peoples Declaration Amnesty International is urging member states of the Organization of American States (OAS) to ensure that a proposed regional Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples properly reflects the views and experiences of those whose rights are at stake. Legitimacy cannot be achieved if text is brought forward without the support of Indigenous Peoples....
Posted: Fri, Mar 13, 2015 12:37pm PDT
SCRAM! Statement of Support Issued by Homeless Persons Legal Assistance Project We Support SCRAM!...
Posted: Wed, Mar 11, 2015 12:05pm PDT
Scientists Sign On to Support the Phase Out of the California Drift Gillnet Fishery Oceanographer Dr. Sylvia Earle and 230 scientists signed on to a letter opposing the deadly California drift gillnet fishery for swordfish, which has some of the highest bycatch rates in the world. The letter specifically requests that immediate action be taken to phase out the fishery and protect the ecological integrity of California’s coastal waters....
Posted: Tue, Mar 10, 2015 12:58pm PDT
Another Oil Train Derails and Catches Fire in Ontario GOGAMA, Ont.— An oil train derailed and caught fire early this morning in Ontario near the town of Gogama, the second such incident in Ontario in three weeks, and the fourth oil train wreck in North America in the same time period. Since Feb. 14, there have also been fiery oil train derailments in West Virginia and Illinois. The Illinois wreck occurred just two days ago, and the fire from that incident is still burning....
Posted: Sat, Mar 7, 2015 10:32pm PST
An Open Letter about Student Protests at UCSC While there have been vociferous expressions of support and solidarity for the recent UC student protests, a number of students, parents, faculty, administrators, and members of the greater Santa Cruz community have expressed frustration, what borders on vitriolic hatred, and ad hominem attacks against those who took to the highways and most recently to the campus entrances. As longterm members of the UC community, we know firsthand that these students are fighting so that all students might ...
Posted: Thu, Mar 5, 2015 1:37pm PST
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