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S.M.A.R.T. debate part 1
This post contains a link to the pasrt 1 video of the North Bay SMART debate held May 18 at San Rafael City Hall...
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2006 9:40pm PDT
S.MA.R.T. Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit District Debate 2 (video/quicktime 45.5MB)
SMART looks good to some north bay environmentalists, but its projected ridership is far lower than the cost of the program merits. San Rafael Republican Mayor Al Boro supports it as does a host of developers in the region. Sierra Club sponsored 2 hr. debate held May 18. Part 2...
Posted: Sun, May 21, 2006 6:48pm PDT
9 Days Or Less Until Logging Starts In Freshwater and Elk River
Logging will start soon if it has not already begun....
Posted: Sat, May 20, 2006 11:12pm PDT
Dems Give Duncan Hunter (R-52) the Birds as Capps(D-23) Reports House Victory
San Diego Republican Hack Told: Get
Out of Dodge and Don't Show Your Militaristic, Ecologically
Insensitive, Anti-Immigrant Mug 'Round Here......
Posted: Sat, May 20, 2006 7:03pm PDT
Protect Sacramento Valley Water From Sales to the South
Want to protect Sacramento Valley water from being sold to powerful corporate interests in southern California? Come to this event in Chico on Friday, June 9 from 10 am to 4 pm....
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 10:38pm PDT
San Francisco Port Authority encourages pollution in the Southeast Sector
San Francisco Port Authority (SFPA) encourages pollution in the Southeast Sector. The Southern Waterfront Advisory Committee (SWAC) rubber stamps projects that encourage pollution and other projects that adversely impact children and the constituents of San Francisco. SFPA is now giving its blessings to place 3 Combustion Turbines that will spew out dangerous PM 2.5 and pathogens from the cooling water that is treated sewage water. Again and again SFPA has allowed project such as Heron's Head...
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 6:29pm PDT
4 Indicted for 1998 Vail Ski Resort Fires
Snitches and infiltrators have been busy lately....
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 12:18pm PDT
Bike to Work Day: From Cesar Chavez to the Mayor
Bike to Work Day once again enjoyed a turnout of thousands yesterday, due in large part to heavy outreach by the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. Down on Cesar Chavez Street, a small group of activists working to improve one of the city's most dangerous streets made a bold statement by taking over a lane of traffic there on their way to work. And on the steps of City Hall, bike activists made another bold statement when they refused to allow Mayor Gavin Newsom get through a press conference p...
Posted: Fri, May 19, 2006 6:29am PDT
Native American Students Organize 214 Mile Relay Run to Honor Klamath River Salmon
The young organizers of the Salmon Relay Run have decided to extend the annual 41 mile run to a 214-mile journey - from the mouth of the Klamath all of the way to Iron Gate Dam!...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 11:59pm PDT
Pro-carbon dioxide TV/radio ads - (For real!)
View the funny funny ads by Competitive Enterprise Institute here
http://streams.cei.org/ Quicktime and Windows Media
A LITTLE girl blows away dandelion fluff as an announcer says, "Carbon dioxide: they call it pollution; we call it life," in a new advertisement aimed at global warming "alarmists"....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 7:03pm PDT
How to Keep it Up (Momentum, That is)
The Project, Page 11
Momentum in social justice movements globally and locally....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 3:37pm PDT
Buffalo Field Campaign - Update from the Field - 05/18/06
In this issue:
* Update from the Field--DOL Helicopter Disrupts Spring
* Thank You for Celebrating Wild Buffalo Mothers!
* Tatanka 2006: Built to Spill Benefit Concert for the Buffalo!
* Warning: APHIS Wants More Control Over Yellowstone Area Wildlife
* Last Words...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 1:40pm PDT
Will the Public Lose its Right to Know About Toxic Releases by Industry?
Congress could face a vote as early as today on proposed changes by the Environmental Protection Agency that would essentially dismantle its Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) which tracks the amount of toxic chemicals manufacturing facilities release into the environment....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 9:37am PDT
Resisting the "Green Scare" in Eugene on June 11
hello Friends,
Below is the press release put together by the folks organizing the local Eugene Oregon event for the Weekend of Resistance Against the Green Scare. We wanted to share it with you. June is coming quick, but there's still time for us to put another plug in for organizing more events! Please contact us if you can host an event in your city. It can be as simple as a potluck or a letter-writing party! For info and resources check out: http://www.freefreenow.org/june2006.htm
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Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 8:52am PDT
Feds Revive McCarthy-era Tactics to Squelch Political Dissent
Civil rights advocates decry use of grand jury to gather information against environmental activists...
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 8:17am PDT
Approved Old Growth Logging in Elk River. revised
Details on Old Growth redwood logging in Elk River....
Posted: Thu, May 18, 2006 12:22am PDT
Oakland eLockers to be installed for Oakland Bike to Work Day
The City of Oakland's first of two sets of electronic bicycle lockers
(eLockers) will be "unveiled" at noon tomorrow on Bike to Work Day, at the
northwest corner of Broadway and 14th Street....
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 8:41pm PDT
DECOTO COMMUNITY GARDEN
The garden has also served as a way to show youth that working with nature and not against it, is a productive and effective way to enhance their community and its resources....
Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 2:35pm PDT
Hoopa Valley Tribe Protests Westlands Water District Grab on Trinity River
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Posted: Wed, May 17, 2006 9:27am PDT