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Coke Accused of 'Greenwashing' its Image in India Friday, June 8, 2007 :OneWorld.net, News Report, Special Exchange with OneWorld.net, Aaron Glantz, Posted: Jun 08, 2007...
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 10:33pm PDT
G8 summit: Climate compromise masks mounting conflicts Friday, June 8, 2007 :The 3,500 reporters and photographers who travelled to the G8 summit in Heiligendamm, Germany, have accomplished their assigned mission. The world has been inundated with reports of progress and idyllic photos: Bush, Merkel and Putin sitting relaxed and chatting in beach chairs; Sarkozy and Blair talking over a glass of beer; a harmonious walk on the beach of the picturesque resort by all of the world leaders....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 9:55pm PDT
Coal-gas: Another Fiasco in the Making? * I am sending you this because there is talk of a 2B dollar coal-gas plant in Oswego Co. NY, and there is no mention of what the byproducts are or what they are going to do with them. Also included is a Topix post on diabetes. Here is what I had to say on these issues in the order that I published them:...
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 3:13pm PDT
African Food Supply - 2007 U.S. Farm Bill: a complete and ultimate state of dependency. 
The Black Agenda Report is on point and Bruce Dixion is opening up the discussion of a very serious issue. Black Agriculture is the foundation of Black Culture. U.S. Farm policy has destroyed Black Farmers in America, we are less than 1% of American Farmers and the target is now Black Farmers globally....
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 1:30pm PDT
Department of Water Resources Resumes Pumping as Delta Smelt Nears Extinction. 
This is the latest press release from the Department of Water Resources about the agency resuming pumping of export water at its South Delta pumps, followed by a brief commentary by Bill Jennings.
Meanwhile, the federal government continues to export 850 cfs at its pumps. "There is an overall negative flow - reverse flows - in the South Delta," said Bill Jennings, chairman of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance. "The Delta smelt are still in harm's way."
He emphasized, "The...
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 1:21pm PDT
Town Hall meetings held every Thursday to educate constituents about Lennar BVHP LLC. Every Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Grace Tabernacle Community Church situated at Ingalls and Oakdale in the Bayview a Town Hall is held to educate constituents about the adverse impacts initiated Lennar BVHP LLC. LENNAR - the most corrupt and irresponsible Real Estate Developer in the United States. Lick your chops Kofi Bonner the President of Lennar Corp. Bay Area, who hails from Ghana and thinks he is doing the right thing with all the wrong decisions. Kofi will say all the right things for al...
Posted: Fri, Jun 8, 2007 7:16am PDT
Delta Flows: Restore the Delta Update 
Barbara Barrigan-Parrilla, Campaign Director of Restore the Delta, says there are serious questions regarding the real number of Delta smelt actually killed by the state and federal Delta pumps in May. She encourages Delta residents to become involved in the Healthy Delta Communities Plan....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 4:43pm PDT
G8 on climate change Wednesday, June 6, 2007 : In the lead up to this year's summit, leaked documents made it clear there was a distinct split among the G8 on the issue of climate change. After all, seven of the member countries have committed to the Kyoto Protocol's binding reductions of greenhouse gas emissions - while the US (far and away the worst offender) has not....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 2:55pm PDT
Kimberly-Clark Nominated to Corporate Hall of Shame Vote Kimberly-Clark into the Corporate Hall of Shame...
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 2:13pm PDT
Antarctic Glaciers Moving To Sea Faster The British Antarctic Survey team studying 300
glaciers found that they are flowing into the sea
at a faster pace than scientists have ever seen.
As the glaciers melting is accelerated, the melt
water contributes to the faster movement....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 12:36pm PDT
Time DTSC takes control and stops Lennar BVHP LLC in its tracks Lennar BVHP LLC has broken every law in the books because it has spent millions of dollars buying local, State, and Federal enforcement agencies. Added to that Nancy Pelosi and other higher ups are in bed with Lennar BVHP LLC making crooked deals left, right, and center working to drive poor folks, mostly people of color to make room for others. In the mean time no one knows what to expect and Lennar is bent on building homes on toxic sites - it is famous for building such homes all over the...
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 2:01am PDT
June 9, 2007 International Day of Solidarity with Jeffrey Free Luers 
The 2007 International Day of Solidarity with Jeffrey Free Luers takes place this coming weekend, June 9th. Below is a list of events we have been informed about. If you know of additional events or want to organize one, please let us know the details and we will post them....
Posted: Thu, Jun 7, 2007 12:09am PDT
Wilderness Leadership Training for Educators Bay Area Wilderness Training Office and Yosemite National Park (field section)
300 Broadway
San Francisco, CA 94133
http://www.bawt.org...
Event Date: Sat, Jun 16, 2007 9:00am PDT
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 8:02pm PDT
Timber Traffickers Threaten Honduran Forests Wednesday, June 6, 2007 :El Diario-La Prensa, Posted: Jun 06, 2007...
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 6:58pm PDT
Oregon Eco-Sabotage Cases Unjust and Incomplete The last two of ten environmental and animal rights activists charged with crimes of property destruction in January 2006 were in federal court Monday and Tuesday for sentencing....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 4:42pm PDT
Kimberly-Clark Nominated to Corporate Hall of Shame Vote Kimberly-Clark into the Corporate Hall of Shame...
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 2:33pm PDT
Big Oil, Biofuels and UC Berkeley (audio/mpeg 1.9MB) The Energy Biosciences Institute is a new partnership British Petroleum - one of the worlds largest oil and energy companies – and a public
university, UC Berkeley. Opponents of the deal dispute biofuels efficiency and say big oil is using the biofuel label to continue business as usual....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 11:00am PDT
Climate Change Presentation First Unitarian Church of Oakland
685 14th Street
Oakland, CA 94612...
Event Date: Sun, Jun 10, 2007 11:30am PDT
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 10:41am PDT
CSPA Appeals Delta Wastewater Permits The California Sportfishing Protection Alliance, at a time when the Delta ecoystem is collapsing, is appealing watewater permits for Tracy and Mountain House that allow the increased discharge of pollutants into an already degraded Delta....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 7:59am PDT
Fishery Scientists Renew Appeal to Save Delta Smelt Two highly respected fishery biologists have notified the state and federal governments that immediate action is required to save Delta smelt, in addition to the minimal actions the agencies have already taken....
Posted: Wed, Jun 6, 2007 7:53am PDT
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