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Ban Fracking in San Benito County Ban Fracking in San Benito County
Sign petition: http://www.credomobilize.com/petitions/ban-fracking-in-san-benito-county-1...
Posted: Thu, Sep 5, 2013 7:33pm PDT
Parks Forward Commission to Hold Workshops in Fresno, SLO, Santa Cruz Local Residents Asked to Weigh in on the Future of State Parks....
Posted: Thu, Sep 5, 2013 3:57pm PDT
Lawsuit Launched to Protect Endangered Species From Fracking in Michigan The Center for Biological Diversity launched federal litigation today challenging the Bureau of Land Management for failing to protect endangered species like the Karner blue butterfly and Indiana bat by properly assessing the risks posed to them by fracking on public land being leased for oil and gas production in a game reserve in southwestern Michigan....
Posted: Thu, Sep 5, 2013 12:58pm PDT
Declaring Syria Regime Illegitimate Sends Strong Human Rights Message and Exposes Lenders Over the last year, a religious antipoverty organization has met with U.S. Treasury and White House officials to encourage them to declare the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad an illegitimate government. This action would impose restrictions on lending to Syria that supports its military or the needs of the Assad regime. When governments or financial institutions make this declaration it lets lenders know that if they lend to Syria they may not receive a return on their investme...
Posted: Tue, Sep 3, 2013 2:00pm PDT
Update on Santa Cruz CruzioWorks Discriminatory Treatment of Dan Madison Four weeks have passed since CruzioWorks took Dan Madison's several hundred dollars to pay for a 24-hour computer workspace, then turned around several hours later and broke their contract, apparently because a co-tenant in the building was "uncomfortable" see Dan and his son standing near their bikes in the CruzioWorks bike parking area. She suggested to Dan that they would cause junkies to gather in the area because of their homeless appearance and the sight of homeless possessions on the...
Posted: Mon, Sep 2, 2013 11:07pm PDT
Moving Closer to the Tipping Point More than the usual suspects...
Posted: Sat, Aug 31, 2013 7:35pm PDT
Former TBSC Hero Dylan Greiner Removed as SC Clean Team Admin After Arrest Dylan Greiner was removed as an administrator for the Santa Cruz Clean Team's Facebook group shortly after he was arrested on charges he molested and filmed young girls while they were changing before surfing classes at the surf school he ran. Some of the classes he taught were held at Santa Cruz High School....
Posted: Thu, Aug 29, 2013 2:39pm PDT
Timothy James Anderson, Deputy Santa Cruz harbormaster arrested in pitchfork attack Timothy James Anderson, Deputy Santa Cruz harbormaster arrested in pitchfork attack...
Posted: Tue, Aug 27, 2013 5:21pm PDT
Why Mass Marches Still Matter: 2013’s March on Washington In terms of the numbers it attracted, the August 24, 2013 March on Washington was an inspiring success. The question remains, however, how politically effective was it?...
Posted: Mon, Aug 26, 2013 10:45pm PDT
A New Beginning: Desal on Pause. What Now? In the wake of the City of Santa Cruz's decision to stall the public's vote and possibly alter and resubmit the plan for the proposed desalination plant planned for the westside of Santa Cruz, Desal Alternatives' Rick Longinotti and Paul Gratz released statements in response. Gratz remains skeptical of the city's intentions, and cautions about the lack of transparency of the whole process that wasted $17 Million of the taxpayers money. Longinotti announced the Desal Alternatives steering comm...
Posted: Thu, Aug 22, 2013 3:06pm PDT
Is an "Emergency Homeless Response" how it begins? The City Council of Columbia, South Carolina has put their fears into writing. Unanimously, they also codified their fears in law. Businesses are encouraged to report perpetrators....
Posted: Thu, Aug 22, 2013 2:06pm PDT
Distant Quakes Trigger Tremors at U.S. Waste-Injection Sites, Says Study Large earthquakes from distant parts of the globe are setting off tremors around waste-fluid injection wells in the central United States, says a new study. Furthermore, such triggering of minor quakes by distant events could be precursors to larger events at sites where pressure from waste injection has pushed faults close to failure, say researchers....
Posted: Tue, Aug 20, 2013 11:34pm PDT
Boulder Community Groups Launch Campaign to Form Independent Utility BOULDER, COLORADO.-- On August 19, a coalition of Boulder community organizations, local businesses, and individuals launched 'Empower Our Future,' a campaign to form Boulder’s own clean energy utility to promote the growth of solar and wind energy in Boulder. Currently, Boulder residents get their electricity from Xcel Energy. “Boulder residents demand a clean energy solution,” said Rebecca Dickson, co-chair of the Sierra Club Indian Peaks Group. “Xcel Energy is not facilitating a true expan...
Posted: Mon, Aug 19, 2013 3:33pm PDT
Tell EPA to protect the Pacific Ocean from fracking Petition Statement: Oil companies are fracking in the seabed of the Pacific--using toxic chemicals in sensitive areas and where blue and humpback whales congregate. Please step in and protect the Pacific Ocean, and the wildlife that depend on it, from dangerous fracking.
To be delivered to: Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator, Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior, and Governor Jerry Brown...
Posted: Mon, Aug 19, 2013 2:32pm PDT
California Coastal Commission Urged to Protect Coast From Offshore Fracking New Research Reveals 12 Recent Frack Jobs on Oil Wells in State Waters; Conservationists Call for Investigation, Moratorium...
Posted: Wed, Aug 14, 2013 2:38pm PDT
Anonymous Operation Bahrain: Tamarrod Bahrain Action Today, the Bahrain Resistance will begin a new phase of their rebellion: Tammarrod Bahrain. This afternoon Bahrain will be flooded with protesters for the Tamarrod Bahrain day. Bahrain's prime minister said on Monday his government would "forcefully confront" protests, and warned those behind planned demonstrations that they would be punished. This is unacceptable, undemocratic and we will not tolerate this....
Posted: Wed, Aug 14, 2013 9:02am PDT
Revisioning the Right to Keep and Bear Arms A Second Look at the 2nd Amendment...
Posted: Mon, Aug 12, 2013 11:01pm PDT
Scientific Misconduct, Abuse of Whistleblowers in Review of Keystone XL Pipeline Keystone XL Controversy: Investigation Reveals Scientific Misconduct, Abuse of Whistleblowers in Review of Pipeline
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Scientists Punished for Objecting to Downplaying of Pipeline Impact to Endangered Species...
Posted: Thu, Aug 8, 2013 6:30pm PDT
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