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P.G.&E. Evicted by the People!! (video/x-ms-wmv 26.3MB)
30 day eviction notice delivered to P.G.&E.
6 min video of residents, community members, and allies
demanding the closure of the Hunters Point Power Plant....
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2005 2:45pm PST
PG&E Evicted by the People
On March 23rd community members of Bayview Hunters Point delivered a 30 day notice to PG&E to shutdown the pg&e hunters point power plant!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 11:16am PST
Berkeley's Race to Zero
Innovative Waste Strategy: Berkeley's Race to Zero...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 11:09am PST
Breaking News: Eight Dollar Road Blocked Again
Reports coming in this morning indicate that the Eight Dollar Road is blockaded by an activist suspended over the road in a bi-pod, effectively keeping log trucks out of the Fiddler Timber Sale.
Yarding and hauling of timber at the Fiddler sale began recently. This morning's blockade is an attempt to halt this work and to highlight the ongoing logging of old growth reserves. Meanwhile, the courts continue deliberating on the merits of two separate cases that will determine if this activity...
Posted: Thu, Mar 24, 2005 8:30am PST
Video: Powerfull Women's Action for the TREES (video/quicktime 13.3MB)
On March 14th 2005 a large group of women organized, they said enough is enough to the Old Growth Logging just up the road from the Green Bridge along the National Wild and Scenic Illinois River in the Siskiyou Wild Rivers area in Southern Oregon....
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 6:37pm PST
Public Interest Groups Petition State Water Board for Stay
Public interest groups seek emergency stay on Regional Water Board decision to allow Pacific Lumber logging in impaired areas....
Posted: Wed, Mar 23, 2005 6:34pm PST
Today in SF: Water Conservation Showcase
Water Conservation Showcase Tuesday, March 22 11:00 AM
This email is a notice about an upcoming showcase on water conservation
to be held in San Francisco at the Pacific Energy Center, 851 Howard
Street on March 22. To register for this event go to
http://www.pge.com/pec/watershowcase You can also register
for any Energy Center classes by calling 415.973.2277....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 10:57am PST
Fresno Earth Day
Resist, Restore, Rejuvinate. Putting the politics back into Earth Day...
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 10:38am PST
Educate yourselves on Energy Issues and do not fake innocent people into doing crazy stuff
It has been a long fight to sit down with CEC,CPUC, FERC, SFPUC, attend many public meetings,to help shut down the Hunters Point power plant that is old and spews toxins.Be educated and fight for what is right....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 6:08am PST
3/23 ACTION:Evict P.G.&E from Hunters Point!
IF the Government Won't...the People Will!!
Help Deliver Eviction Notice to P.G.&E.
demanding the closure of the Hunters Point Power Plant Now!
WED. March 23rd
12 Noon
P.G.&E. Corporate Headquarters
77 Beale St.
San Francisco...
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 1:30am PST
Pesticide Ordinance TUESDAY 3/22 12:30pm
Just a quick reminder that the Oakland Public Works
committe will be revisiting the previously tabled
discussion on the proposed pesticide ordinance, which
would allow them to use herbicides as a measure to
prevent wildfires in the Oakland hills. Please come
out to address your concerns to city officials....
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 11:25pm PST
FEDS PROMISE CENTRAL VALLEY AGRIBUSINESSES WATER THAT'S NOT THERE
A new, groundbreaking report by the Environmental Working Group exposes how the Bureau of Reclamation's plan to divert more water for subsidized agribusiness is based on water that isn't there. In spite of the Bureau's claims otherwise, the Bureau's own documents reveal that the Bush administration is signing contracts providing for an increase of 1.5 million acre feet of water exports every year....
Posted: Sat, Mar 19, 2005 5:45pm PST
4/8-10 Alternative Fuels Summit at Mercey Hot Springs
Friday April 8 - Sunday April 10, 2005
Alternative Fuels Summit
Mercey Hot Springs
26964 Little Panoche Road
Firebaugh, CA 93622...
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 6:45pm PST
3/20: Permaculture Bike Tour, Karl Linn Memorial
Sunday • March 20th • 2005
10am - 2pm
Meet at Berkeley's EcoHouse
1305 Hopkins @ Peralta...
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 6:43pm PST
Earth First! activist files complaint for 1998 death
Criminal homicide complaint filed against Maxxam/Pacific Lumber Co.
Former sheriff, district attorney, homicide detective also named...
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 1:55pm PST
Forest Watch looks at ways to reach goals
Having lost its case at the state's last court of appeal, a foothill environmental group is planning to turn to the court of public opinion to block clear-cut logging in area forests. Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch representatives say they hope to organize community groups, lobby county officials and support state legislation as avenues for blocking future clear cuts....
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 9:10am PST
IDA Joins Worldwide Protest Against Canadian Seal Slaughter
Demo at Canadian Consulate Trade Office in SF, noon, 3/15/05...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 5:50pm PST
Water Board Ignores Duties, Votes More Logging
Pacific Lumber wins more logging with threats and intimidation....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 5:39pm PST
3/17: Biodiesel Film Festival in Berkeley
WHEN: Thursday, March 17th
7 – 10 p.m.
WHERE: La Pena Cultural Center,
3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
510-849-2589...
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 9:06pm PST