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Post Carbon Community Forming
Announcement of a new community whose goal is to learn to live in a world without cheap and plentiful energy sources....
Posted: Mon, May 22, 2006 11:11am 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
Pombo's at it again with gutting enviro laws
The House of Representatives is expected to be vote on amendments to the Marine Mammal Protection Act the week of May 15, 2006 and we urgently need your help to uphold this important conservation law....
Posted: Mon, May 15, 2006 1:37pm PDT
BTL:Stop the War, Save the Environment
Interview with Ibrahim Ramey, Climate Crisis Coalition, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Sun, May 14, 2006 12:47pm PDT
July 15 - Day of Action against Climate Change and G8
International Day of Direct Action
against Climate Change and the G8
Rise Up Against G8 Policies
Target Fossil Fuel Industries in Your Town or Bioregion...
Posted: Sat, May 13, 2006 12:09am PDT
Milk is for baby cows, not for humans.
see also
http://notmilk.com...
Posted: Wed, May 10, 2006 9:44pm PDT
Operation Backfire Backfires on FBI
Like the cleansing waters of Hurricane Katrina, the FBI’s attack on the environmental movement has done more for creating community and organizing resistance to government oppression than we were seemingly capable of doing ourselves. At first, everyone was hunkering down or running for cover, moving on or going on hasty, long-term vacations. You did not know who to talk to or who to trust. Except for the peaceniks, the once-radical streets of Eugene were strangely quiet. The bars are full tho...
Posted: Wed, May 10, 2006 10:08am PDT
Africa: The New Frontier for Imperial Oil
In his State of the Union address, George Dubya said that the U.S. is “addicted to oil.” What he didn’t say was that post-WWII oil policy – which has been a central plank of U.S. foreign policy since President Roosevelt met King Saud of Saudi Arabia and cobbled together their ‘special relationship’ in 1945 – is in shambles. The pillars of this policy – Iran, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf oil states, and Venezuela – are hardly models of U.S. spheres of influence. With surplus capacity in the...
Posted: Sat, May 6, 2006 5:11pm PDT
Greenpeace Blockades Kimberly-Clark Corp.
Greenpeace has been turning up the heat on Kimberly-Clark Corporation, a major donor to Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner, author of the racist HR4437 that has provoked an outcry throughout North America. Besides supporting racist legislators, they are also clear-cutting ancient forests in order to make their Kleenex, Huggies and Scott brand products and refuse to used recycled paper. In classic Greenpeace style, they blockaded the company!...
Posted: Fri, May 5, 2006 5:54pm PDT
impact of toxic chemicals on reproductive health
avoid exposure...
Posted: Tue, May 2, 2006 2:42pm PDT
bcaction.org Breast Cancer Action
http://www.bcaction.org
http://www.thinkbeforeyoupink.org...
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2006 7:19pm PDT
Chernobyl
visit: http://www.kiddofspeed.com/default.htm
this is a haunting site about a motorcycle ride through present day Chernobyl...
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2006 6:44pm PDT
Chernobyl 20 Years Later: New Report Finds Death Toll From Nuclear Disaster ~100,000
Today marks the 20th anniversary of the world's worst nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. A new report by Greenpeace claims the consequences of the disaster could top one million cancer cases, nearly 100,000 of them fatal, far higher than previous estimates....
Posted: Wed, Apr 26, 2006 7:57am PDT
Come Defend Baby Buffalo!
Call to Action-Almost 1,000 Buffalo Slaughtered This Year...
Posted: Mon, Apr 24, 2006 3:03pm PDT
Earth Day sounds alarm on climate catastrophe
As Earth Day 2006 approaches, Barry Heimlich is worried about global warming. He lives 4 miles from the Atlantic Ocean in South Florida’s Broward County. For the millions of Floridians living in “Hurricane Alley,” increasingly severe tropical storms and rising sea levels fueled by global warming pose a real and present danger as well as a long-term threat....
Posted: Fri, Apr 21, 2006 6:54am PDT
Pennsylvania Governor Signs Ecoterrorism Bill into Law
Press Release Source: Pennsylvania Office of the Governor...
Posted: Fri, Apr 14, 2006 6:35pm PDT