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imageCoronavirus / Tokyo Olympics: The Japanese government's clever way of deceiving its people
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by kann
Please comment to the Japanese government about the Coronavirus Tokyo Olympics. There is no e-mail address, and it is not necessary to include a name. This stupid government plans to trick the world into hosting the Olympics....
Posted: Thu, Feb 4, 2021 12:50am PST
imageEarthworks report reveals CA fails to safely manage radioactive and toxic oil wells
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by Dan Bacher
Estela Garcia, impacted resident and member of the Committee for a Better Arvin,” said, “In my community, there are many people who are sick - with asthma, with allergies, and many many people suffering from cancer. Here in Arvin, there are wells near schools and near apartments. There are wells that supposedly aren't operating, but a terrible smell comes to you if you get close to these sites.” “This pollution affects everyone in the community. So if you ask me, ‘what would you change in ...
Posted: Wed, Feb 3, 2021 11:03pm PST
imageCalifornia's Bulldozer 'Restoration': From the Ballona Wetlands to the Delta
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by Dan Bacher
"Our Governor's cabinet members just announced a series of initiatives that support 'Nature Based Solutions' to counter climate change. So, how does Governor Newsom justify a project to bulldoze and excavate more than 2.5 million cubic yards of soil, paving the way for a new fossil fuel infrastructure for the aging gas storage field under this ecological reserve?" asked attorney Bryan Pease....
Posted: Wed, Feb 3, 2021 10:52pm PST
textAppeal Targets U.S. Wildlife Agency’s Refusal to Consider California Condor’s Significance to Tribal Groups in Approving Luxury Resort by Center for Biological Diversity
LOS ANGELES, February 2, 2021 — Conservation and tribal groups today appealed a recent court ruling that the California condor doesn’t qualify as a traditional Native American cultural property under federal law....
Posted: Wed, Feb 3, 2021 12:59pm PST
imageRCD joins gang of Regents to steal People’s Park from the People
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by Lynda Carson
A line of people at People's Park being fed some nourishing food by Food Not Bombs before the University had a fence installed around the park to keep people out, that was torn down by the supporters of People's Park last Friday!...
Posted: Tue, Feb 2, 2021 10:54pm PST
calendarChanging Climate: The Role of Environmental Justice
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by Institute for Social Transformation
Free online event. Register here: https://ucsc.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_o7ezK23iR3q0E80jgIrhvg...
Event Date: Wed, Feb 10, 2021 5:30pm PST
Posted: Tue, Feb 2, 2021 6:30pm PST
imageWestern Monarch Population Closer to Extinction; Still no Federal or State Protection in Sight
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by The Xerces Society
Population that winters along the California coast hit a low of less than 2,000 butterflies—a 99.9% decline since the 1980s. We must take action now to save the western monarch migration....
Posted: Tue, Feb 2, 2021 12:54pm PST
calendarPerspectives on three years of mushroom monitoring in the Santa Cruz Mountains
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by Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History
Online event. Register here: https://64432.blackbaudhosting.com/64432/tickets?tab=2&txobjid=483476f6-37f3-43d3-851a-a127e89361a3...
Event Date: Thu, Feb 18, 2021 5:00pm PST
Posted: Tue, Feb 2, 2021 12:48pm PST
textCalifornia YIMBY Comms Director Lies About Berkeley Parks by ParkNonymous
Matthew Lewis, the Communications Director for the lobby group California YIMBY, has been spreading disinformation about available park space in Berkeley. The CAYIMBY Communications Director is messaging on social media for the purpose of riling public open against People's Park....
Posted: Mon, Feb 1, 2021 4:23pm PST
videoUC Fencing at People's Park Torn Down and Delivered to Sproul Hall (video/mp4 42.0MB) by Defend People's Park
The fencing the University of California Berkeley had placed around People's Park came down on January 29 during a Rally to Save Peoples Park. Much of it was carried up Telegraph Avenue and placed on the steps of Sproul Hall on campus....
