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New Illegal Logging by Maxxam/Palco May Indicate More to Come The Humboldt Watershed Council raised concern today that recent illegal logging by Pacific Lumber Company may be a "warning shot" by the company, in preparation for future illegal logging in the Freshwater and Elk River watersheds....
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2005 8:19pm PDT
Critical Mass is Thirteen: The Culture War is Older (and far from over) 
Amazing to think it's been 13 years since the first “Commute Clot” brought together about 50 bicyclists at “PeeWee” Herman Plaza at the foot of Market Street in San Francisco. Within a few short months it had gained the moniker “Critical Mass” and the excitement and euphoria and sheer novelty of an “organized coincidence” that fills the streets with bicycles instead of cars was rapidly reproducing itself across the planet....
Posted: Tue, Oct 4, 2005 8:14pm PDT
Critical Mass 13th Anniversary (video/quicktime 19.1MB) Video highlights from the ride, including the Broadway and Stockton tunnels....
Posted: Sat, Oct 1, 2005 1:18pm PDT
Critical Mass 13th Anniversary 
A large crowd of cyclists converged in the streets of San Francisco for the 13th anniversary of Critical Mass on Friday. Several confrontations between drivers and cyclists occurred, but consisted mostly of arguing over right-of-way. One pedestrian on Market Street shouted, "You're blocking traffic," to which a cyclist replied, "We are traffic!"...
Posted: Sat, Oct 1, 2005 8:45am PDT
Hoes Down Organic Farm Festival in Capay Valley Full Belly Farms presents the 18th annual Hoes Down Festival in the Capay Valley....
Posted: Fri, Sep 30, 2005 10:57am PDT
Maxxam/Pacific Lumber Slapped with Logging Violation Notice ...
Posted: Fri, Sep 30, 2005 10:09am PDT
Still We Ride -- Video Screening 
Still We Ride will be shown after Critical Mass tonight....
Posted: Fri, Sep 30, 2005 8:30am PDT
10/1 - Screening of film GO FURTHER, starring Woody Harrelson, for Bike Aid October 1 at 7:30pm - Global Exchange's Bike-Aid Program and New College Media Studies M.A. Program will be hosting this special screening of Go Further. This semi-documentary film of Woody Harrelson and friends on a biking adventure gives a humorous and insightful perspective on living in a more sustainable way. New College, 777 Valencia St., San Francisco....
Posted: Thu, Sep 29, 2005 10:19pm PDT
Humboldt Watershed Council Anticipates a Scotia Pacific “Free-Fall.” The Humboldt Watershed Council responded to news that Scotia Pacific Company (Scopac) has broken off agreements to work with the company’s bondholders to develop a ‘pre-packaged’ reorganization of the company’s debt. The Council predicted that Scopac was headed for a “free-fall”, but that reorganization would likely yield a company free from the destructive grip of its parent company Maxxam....
Posted: Thu, Sep 29, 2005 10:52am PDT
Maxxam Suspends Negotiations With Bondholders But Barrels Ahead With Controversial Logging Plan in Endangered Marbled Murrelet Habitat Named "Bonanza"...
Posted: Wed, Sep 28, 2005 4:08pm PDT
Fishermen, Farmers Protest Pombo's Extinction Bill Environmental, fishing and farming groups had a great press conference on Monday to protest the "Extinction Act" that Congressman Richard Pombo, the Anti-Environmental Prince of Darkness, is trying to rush through Congress....
Posted: Wed, Sep 28, 2005 4:06pm PDT
Klamath River Native people and other residents protest for dam removal 
Monday at the Lloyd Tower Klamath river residents and supporters joined Native people of the Klamath River to ask Pacific Power to remove thier fish killing dams. The Klamath dams are currently in a process that occurs every 50 years, in dam removal is possible. However after years of negotiations Pacific Power shocked river communities by ignoring fish passage and down river communities in their plans. Now community members are taking their issues straight to the doorsteps of Pacific Power....
Posted: Wed, Sep 28, 2005 2:19pm PDT
Siskiyou Land Conservancy Purchases Rare Botanical Wonderland on the Smith River Conservancy's acquisition of 80 acres on the North Fork Smith River represents one of the "most significant conservation milestones over the past several decades in northwestern California," says plant biologist....
Posted: Tue, Sep 27, 2005 5:54pm PDT
when the floods come (audio/mpeg 2.8MB) emcee lynx (san francisco anarchist hip hop musician) responds to the media declaring a "state of anarchy" in new orleans, global warming, hurricanes, etc....
Posted: Tue, Sep 27, 2005 1:32am PDT
California Residents Speak Out Against Congressional Attacks on Endangered Species STOCKTON, CA – A former Republican Congressman from California who co-authored the Endangered Species Act (1973) will join farmers and fishermen to support strong protections for endangered species and habitat on Monday, September 26, in Stockton. They will call on Members of Congress to support the Endangered Species Act, oppose a drastic rewrite of the Act, and deliver thousands of signatures to the office of Representative Richard Pombo (R-CA), the prime sponsor of the new bill....
Posted: Fri, Sep 23, 2005 8:44pm PDT
PG&E; dams on Feather River, smog in Bayview PG&E's refusal to hear public demands to cease pollution in Hunter's Point and remove outdated dams on the Feather River....
Posted: Fri, Sep 23, 2005 4:05pm PDT
California Assembly & Senate Say NO to Experimentation On K - 12 Public School Kids! "Kids go to school to learn, not to die"
Nicholas Baker...
Posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2005 8:31pm PDT
Federal Agency Reaffirms Maxxam/Pacific Lumber's Flawed Habitat Conservation Plan Upbeat Assessment of Murrelet Prospects Contradicts Recent Comprehensive Review...
Posted: Thu, Sep 22, 2005 11:44am PDT
Maxxam Lawyer Gets a Boost by Schwarzenegger Another favor from the gov to big timber players...
Posted: Wed, Sep 21, 2005 10:43am PDT
Altamont Wind Farm Vote this Thursday - help reduce bird kills The Altamont Wind Farm has killed an estimated 17,000-26,000 raptors since the project began and at least 11 state-designated species of special concern....
Posted: Wed, Sep 21, 2005 10:07am PDT
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