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textGlobal Warming, Climate Change and the Bay Area by Francisco Da Costa
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
document4 Years of War for Oil -- Enough! Basta!
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by Bay Rising
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
textNon-Violent Direct Action Against the War (3/19) by crystal
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
textJudi Bari, Ten Years Gone: Her Work and Warnings Prove True by Counterpunch (reposted)
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
textDiez años sin Judi by Jorge Tadeo
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
textFiltering San Francisco Water by chloramnine
chlorine / amonia...
Posted: Sat, Mar 3, 2007 7:20am PST
textAction Alert: Food and Farm Protection Act by Cal GE Free
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
textBP teach-in tonight and Agr. at Metr. Edge by via sloshie
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
textKlamath River News, Feb. 25: Tribes, Fishermen Urge Limits on Toxic Algae by Dan Bacher
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
imageWe petition car dealers to drop attack on clean air. 2 DO.
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by Maia & Elfie Ballis/SunMt
We petition car dealers to drop attack on clean air. 2 do. 2 minute video...
Posted: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 12:48pm PST
videoWater Flows Through Oxford Valley During Severe Rain (video/quicktime 30.1MB) by sacred site defender
During severe storm in Marin County...
Posted: Sun, Feb 25, 2007 10:37am PST
textBureau proposes handing over ownership of water delivery facilities to Westlands by Dan Bacher
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
imageWe take on nuc power shill in Fresno
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by Maia & Elfie Ballis/SunMt
We take on nuc power shill in Fresno. 2.5 minute video...
Posted: Sat, Feb 24, 2007 4:03pm PST
imageDeveloper Russell Shaw Hit With CEQU Requirements For Oxford Valley
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by brightpathvideo
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
textPolice confiscate material, arrest one at Berkeley Oak Tree-Sits by Bach repo
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
textWildlands Defense Skillshare by Mattole Wildlands Defender
Announcing the Wildlands Defense Skillshare on the Mattole River....
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 6:17pm PST
textTONIGHT: The Future of Green Energy by Anne T. Greenwash
Flaunting the Future of Green Energy and shaming PG&E!...
Posted: Thu, Feb 22, 2007 3:24pm PST
textGroups Want PacifiCorp Held Accountable for Toxic Discharges into Klamath River by Dan Bacher
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
textEyes on Newsom and Dufty as Healthy Saturdays Reintroduced by Ted Strawser, Beyond Chron (reposted)
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
imageSacred Medicine Lake Near Mt. Shasta Faces Destruction!
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by Morning Star Gali
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
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