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Saving the Rocky Mountains: Drilling, Mining and Logging in `Multi-Use' Nature
"Larry Campbell describes George Bush as a mas-ter of manipulation..Fight against the politics of paranoia. The president intentionally sitrs up fear - of terrorism, grizzlies and fire. Everything is meant to stage hismelf as the rescuer.. this president has sold us down the river.."...
Posted: Mon, Jul 5, 2004 10:43am PDT
Article on FDIC and Charles Hurwitz
Article on Maxxam and the FDIC in the Houston Chronicle...
Posted: Fri, Jul 2, 2004 9:21am PDT
Tre Arrow update
Supporters had hoped for a ruling regarding Tre Arrow's admissibility to Canada today, instead it was justice defered....
Posted: Wed, Jun 30, 2004 11:55pm PDT
Activist files civil suit for alleged Eighth Amendment violations
Earth First! member charges she was denied 'the minimal civilized measure of life's necessities....
Posted: Mon, Jun 28, 2004 10:42am PDT
Federal Horse Slaughter Bill Urgently Needs Support!
The federal bill that would ban the slaughter of horses for human consumption is in danger of being defeated without even a vote....
Posted: Tue, Jun 22, 2004 9:55pm PDT
Activists Lock Down in Southern Oregon to Protest Bush Admin. Forest Policies
Activists Deliver Message that "Ancient Forest Protection Starts Here"...
Posted: Wed, Jun 16, 2004 9:54am PDT
June 12- nude bicyclists ride against oil dependency
Nude bicyclists will protest petroleum addiction and celebrate freedom in Seattle, Olympia, Bellingham, WA; Chicago, Vancouver, London, etc., this Saturday....
Posted: Fri, Jun 11, 2004 9:42am PDT
Come to Oregon! Save the Siskiyous at the Forest Rescue Station
Greenpeace's First United States Forest Rescue Station Located in Southern Oregon. This month marks the creation of our first "Forest Rescue Station" in the United States. This rescue station, in the heart of the Siskiyou Wild Rivers area of Southern Oregon, is a hub for our efforts to protect and restore not only the forests of the Klamath-Siskiyou ecoregion, but all of our public lands. We are calling for an immediate moratorium on commercial logging....
Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2004 2:28pm PDT
The Earth First! Regional Rendezvous
Next week: June 10th-14th eco-folks from across the west coast will gather in the Biscuit burn area, site of the largest timber sale in modern history to revel and issue in another summer of resistance! The EF! rendezvous is the biggest radical environmental gathering in of the year in the NW. Tons of workshops, ways to get involved, games, camping, discussion, etc. Read more for carpool info and directions!...
Posted: Fri, Jun 4, 2004 7:25pm PDT
Western Shoshone: War is not just in Iraq
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights found that with regard to the Western Shoshone, the U.S. is currently in violation of rights to property, due process and equality under the law. In the fall of 2003, a federal lawsuit was filed on behalf of Western Shoshone in the U.S. District Court in Washington. (Western Shoshone, et al. v. U.S. Case No. 03-CV-2009). Western Shoshone land encompasses the world’s third largest production of gold, cited in 1999 as the number one investmen...
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 8:33pm PDT
I’d Rather Firebomb An SUV Than Own One!
I understand why people are driven to firebomb new SUV’s on sales lots, I
am not clear why people are driven to buy and drive them though......
Posted: Sun, May 30, 2004 12:38pm PDT
Million Person Campaign Launched for Sustainable Energy
Talk Energy (www.talkenergy.com)- is a new online community that specializes in sustainable energy. Its unique online software allows people from around the globe to participate in conversations regarding sustainable energy.
Yesterday Talk Energy launched its “Million Person Campaign” with a goal of having one million people talking about energy. When Talk Energy achieves its goal, one member will win a $50,000 home energy renovation.
www.talkenergy.com...
Posted: Wed, May 26, 2004 7:29pm PDT
Siskiyou Wild Rivers News
In this Issue:
1. Action Alert: Protect Wilderness in Oregon
2. Biscuit Fire Update
3. Siskiyou Field Institute Courses - Starting Soon!
4. Siskiyou Ecology: the Rough-Skinned Newt...
Posted: Wed, May 26, 2004 1:20pm PDT
Rainforest Action Network Activists Hang Banner (video/mpeg 22.0MB)
RAN activists unfurl a 2,400 square foot banner reading “Wake Up Weyerhaeuser, Protect Forests Now.” The non-violent direct action marks the launch of an international Consumer Democracy Campaign to transform the barbaric environmental practices of Washington-based logging giant Weyerhaeuser (NYSE: WY), the number one destroyer of old-growth forests in North America. The campaign follows Rainforest Action Network’s recent victory with Boise Cascade Corporation (NYSE: BCC) that resulted in th...
Posted: Thu, May 20, 2004 8:14pm PDT
Judge Throws Out Federal Charges Vs. Greenpeace
MIAMI (AP) - A judge threw out federal charges Wednesday against Greenpeace for a protest in which members of the environmental group clambered aboard a cargo ship loaded with Amazon mahogany.
Greenpeace was charged under an 1872 law - not used in more than a century - that was intended to keep bawdy houses from luring sailors off ships with offers of prostitutes, strong drink and warm beds.
U.S. District Judge Adalberto Jordan ruled there was not enough evidence for the case to go to t...
Posted: Wed, May 19, 2004 5:24pm PDT
The Day After Tomorrow
The Day After Tomorrow, based in part on the "Coming Global Superstorm" book by Art Bell and Whitley Strieber, is the movie the Bush administration doesn't want you to see. Here's a fun movie with a message that you should encourage all of your family, friends and activist colleagues to attend on Memorial Day weekend....
Posted: Wed, May 19, 2004 12:07am PDT
DON'T BUY GAS ON MAY 19 2004
DON'T BUY GAS ON MAY 19 2004
LETS TRY THIS AND SEE IF IT WORKS
STIFF THEM A BIT.
STIFF THEM A LITTLE BIT....
Posted: Mon, May 17, 2004 3:14pm PDT
Buffalo Field Campaign Update 5/13/04
May 15 is the "zero tolerance" date for wild bison outside of Yellowstone National Park, according to the Interagency Bison Management Plan....
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 9:03pm PDT
Finally! DoNotJunkMail.com
Send a message out loud and clear that we liked Do Not Call and Do Not Junk Mail is next. 100 Million Trees cut per year for unwanted junk mail is unacceptable!...
Posted: Thu, May 13, 2004 4:59pm PDT