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National Monument Discovered at Tara in Path of M3 Motorway
Featuring a press conference given by TaraWatch, the video (see link below) gives details of the M3 Motorway, what lies in its path, what has been destroyed, and what is being now being threatened with destruction.
A massive prehistoric ‘henge’ site has been discovered in Lismullen, beside the Hill of Tara on the route of the planned M3 Motorway. The circular enclosure is the size of more than three football fields, and is without doubt a national monument because of the rarity of henges i...
Posted: Wed, May 23, 2007 2:39am PDT
Join Robina Suwol of California Safe Schools - K-12 Education Day
The Maintenance Planning Group (MPG) and Clark County School District have developed a one day workshop series based on the Fundamentals of Predictive Maintenance in Education Facilities...
Posted: Tue, May 22, 2007 9:52pm PDT
Mothers and Firefighters Join Asm. Mark Leno in Calling for Ban on Toxic Fire Retardants
Studies Show Toxic Fire Retardants are Passed through Breast Milk to Babies;
Firefighters are Contracting Cancer at Disproportionate Rates...
Posted: Tue, May 22, 2007 4:15pm PDT
Free Film Night: The Pascua Lama Project and The Curse of Copper
Station 40
3030B 16th Street
SF...
Event Date: Thu, May 24, 2007 9:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, May 22, 2007 2:03pm PDT
Feds To Continue Politically Motivated Prosecution of Eco-Saboteurs
Monday’s ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Ann Aiken gave the government the green light to attempt to brand 10 environmental and animal rights activists as terrorists, though they caused no injury to human life. Pursuant to Judge Aiken’s opinion that a “federal crime of terrorism does not require a substantial risk of injury,” the government will likely seek harsher prison sentences under the terrorism enhancement provision of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines. Judge Aiken has retained dis...
Posted: Tue, May 22, 2007 12:02pm PDT
Cyclist killed by reckless driver in Santa Cruz
Coroner IDs cyclist killed by driver
The man killed when a suspected drunk driver struck him early Friday morning has been identified as 29-year-old Benjamin Mora of Santa Cruz, the Coroner's Office reported Monday....
Posted: Tue, May 22, 2007 9:09am PDT
Miller and Rahall Launch Inquiry into New Conflict of Interest over a Delta Fish
Representatives Miller and Rahall, on the same day that the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance went to court to force the Schwarzenegger administration to protect the Delta smelt, launched an inquiry into a newly-disclosed conflict of interest by a Bush administration appointee over another imperiled Delta fish, the Sacramento Splittail....
Posted: Mon, May 21, 2007 6:10pm PDT
Bluegrass for the Greenbelt benefit concert
Kensington, CA...
Event Date: Sun, Sep 9, 2007 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, May 21, 2007 5:28pm PDT
CSPA Press Release: DFG Lawsuit Hearing Today/Delta Smelt Approach Extinction
Here is today's press release from the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance about their lawsuit against DFG to protect endangered Delta Smelt, spring run chinook and winter run chinook. A hearing on the litigation is being held in Oakland today.
Bill Jennings, Mike Lozeau and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance are doing an exemplary job of standing up for the fish when Arnold Schwarzenegger, the worst governor in history for California's fish and environment, is appare...
Posted: Mon, May 21, 2007 2:10pm PDT
The WORST Thing That Could Possibly Happen To Climate Has Begun
A team of Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey has published their research into CO2 and the oceans Friday in the journal Science. They have found that the southern oceans are no longer absorbing CO2 from the atmosphere. But to make things worse, they are starting to release it back into the air....
Posted: Mon, May 21, 2007 9:54am PDT
Governor Opposes Delta Smelt Protection As Species Nears Extinction
Here is today's press release from the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance about their lawsuit against DFG to protect endangered Delta Smelt, spring run chinook and winter run chinook. A hearing on the litigation is is being held in Oakland this morning. I will post an update regarding what happens at the hearing.
Bill Jennings, Mike Lozeau and the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance are doing an exemplary job of standing up for the fish when Arnold Schwarzenegger, the w...
Posted: Mon, May 21, 2007 9:46am PDT
Information on Delta Smelt From Save The Bay
This article is a general summary on the Delta Smelt species and their current status as an endangered species. Source of the article is Save The Bay...
Posted: Sun, May 20, 2007 11:55am PDT
U.S. nuclear revival begins with restart of TVA's oldest reactor
Planet-Threatening Nuclear Power back in action NOW as the new "Clean" Energy, ignoring less-megacorp-dominated but cleaner, safer, cheaper sources. People must mobilize to save cities' well-built convivial structures, keep "lumber," uranium, coal from killing the planet....
Posted: Sun, May 20, 2007 6:03am PDT
Only 25 Delta Smelt found during recent survey
This is the latest action alert from the Planning and Conservation League on the unprecedented environmental crisis in the California Delta. The latest survey of the Delta by fishery scientists found only 25 smelt, a 93 percent drop from 2006....
Posted: Sun, May 20, 2007 4:06am PDT
Delta Smelt on Brink of Extinction: Call the Governor Monday morning!
This is an urgent action alert from Restore the Delta (www.restorethedelta.org), California Sportfishing Protection Alliance and the Planning and Conservation League about the dire state of the Delta Smelt and other Delta fish.
If the Delta smelt, an indicator species, goes extinct, spring run chinook salmon, winter run chinook, San Joaquin fall chinook, steelhead, striped bass, longfin smelt are expected to follow them over the abyss....
Posted: Fri, May 18, 2007 7:00pm PDT
As Blair leaves Washington, US hardens stance on climate change
As Tony Blair left Washington yesterday for his last visit as Prime Minister, the Bush administration was acting to scupper international efforts to combat climate change....
Posted: Fri, May 18, 2007 6:47pm PDT
DATE CHANGE: Green Jobs Rally 6/12, PLUS big news!
BREAKING NEWS: We've changed the date of our rally for the Oakland Green Jobs Corps
to reflect the new Oakland City Council hearing date. Save the date - our
rescheduled rally is Tuesday, June 12!...
Posted: Fri, May 18, 2007 5:42pm PDT
The Unanimous Opinion.
At the 6th Hemispheric Meeting in Havana, when the discussion turned to the subject of production of biofuels from foodstuffs, which are constantly getting more expensive, the huge majority voiced their opposition with indignation......
Posted: Fri, May 18, 2007 11:48am PDT
Shut Down CBS Outdoor Eyesore
San Francisco corporate democrat Fiona Ma wants to help her friends in the corporate media by allowing more blinding and wasteful electronic billboards around the state. Check the SF Chronicle reports, call your Assemblymember to oppose AB 830, and call Caltrans to get this monstrosity demolished ASAP!...
Posted: Fri, May 18, 2007 10:35am PDT
George Monbiot: "If We Don’t Deal With Climate Change We Condemn Hundreds of Millions of People to Death"
The British journalist and environmentalist discusses his new book "Heat: How to Stop the Planet Burning." George Monbiot says global warming is "the great moral issue of the 21st century."...
Posted: Fri, May 18, 2007 7:55am PDT