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Coronado Free Speech Case Goes To Trial in San Diego Rodney Coronado, well-known environmental, animal rights and Native American activist is facing charges brought by government prosecutors related to a public speech...
Posted: Thu, Sep 6, 2007 9:28am PDT
How Does the Media Cover Global Warming? Thursday, September 6, 2007 :
The Society of Environmental Journalists is holding its seventeenth annual conference at Stanford University this week. We take a look at how the issue of global warming is being covered in the media with two leading environmental journalists, Tim Wheeler of the Baltimore Sun and Jim Motavalli of E, The Environmental Magazine....
Posted: Thu, Sep 6, 2007 7:49am PDT
Fmr. Secretary of State George Shultz and Environmentalist Paul Ehrlich on Global Warming, Global Warring, China, ... Thursday, September 6, 2007 :
Democracy Now! broadcasts from Stanford University in California where the Society of Environmental Journalists is holding its 17th annual conference. On Wednesday night, the Aurora Forum held an event titled "Clean, Secure, And Efficient Energy: Can We Have It All?" Among the panelists was the still-highly influential George Schultz. He was President Reagan's Secretary of State as well as the head of Bechtel and is now a distinguished fellow at the Hoover Ins...
Posted: Thu, Sep 6, 2007 7:48am PDT
Australia: Climate Change to Hot for Bush and Howard 
Two ice sculptures of Australian Prime Minister John Howard and President George Bush are touring round Sydney during the APEC forum slowly melting in the sun as a reminder of the impact of climate change and the failure of these two leaders to ratify the Kyoto Protocol or set firm targets for greenhouse gas reduction....
Posted: Thu, Sep 6, 2007 1:48am PDT
Ban Asbestos in the United States Asbestos has killed and sickened thousands. Much of the Middle east and the EU has banned asbestos, but it is still legal in America, and in many developing countries....
Posted: Wed, Sep 5, 2007 10:37am PDT
Australia: Anti Whaling protest targets Japanese PM during APEC visit Whale conservationists had promised a protest against Japanese Whaling to coincide with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visit to the APEC meeting in Sydney. A long and detailed press release had been prepared and the protestors were to gather outside the Japanese consulate in Brisbane. Half a dozen people representing Whale Watch operators from Whale and Dolphin Watch Australia Inc turned up matched by an equal number of police....
Posted: Mon, Sep 3, 2007 7:31am PDT
Australia: APEC Climate Change protest shuts down Victorian Coal Power Station Activists have shut down power generation at the Loy Yang power station in Gippsland's Latrobe Valley in Victoria on Monday morning for five hours, as a protest against inaction on climate change by the Australian Government of John Howard, and policies that maintain the coal power industry and its contribution to climate change at the expense of developing renewable energy production. The action was undertaken to send a message to APEC leaders to take real action on Climate Change and the Ky...
Posted: Sun, Sep 2, 2007 6:59pm PDT
D.C. District Court Rules Against Recovery of Endangered Species in Habitat Plans Court decides that the definition of conservation does not include recovery, thus Habitat Conservation Plans (HCPs) do not have to conserve endangered species, just keep them on the brink of extinction. Over 500 HCPs have been approved by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 1994-2004, permiting the killing of over 500 listed and rare species with destruction of over sixty million acres nationwide....
Posted: Fri, Aug 31, 2007 7:07pm PDT
FINALLY - Good News About Hydrogen - It's Very Close The infra-structure and storing problems are solved
with this new development.
Engineers perfecting hydrogen-generating technology
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -...
Posted: Wed, Aug 29, 2007 1:58pm PDT
US Out of Appalachia; Day of Action against Bank of America's Coal Investments A few days ago, George Bush declared war against the Appalachian people and their mountains by expanding the rules allowing mountaintop coal mining. This gives coal companies new licence to devestate Appalachian economy, environment and cultural heritage. Coal companies like Massey Energy and Arch Coal can legally devestate people's homes, water supplies and much more. These coal companies are funded by banks like Bank of America. Please join us next Friday August 31 as we openly resist t...
