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Italy: Venaus battle - People win back the valley
Italy - Venaus battle
People win back the valley...
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 10:50pm PST
Action Alert: Flyer Syriana
We are mobilizing volunteers to distribute educational flyers to moviegoers before and after Syriana....
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 9:45pm PST
Off-Leash Groups Attack National Parks
Environmental, Park, and Animal Welfare Groups Condemn Off-leash Group’s Attempt to End National Park System’s Preservation Mandate...
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 7:41pm PST
Environmental and Social Justice Advocates Condemn CALFED!
Environmental and social justice advocates today condemned the bureaucratic CALFED for "deliberately excluding" the vast majority of California residents from participating in critical decisions affecting water in the state. The California Delta is now experiencing an unprecedented food chain collapse while the federal and state governments under CALFED are planning to divert more water from northern California for agribusiness on the west side of the San Joaquin Valley and water de...
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 5:11pm PST
Study finds hundreds of toxic chemicals in umbilical cords of newborns
The umbilical cord is a baby’s lifeline, bringing nourishment from the mother and removing waste. The amniotic fluid bathes the growing embryo, and the umbilical cord brings the embryo oxygen, nutrients—and a startling array of toxic industrial chemicals, according to a recent study, “Body Burden: The Pollution in Newborns.”...
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 6:40am PST
UN climate talks enter key phase
Environment ministers from across the world are to discuss climate change policy as a major UN conference in Montreal moves into its final phase....
Posted: Wed, Dec 7, 2005 6:40am PST
Privatizers reach for our public lands
Proposed "mining" law would open public lands to real estate developers at bargain-basement prices....
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 6:34pm PST
Climate Justice March Video-Montreal (video/quicktime 7.1MB)
Indigenous and Youth of Color fight for Climate Justice!
If the U.S won't Ratify Kyoto the People will!...
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 4:54pm PST
Rally to Protect Ancient Redwoods
Environmentalists from groups including Bay Area Coalition for Headwaters, Earth First!, Humboldt Forest Defense, EPIC, We Save Trees and R.A.N. assembled in front of Senator Feinsteins's downtown office to protest against the logging of Ancient Redwoods in the Nanning Creek Grove....
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 3:28pm PST
Judge Dismisses PALCO Complaints
Court dissolves two Pacific Lumber Temporary Restraining Orders....
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 1:30pm PST
SF events 12.6 SAVE REDWOODS
# Marbled Murrelets “Fly In” to Sen. Feinstein’s Office in Protest** *
Nanning Creek Grove Logging Threatens Endangered Bird*
WHEN: Tuesday, December 6, 12 noon
WHERE: Office of Sen. Dianne Feinstein, One Post St., (at Market) San Francisco...
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 2:41am PST
Dec 7: Forum on Climate Change: "Sleepwalking to the End of the World?"
Wed, Dec 7 at 7 PM: Sleepwalking to the End of the World? The Ecological Landslides of Climate Change and their Causes - From Fossil Fuel Burning to Environmental Injustice. Speakers: Maurice Campbell and Maria Gilardin. New College Cultural Center, 766 Valencia Street, San Francisco. FREE...
Posted: Tue, Dec 6, 2005 12:23am PST
Large Demos Globally Against Bush Admin's Climate Policy
In 32 countries around the world, thousands of protesters railed against the inaction of the US Government to curb it's fossil fuel polluting of the atmosphere....
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 4:28pm PST
Activist gather for Climate Change Marches-We're all in this together
The Arctic Inuit who are losing their ice caps and activists demanding urgent action on global warming were among thousands taking to the streets in cities around the world Saturday to raise awareness of climate change.
The demonstrations coincided with the 10-day UN Climate Change Conference under way in Montreal to review and update the Kyoto Protocol, the global accord that binds the top 35 industrialized nations to lower greenhouse gas emissions....
Posted: Mon, Dec 5, 2005 2:19pm PST
Support Grassroots Bioremediation in New Orleans
The Alliance for Community Trainers -- a new 501c3 organization
facilitated by Starhawk, one of the founders of Reclaim the Commons in
2004 -- will help support efforts to clean up New Orleans using the
natural methods of bioremediation: using bacteria, plants and fungi to
break down toxins and restore the health of the soil...
Posted: Sun, Dec 4, 2005 12:21pm PST
no child left behind
USA is planning to test Dangerous Chemicals and Drugs on Orphans and innocent Children worldwide.
Stop the Brutal Attack on children....
Posted: Sat, Dec 3, 2005 2:59pm PST
California Safe Schools Joins Panel for Informational Hearing on Schools
Informational Hearing on Schools Located Near Toxic Sites...
Posted: Sat, Dec 3, 2005 9:11am PST
Protesters from 30 countries unite to fight global warming
Up to a million people will take to the streets of more than 100 cities in 30 countries today to demand greater action on tackling global warming....
Posted: Fri, Dec 2, 2005 8:33pm PST
EMERGENCY RALLY DEC. 6TH, SF - Ancient redwoods of NANNING CREEK GROVE being logged
PACIFIC LUMBER AT IT AGAIN - RESISTANCE IS CRUCIAL...
Posted: Fri, Dec 2, 2005 10:08am PST
Human carnivores brought Ebola to our species
How did Ebola spread to humans?...
Posted: Fri, Dec 2, 2005 7:23am PST