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Global Warming, Climate Change and the Bay Area
Global warming and Climate Change has been the talk of the town in the Bay Area. After many years - many local, State and Federal Agencies are taking steps to curtail those elements that adversely impact thousands. Particulates and Green Gases are released by human beings because humans think they have control of everything. It is very easy to destroy - very difficult to create a pristine situation after it has been polluted....
Posted: Wed, Mar 7, 2007 9:14pm PST
4 Years of War for Oil -- Enough! Basta!
4 Years of War for Oil -- Enough! Basta!
End Chevron's Oil Crimes from Richmond to Iraq
STOP THE IRAQ OIL THEFT LAW!
1. NO BLOOD OR OIL! 2. CLIMATE JUSTICE NOW! 3. TO STOP WAR, END EMPIRE!
MON MARCH 19, 7-11am
Protest, Rally, & Nonviolent Direct Action
Chevron World Headquarters, San Ramon, CA...
Posted: Wed, Mar 7, 2007 11:28am PST
Non-Violent Direct Action Against the War (3/19)
There will be a protest with possible non-violent direct action at Chevron HQ in the East Bay March 19. Can we form a Santa Cruz affinity group to participate? Contact scnvda@yahoo.como...
Posted: Wed, Mar 7, 2007 8:55am PST
Judi Bari, Ten Years Gone: Her Work and Warnings Prove True
This week marks the 10th anniversary of the day Judi Bari died on March 2nd in 1997 from cancer. On May 24, 1990, Judi was severely injured by a motion-triggered pipe bomb which exploded on the floor directly under the driver's seat of her car as she and fellow Earth Firster Darryl Cherney traveled through Oakland, California, on an organizing tour for Redwood Summer, a campaign of nonviolent protests focused on saving old growth redwood forests in northern California. I first met Judi in San...
Posted: Wed, Mar 7, 2007 6:52am PST
Diez años sin Judi
Este año se cumplen diez años de la muerte de Judi Bari. Murió en su cabaña en el condado de Mendocino, California, rodeada de su familia, amigos y de las secoyas por las que tanto luchó para mantener en estado salvaje. Este año se cumplen diez de no tener cerca de nosotros a una activista que entendía que no existe una lucha social o una lucha ambiental, que somos parte de un todo y que la protección del bien común no es sólo para continuar con las comodidades que la propiedad privada nos of...
Posted: Mon, Mar 5, 2007 9:50am PST
Action Alert: Food and Farm Protection Act
ACTION ALERT ON GENETIC ENGINEERING
— SUPPORT AB 541 —
Assemblymember Jared Huffman (6th AD) has introduced AB 541, The Food and Farm Protection Act. The bill would establish California’s only state laws related to genetic engineering (GE) in agriculture and protect California farmers, consumers, and the food supply. AB 541 already has the support of many agricultural, environmental, health, faith and business organizations....
Posted: Tue, Feb 27, 2007 7:00pm PST
BP teach-in tonight and Agr. at Metr. Edge
If you're a Berkeley student or live in the area and would like to
know more about the BP deal with UCB, go to 101 Morgan Hall tonight at
6pm for a teach-in and discussion of the issue....
Posted: Mon, Feb 26, 2007 12:55pm PST
Klamath River News, Feb. 25: Tribes, Fishermen Urge Limits on Toxic Algae
Here's the latest Klamath River News from Regina Chichizola, the Klamath Riverkeeper. Come to the CA. Fish and Game Commission in Arcata on March 1 and 2 to challenge take permits for endangered coho on the Scott and Shasta Rivers....
Posted: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 2:04pm PST
We petition car dealers to drop attack on clean air. 2 DO.
We petition car dealers to drop attack on clean air. 2 do. 2 minute video...
Posted: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 12:48pm PST
Water Flows Through Oxford Valley During Severe Rain (video/quicktime 30.1MB)
During severe storm in Marin County...
Posted: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 10:37am PST
Bureau proposes handing over ownership of water delivery facilities to Westlands
Here's yet another outrageous example of how corrupt and insane the federal government is. The Bureau of Reclamation is proposing to hand over ownership of San Luis Reservoir and federal water delivery facilities to the "Darth Vader" of California water politics - the Westlands Water District....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 8:42pm PST
We take on nuc power shill in Fresno
We take on nuc power shill in Fresno. 2.5 minute video...
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 4:03pm PST
Developer Russell Shaw Hit With CEQU Requirements For Oxford Valley
For a few years now, Russell Shaw has been trying to build about 26 luxury homes on fragile watershed acerage in San Rafael, that contains significant Miwok archeological sites. He recently withdrew his initial plan and submitted a single home construction plan on the Oxford Valley site that many in the neighborhood viewed as an attempt at skirting CEQA requirements....
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 2:56pm PST
Police confiscate material, arrest one at Berkeley Oak Tree-Sits
University of California, Berkeley-UC Police today, 2/22/07, conducted a sweep of the support presence at the tree-sit in the oak grove now in its 82nd day. One person was arrested....
Posted: Fri, Feb 23, 2007 12:49am PST
Wildlands Defense Skillshare
Announcing the Wildlands Defense Skillshare on the Mattole River....
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 6:17pm PST
TONIGHT: The Future of Green Energy
Flaunting the Future of Green Energy and shaming PG&E!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 3:24pm PST
Groups Want PacifiCorp Held Accountable for Toxic Discharges into Klamath River
The Klamath Riverkeeper, Karuk Tribe and commerical fishermen today petitioned the California Water Board to stop toxic dicharges into the Klamath River....
Posted: Tue, Feb 20, 2007 10:16am PST
Eyes on Newsom and Dufty as Healthy Saturdays Reintroduced
After an independent study commissioned by Mayor Gavin Newsom was released last week and reported clear favorable impacts of car-free space in Golden Gate Park, Supervisor Jake McGoldrick announced his intention to send Healthy Saturdays legislation, vetoed by the Mayor last year, back to the Board of Supervisors today....
Posted: Tue, Feb 20, 2007 7:54am PST
Sacred Medicine Lake Near Mt. Shasta Faces Destruction!
Battle Continues as Bureau of Land Management Announces Plans to Appeal the Ninth Circuit Court Ruling In Favor of Pitt River Tribe To Continue their Proposal for a Geothermal Power Plant
Native American Tribes and Environmental Groups To Protest At BLM’s Office In Alturis to Demand Religious Freedom and Environmental Justice!...
Posted: Mon, Feb 19, 2007 10:00am PST