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The Green Scare
On January 20th, eleven people were indicted in Oregon by a grand jury
investigating acts of sabotage linked to the underground Earth Liberation
Front (ELF)....
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 1:41pm PST
ACTIVISM: Congress Poised to Pass Bill Taking Away Your Right to Know What's in Your Food
TOLL FREE...
Posted: Wed, Mar 8, 2006 1:10am PST
Pesticides - A Greater Threat to Children
A new scientific study shows that children can be up to 164 times more sensitive than adults to pesticides that frequently contaminate agricultural communities. The findings strengthen an ongoing lawsuit alleging that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is not adequately protecting children from pesticide exposures....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 10:47pm PST
LA South Central Farmers call for help
The South Central Farmers and their supporters are putting out the call for mutual aid from environmental activists to help save their farmland....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 10:02am PST
Save the South Central Farm - A call for Mutual Aid
The South Central Farmers and their supporters are putting out the call for mutual aid from environmental activists to help save their farmland....
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 10:00am PST
Join California Safe Schools at the Los Angeles Arboretum
The Los Angeles Environmental Education Fair...
Posted: Tue, Mar 7, 2006 3:41am PST
Coverup: Toxic Rocket Fuel Now in Most Americans, 20060303
not just Colorado...
Posted: Mon, Mar 6, 2006 1:03pm PST
Westinghouse Workers Have the Highest Levels of PCBs Ever Recorded
Dying for Their Work
By STEVEN HIGGS...
Posted: Sun, Mar 5, 2006 1:12pm PST
Veg My Ride (Press Release)
"Veg my Ride" is a D.I.Y. Instructional DVD that teaches how to convert a diesel vehicle to run on waste fryer oils for pennies a gallon....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 7:53am PST
Tahitian parliamentary report: France covered up nuclear test fallout
A decade after France conducted its last nuclear explosions in its South Pacific colony of French Polynesia, the controversy over the damage to local people’s health is continuing to reverberate. According to a report presented to the French Polynesia Assembly on February 9, French governments covered up for 40 years the fact that the main populated island of Tahiti was subjected to repeated fallout from atmospheric nuclear tests between 1966 and 1974....
Posted: Fri, Mar 3, 2006 7:21am PST
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT 93% SUCCESSFUL IN NORTHEAST
Tucson, Ariz. - (March 2, 2006) The Center for Biological Diversity released a report yesterday which found that no endangered species have gone extinct in the Northeast and 93 percent have increased their population size or become stable since being protected under the federal Endangered Species Act....
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 1:30pm PST
The Navajo Nation's Ongoing Battle Against Uranium Mining
We look at the ongoing battle over uranium mining in the Navajo Nation. Mining has occurred on Navajo territory for over fifty years and the impact is still being felt. We speak with the directors of the Eastern Navajo Dine Against Uranium Mining and the Southwest Research and Information Center....
Posted: Thu, Mar 2, 2006 9:47am PST
EARTH MATTERS RADIO - Interview with Att'y. Ben Rosenfeld on Rod Coronado's arrest (audio/mpeg 12.6MB)
Earth Matters - Environmental news for "Flashpoints" on KPFA radio. San Francisco civil rights attorney Ben Rosenfeld talks about the recent arrest of Rod Coronado, the FBI witch hunt of environmental activists, and what we can do about it. mp3 audio, 13:47 minutes...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 6:06pm PST
How to help + PDX and NYC events
1-Donate to his legal defense
2-Sign up to the listserve and keep up to date on case
updates
3-Check out Daniel's website at
http://www.supportdaniel.org...
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 1:35pm PST
Deforestation -- The Dark Side of Europe's Thirst for Green Fuel
Bio-diesel fuels are helping reduce carbon emissions, but some production of the "green" energy source is contributing to rain forest destruction in Malaysia and Indonesia. NAM contributor Paolo Pontoniere is U.S. correspondent for Focus, Italy's leading monthly....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 6:55am PST
Where does Bottled Water come from? Take Action by 3/2!
Right now, there is an effort underway in Congress to pre-empt state laws on food and bottled water labeling, which would mean that some good state laws would disappear. For instance, the National Uniformity in Labeling Act, or HR 4167, would jeopardize California's law requiring that consumers be notified of contaminants that are known to the state to cause cancer or birth defects (Proposition 65) as well as California's statute requiring warnings on shellfish....
Posted: Wed, Mar 1, 2006 12:11am PST
URGENT: Tell Congress to Protect Food Safety Laws!
you are what you eat...
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 3:11pm PST
victoriasdirtysecret.net April 11th National Day of Action
clearcuts for catalogs...
Posted: Tue, Feb 28, 2006 2:24pm PST