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textNational Monument Discovered at Tara in Path of M3 Motorway by tara foundation
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
textJoin Robina Suwol of California Safe Schools - K-12 Education Day by MPG Group
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
textMothers and Firefighters Join Asm. Mark Leno in Calling for Ban on Toxic Fire Retardants by Shannan Velayas
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
calendarFree Film Night: The Pascua Lama Project and The Curse of Copper by
Station 40 3030B 16th Street SF...
Event Date: Thu, May 24, 2007 9:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, May 22, 2007 2:03pm PDT
textFeds To Continue Politically Motivated Prosecution of Eco-Saboteurs by infoshop
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
textCyclist killed by reckless driver in Santa Cruz by Sentinel
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
textMiller and Rahall Launch Inquiry into New Conflict of Interest over a Delta Fish by Dan Bacher
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
calendarBluegrass for the Greenbelt benefit concert by Brianna Swartz
Kensington, CA...
Event Date: Sun, Sep 9, 2007 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, May 21, 2007 5:28pm PDT
textCSPA Press Release: DFG Lawsuit Hearing Today/Delta Smelt Approach Extinction by Dan Bacher
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
textThe WORST Thing That Could Possibly Happen To Climate Has Begun by reposted
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
textGovernor Opposes Delta Smelt Protection As Species Nears Extinction by Dan Bacher
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
imageInformation on Delta Smelt From Save The Bay
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by 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
textU.S. nuclear revival begins with restart of TVA's oldest reactor by reposted by Virginia Browning
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
textOnly 25 Delta Smelt found during recent survey by Dan Bacher
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
textDelta Smelt on Brink of Extinction: Call the Governor Monday morning! by Dan Bacher
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
textAs Blair leaves Washington, US hardens stance on climate change by UK Independent (reposted)
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
textDATE CHANGE: Green Jobs Rally 6/12, PLUS big news! by Reclaim the Future
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
imageThe Unanimous Opinion.
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by posted by F Espinoza
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
textShut Down CBS Outdoor Eyesore by reality check
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
textGeorge Monbiot: "If We Don’t Deal With Climate Change We Condemn Hundreds of Millions of People to Death" by Democracy Now (reposted)
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
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