Posted: Sat, Aug 25, 2007 11:25am PDT
Arctic sea ice at record low due to global warming Saturday, August 25, 2007 :The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC), a US government-funded research center at the University of Colorado, reported this week the lowest Arctic sea ice extent on record with time still left to go in the summer melting season. Arctic sea ice extent is defined as the area of Arctic Ocean that is covered by at least 15 percent ice....
Posted: Sat, Aug 25, 2007 11:05am PDT
"What This Rule Change Amounts To Is A Declaration Of War Against the Appalachian People": Opponents of Mountaintop Removal Friday, August 24, 2007 :
The Bush administration is poised to issue regulations today that would legalize and expand the controversial coal mining practice known as mountain top removal. The technique involves blasting off the tops of mountains and dumping the rubble into valleys and streams. We speak with Appalaichan activist Vernon Halton of Coal River Mountain Watch....
Posted: Fri, Aug 24, 2007 7:33am PDT
BFC Update from the Field - 08/24/07 - ESA comments sought 
Fish and Wildlife Servie recognizes that the wild population of American buffalo currently living in and around Yellowstone National Park meets the criteria of a Distinct Population Segment (DPS). As you know, BFC has been circulating a petition for years to bolster support for protecting the Yellowstone herd - America's last wild buffalo - as a Distinct Population Segment. Further, FWS also recognizes that Yellowstone National Park is the *only* place in the U.S. where wild bison have con...
Posted: Fri, Aug 24, 2007 12:26am PDT
“Green Scare”: Minnesota Grand Jury Subpoenas Served in Seattle and Chicago This morning, grand jury subpoenas were delivered to an individual in Seattle, WA and an individual in Chicago, IL. Both have been subpoenaed to appear at a grand jury in Minneapolis, MN on September the sixth....
Posted: Thu, Aug 23, 2007 5:00pm PDT
Britain: Riot police attack Heathrow Airport protest Wednesday, August 22, 2007 :A week of saturation policing of the peaceful environmental protest at Heathrow Airport concluded on Sunday with a series of brutal attacks on those involved in the Camp for Climate Action. The protest is located near the site of a proposed third runway and fifth terminal building at London’s Heathrow airport....
Posted: Wed, Aug 22, 2007 7:34am PDT
BCA E-Alert August 2007 August 2007 Breast Cancer Action E-Alert...
Posted: Mon, Aug 20, 2007 10:33pm PDT
"Bookin For Daniel" Marathon Fundraiser Breaks Finish Line 
Friends,
Just wanted to follow up with an update on the marathon last month. We would like to especially thank Esther for running up massive hills for many(!) miles and also thank all of you who pledged in support of this effort! Please read the press release below for more info. Also, make sure to read Esther's wonderful blog entries. (http://www.eberhardtpress.org/wordpress/)...
Posted: Fri, Aug 17, 2007 3:51pm PDT
Rod Coronado Trial Dates set in San Diego Here are two important dates that you should put on your calender!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 16, 2007 1:53pm PDT
The 11th Hour: Hollywood Documentary Takes on Environmental Crisis of a World on the Brink Thursday, August 16, 2007 :
"The 11th Hour" is a new feature-length documentary on the extent and gravity of the global environmental crisis and its impact on human life as we know it. The film is produced and narrated by actor Leonardo DiCaprio and includes interviews with Nobel Peace laureate Wangari Maathai, physicist Stephen Hawking, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and environmentalist Bill McKibben. We play clips from the film and speak to its two co-directors and writers, N...
Posted: Thu, Aug 16, 2007 8:09am PDT
Britain: Police use anti-terror powers against environmental protest Thursday, August 16, 2007 :The Camp for Climate Action got under way Tuesday amidst a major police operation and provocative “terror” stories in the media. The week-long camp, which is to feature seminars and teach-ins on environmental degradation and its causes, is located near the site of a proposed third runway and sixth terminal building at London’s Heathrow airport....
Posted: Thu, Aug 16, 2007 7:43am PDT
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