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Coalition Challenges Expansion of Hazardous Herbicide Containing Agent Orange Ingredient 
San Francisco, Calif. — A coalition of conservation, food safety, and public health groups filed a motion today challenging the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s decision to expand the use of “Enlist Duo” on genetically engineered (GE) corn and soy crops to nine additional states: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and North Dakota....
Posted: Mon, Apr 20, 2015 2:37pm PDT
Bells Across the Land: Sesquicentennial Celebration of Freedom 
On April 9, 1865, Union Genearl Ulysses S. Grant met Confederate General Robert E. Lee to set the terms of the Confederate Army surrender, beginning the end the US Civil War, the symbolic ending of four years of bloodsheed and America's Peculicar Institution....
Posted: Wed, Feb 25, 2015 11:30am PST
National Juneteenth Leadership honored in Beverly Hills, California 
The New Year 2015, is off to an amazing new beginning, bright full moon, preparations for Ethiopian Christmas and preparations for the kick-off for California Juneteenth Sesquicentennial Celebrations: Our American Story of Freedom....
Posted: Mon, Jan 5, 2015 11:54pm PST
Forest Service Agrees to Reconsider Wilderness Protection in Los Padres National Forest GOLETA, Calif.— Conservation groups today praised a decision by the U.S. Forest Service to consider stronger protections for wildlife and wildlands across 221,579 acres throughout the Los Padres National Forest in the remote backcountry of Santa Barbara, Ventura and Kern counties....
Posted: Fri, Oct 24, 2014 6:50pm PDT
Court Upholds Grand Canyon Uranium Mining Ban 
PHOENIX, Ariz.— Arizona’s Havasupai Tribe and a coalition of conservation groups are praising Judge David Campbell’s decision (see PDF) today to uphold the U.S. Department of the Interior’s 20-year ban on new uranium mining claims across one million acres of public lands adjacent to Grand Canyon. The court ruled that the decision complied with federal environmental laws and that it was not too large, as plaintiffs had argued. At stake is protecting the aquifers and streams that feed the Color...
Posted: Tue, Sep 30, 2014 5:38pm PDT
Urban Agriculture ~ U.S. Census of Agriculture 2017 
Urban Agriculture remains a viable job creator, career path and catalyst for community economic development. Preparation for design methodology for the US Census of Agriculture 2017 will include a unique pilot project, California Pan African Urban Agriculture Project...
Posted: Sat, Sep 13, 2014 5:57am PDT
Big Oil Permanently Poisons 2 Million Gallons of California Water Each Day LOS ANGELES – At City Hall on August 13, City Councilmember Paul Koretz, Los Angeles residents and California climate and water experts called on Big Oil to stop wasting California’s water. During the worst drought in the state’s recent history, the oil and gas industry is permanently destroying millions of gallons of water and drilling deeper into the earth, threatening dwindling groundwater supplies by using fracking and other water-intensive extraction processes....
Posted: Sun, Aug 17, 2014 3:29am PDT
Lawsuit Launched to Halt Destruction of 14,000 Acres of Condor Habitat at Tejon Ranch SAN FRANCISCO— Condor advocates, conservationists and American Indians this week notified the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service they intend to sue over the agency’s approval of a “habitat conservation plan” that will destroy 14,000 acres of designated critical habitat for the California condor, one of the world’s most endangered birds. The habitat is entirely located on Tejon Ranch, north of Los Angeles, and will be destroyed by the development of the proposed Tejon Mountain Village resort proje...
Posted: Fri, Jul 18, 2014 1:50pm PDT
2014 World Maritime Day ~ ALC ~ Congressional Black Caucus Weekend 
First steam vessel in California, owned by the "African Founding Father of California" will help restore confidence in today's expanded US ~ Pan African Global Trade and Commerce. During the 44th Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) Sept. 24-27, 2014, in solidarity with the IMO ~ World Maritime Day traditional diplomatic reception, stay tuned for official notice for 25 September 2014 and in Washington, D.C. ~ the California party indeed is seen.