Posted: Sun, Jan 31, 2021 7:30pm PST
calendarProtect Sacred Water: Digital Rally to #StopLine3 w/ Indigenous Frontline Water Protectors
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by Minnesota Interfaith Power & Light
Virtual protest...
Event Date: Wed, Feb 10, 2021 12:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Jan 31, 2021 2:23pm PST
textUC Students Remove Fence from People's Park by Writer
A group of UC students, and non-student allies, removed the fencing that the University of California had placed around a significant portion of People's Park. The panels of the fence were carried to Sproul Hall, and left as a message to the UC Regents not to build on People's Park...
Posted: Sat, Jan 30, 2021 1:29pm PST
documentTheodore Funguy Crashed!
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by Karen Kaplan
Theodore Lorek died from electric bike accident....
Posted: Fri, Jan 29, 2021 4:27pm PST
calendarPeninsula Open Space Trust's 2021 Virtual Wallace Stegner Lectures - Erin Brockovich by Peninsula Open Space Trust
Virtual Event...
Event Date: Tue, Feb 23, 2021 7:00pm PST
Posted: Fri, Jan 29, 2021 1:44pm PST
imageFruitarian Diet: Most Nonviolent, Highest Food Yielding, Healthiest, Most Earth Protecting
es the least suffering to other sentient beings. Compare the 100 to 1000 lbs per acre of animal flesh to the 450,000 or more pounds per acre from centanarian fruit trees. Fruitarians weigh over 25 lbs
by SNS
Fruitarian diet causes the least suffering to other sentient beings. Compare the 100 to 1000 lbs per acre of animal flesh to the 450,000 or more pounds per acre from centanarian fruit trees. Fruitarians weigh over 25 lbs less than the average paleo diet person, are the healthiest, the most energy saving....
Posted: Thu, Jan 28, 2021 1:27am PST
calendarRally to Save Peoples Park
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by Peoples Park Committee
People’s Park Berkeley. Corner of Dwight and Bowditch Way...
Event Date: Fri, Jan 29, 2021 3:00pm PST
Posted: Wed, Jan 27, 2021 2:08pm PST
imagePeople's Park Fenced Off by University of California Berkeley
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by Defend People's Park
For 50 years, UC administrators have schemed to take People's Park from those who turned a dirt lot into a lush, community-focused public sanctuary. Now, UCB is on the verge of permanently destroying the park. Fencing has gone up while soil is tested in anticipation of construction of a 16-story housing complex in 2022. Surveillance units have been installed to deter resistance. Unless large numbers of people unite to fight back, and soon, People's Park will become lost forever....
Posted: Tue, Jan 26, 2021 11:29am PST
imageFederal Bill Proposes Fracking, Drilling Halt on California’s Central Coast, Bay Area
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by Center for Biological Diversity
WASHINGTON, January 25, 2021 — U.S. Rep. Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.) reintroduced legislation today to create a moratorium on fracking and drilling along California’s Central Coast and in the Bay Area....
Posted: Mon, Jan 25, 2021 3:31pm PST
calendarCar Caravan: Climate Resistance Protest at Chevron Refinery in Richmond
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by Idle No More S.F. Bay & Urban Tilith
Fallas Paredes parking lot @ 13220 San Pablo Ave, San Pablo, CA 94806-3908 Masks & Social Distancing Required...
Event Date: Tue, Jan 26, 2021 10:00am PST
Posted: Mon, Jan 25, 2021 3:01pm PST
imagePesticide use in California remains at record high, new data show
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by Safe Ag Safe Schools
Agricultural pesticide use in California remains at a near-record high, according to data quietly released at the end of the year by the state agency responsible for tracking pesticide use. The ... latest numbers paint a stark picture of the state’s continued reliance on vast quantities of agricultural pesticides - 209 million pounds in 2018 ... the third highest since reporting began in 1990....
Posted: Mon, Jan 25, 2021 9:40am PST
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