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imageSac-Yolo Mosquito & Vector Control Dist. Mtg. pics
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by pesky rabbit
* Turn off air conditioning and other ventilation that brings in air from outside. Turn your thermostat down a couple of hours before that to keep your house cool during the treatments. * Bring toys, tools, patio furniture, pets, bikes, and other portable items indoors. * Cover playground equipment and other large outdoor items. * Keep pets indoors. * Take shoes off before coming indoors. * After spraying occurs, wash down other surfaces such as playground equipment ...
Posted: Thu, Aug 11, 2005 11:36pm PDT
textFight the Flight website is up! by Dan Bacher
Here's the latest update on the campaign to stop the aerial spraying of pesticides in Sacramento County. I'll see you at the meeting tonight!...
Posted: Thu, Aug 11, 2005 12:00pm PDT
textMosquito Control District Meeting Agenda/Updated Action Alert by Dan Bacher
Here's the agenda for the special public meeting of the Sacramento-Yolo Mosquito and Vector Control District Board tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. Please attend and address the board regarding your concerns about the spraying! Following the agenda is an update on the anti-spraying campaign by Kim Glazzard of Organic Sacramento....
Posted: Wed, Aug 10, 2005 9:39pm PDT
textMEETING TONIGHT - Roundup™ Is Being Sprayed on Marin's Watershed! by found on craig's list
MMWD has begun spraying roundup in the MMWD watershed as a means of controlling certain noxious weeds including star thistle and broom. Many Marin residents, including myself, believe this is absolutely unacceptable....
Posted: Wed, Aug 10, 2005 5:16pm PDT
textSchwarzenegger Administration Sued for Taking End-Run for Maxxam by Center for Biological Diversity (repost)
Legal Challenge Seeks Protection for Murrelet and Salmon...
Posted: Wed, Aug 10, 2005 4:26pm PDT
textAerial Spraying Alert: Council Meeting Tonight/Vector Control Meeting 8/11 by Dan Bacher
I urge everybody to attend the Sacramento City Council meeting tonight, where the Vector Control District will make a presentation on aerial spraying, and the public meeting of the Vector Control District on Thursday at 6:30 pm....
Posted: Tue, Aug 9, 2005 4:26pm PDT
textGroups Opposed to Aerial Spraying Hold Press Conference 8/8 noon by Dan Bacher
Groups opposed to spraying Sacramento County with pesticide are holding a press conference today (August 8) at noon....
Posted: Mon, Aug 8, 2005 9:40am PDT
audioLivermore Must Tribute Hiroshima (audio/mpeg 36.5MB) by David Grace
60th Anniversary of the will-full dropping of the first atomic bomb...
Posted: Sun, Aug 7, 2005 10:20pm PDT
textEPIC Statement on Maxxam offering to bondholders by EPIC
BEGINNING OF THE END-GAME FOR MAXXAM IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY...
Posted: Thu, Aug 4, 2005 5:38pm PDT
textMATTOLE TREE-SIT BEING RAIDED by Sunfox
Forest Defender from mattole reports: Bulldozers, Loggers, sherrifs at the Tree Village...
Posted: Mon, Aug 1, 2005 1:00pm PDT
textWater Cannot be Owned: Nestle Out of McCloud's Aquifer! by luna moth
Nestle Corporation is attempting to privatize McCloud's aquifer, following the capture of Mt. Shasta's spring water by Coca-cola/Dannon. Water is a human right and cannot be owned by corporations!!...
Posted: Thu, Jul 28, 2005 2:29pm PDT
textAction Camp in the Oakland Hills August 26-28 by anarchy mcanarchist
Join us for a weekend camping out, learning more of what we all need to know. Meet new people, think about new things, embody new skills. Come for an action-packed weekend of camping, workshops focussed on urban & rural skills, discussion and learning....
Posted: Thu, Jul 28, 2005 1:39am PDT
imageadditional pictures of "Bonanza" THP
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by a little (sea) bird
This Pacific Lumber/MAXXAM THP is in Nanning Creek near Scotia, California and is one of the last unprotected breeding areas (in california) for the endangered marbled murrrelet. Restrictions on logging of murrelet habitat will be lifted on September 15th....
Posted: Tue, Jul 26, 2005 8:53pm PDT
textLAFCo To Deal With "Standard Power Play" To Move SF Toward Sustainable Energy Sources by Beyond Chron (reposted)
The Local Agency Formation Commission will try to keep afloat Friday a plan that would permit the city to reduce its dependence on PG&E--and, consequently, on fossil fuels. The plan, called 'community choice aggregation', would permit the city to purchase energy wholesale from non-utility Energy Service Providers, or ESPs, for retail sale to citizens....
Posted: Tue, Jul 26, 2005 8:09am PDT
textNo Human Experimentation On Kids & Teachers! by ROBINA SUWOL
AB 405...
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 8:05pm PDT
textAIRALERT - SPARE THE AIR TUESDAY JULY 26 - FREE MORNING COMMUTE by repost
Morning commute only isn't much of a savings, but something I guess....
Posted: Mon, Jul 25, 2005 2:13pm PDT
imageKlamath Tribes return to Scotland, as thousands of Salmon die above dams
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by Klamath volunteer dam removal task force
Even as tens of thousands of fish are dying in the upper Klamath, Klamath River tribes are in Scotland asking for Scotish Power to remove the Klamath dams. More then 350 miles of salmon habitat are blocked by dams, which also warm water. Salmon and Suckers are important to the River tribes health and culture and are currently facing extintion....
Posted: Fri, Jul 22, 2005 11:44am PDT
textCome July 29: sentencing of Tony Serra / pepper spray post-trial hearing by bach repost
>>>post-trial motions in pepper spray case July 29 >>>Judi Bari and pepper spray attorney faces sentencing on July 29...
Posted: Thu, Jul 21, 2005 1:38pm PDT
textScottish Parliament to Consider Resolution to Support Klamath Rvr Tribe's Campaign to Remove Dams by repost
Glasgow, Scotland - Member of Scottish Parliament (MSP) Robin Harper announced today that he will be introducing a resolution to support the Hoopa, Karuk, Klamath, and Yurok Tribe's efforts to have Klamath River Dams removed, and the fishery restored....
Posted: Wed, Jul 20, 2005 11:27pm PDT
textEnergy Issues in San Francisco by Francisco Da Costa
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors do not really understand the Energy Issues facing the City and County of San Francisco. Susan Leal from SF Public Utilites Commission is ignorant of some basic facts linked to the realistic data concerning Energy Issues....
Posted: Sun, Jul 17, 2005 8:26pm PDT
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