"It starts with you" is the theme for the 4...
Posted: Sun, Jun 29, 2014 8:28pm PDT
A Farm Worker Union Emerging in Whatcom and Skagit Counties 
“There is no organization out there or anybody that can offer us protection, so we have to do it ourselves.”
–Felimon Pineda, VP, Familias Unidas por la Justicia...
Posted: Sat, Jun 28, 2014 7:49am PDT
Save the Sespe Petition Draws 2,000 Supporters 
A controversial proposal to frack the Sespe wilderness in the Los Padres National Forest sparked a massive petition effort by local residents concerned about high-risk oil and gas drilling near the federally-protected wilderness area....
Posted: Thu, Jun 5, 2014 11:11am PDT
Cows, Rice Fields and Big Agriculture Consume Well Over 90% of California's Water 
Low-flow showerheads help save much less water than people think. Most people shower once a day and use an average of 14 gallons of water. You could save more water by reducing your beef intake by one pound than by not showering for six months!...
Posted: Sat, May 24, 2014 12:40pm PDT
Formal Protest Filed With BLM Against Nevada Fracking Proposal 
LAS VEGAS— The Center for Biological Diversity has filed a formal administrative protest (see PDF) on an upcoming oil and gas lease sale in Nevada that, according to the Bureau of Land Management, could open up more than 174,000 acres of public lands to fracking. The sale, slated for July 17, would offer up 102 areas near the towns of Tonopah and Austin in north-central Nevada....
Posted: Fri, May 16, 2014 12:26pm PDT
Global Warming Is Worsening Water Scarcity in California Los Angeles, CA -- On Tuesday, the U.S. Global Change Research Program published the third National Climate Assessment. The report found that nationally, average U.S. temperature has increased 1.5 degrees since 1895, and global warming is worsening water scarcity in California....
Posted: Thu, May 8, 2014 4:09pm PDT
Coalition Responds to Idaho’s Motion to Dimiss Ag Gag Lawsuit BOISE — Last week, national nonprofits Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF), People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho (ACLU), and Center for Food Safety (CFS) filed a response to the state of Idaho’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed earlier this spring in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. In March 2014, a coalition of organizations dedicated to civil liberties, animal protection, food safety, labor rights, and the environmen...
Posted: Wed, May 7, 2014 8:51am PDT
Santa Barbara County Fracking Ban will be on November Ballot 
On May 1, Santa Barbara residents turned in 20,000 signatures to the county elections office which they hope will qualify a fracking ban initiative on the November 2014 ballot....
Posted: Mon, May 5, 2014 8:21am PDT
Federal Court Strikes Down Wisconsin Voter ID Law MILWAUKEE — A federal court today struck down Wisconsin's voter ID law as unconstitutional and in violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act (VRA). The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) challenged the law on behalf of numerous Wisconsin voters, charging the measure violated the Fourteenth Amendment's equal protection clause and Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act....
Posted: Tue, Apr 29, 2014 5:13pm PDT
Anti-Fascist prisoner, Cody Lee Sutherlin is getting out! Cody Lee Sutherlin is one of 5 anti-racist activists who took part in emphatically stopping a meeting of white supremacists at a restaurant in Tinley Park, IL. He is now getting out after spending over 2 years in an Illinois state prison. Help us secure a release fund for Cody Lee Sutherlin....
Posted: Wed, Apr 23, 2014 1:13pm PDT
Jury awards $3 million in first fracking case 
Today, a jury of their peers awarded Bob and Lisa Parr $3 million dollars in their fracking lawsuit against Aruba Petroleum....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2014 8:10pm PDT
Cody Lee Sutherlin is getting out! Cody Lee Sutherlin is one of 5 anti-racist activists who took part in emphatically stopping a meeting of white supremacists at a restaurant in Tinley Park, IL. He is now getting out after spending over 2 years in an Illinois state prison. Help us secure a release fund for Cody Lee Sutherlin....
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2014 1:28pm PDT
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