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Salmon River: New Sales Reignite Timber Battles
New sales reignite timber battles
Bush allows harvest of larger, older trees in northern counties...
Posted: Tue, Dec 14, 2004 1:48pm PST
We need your HELP
We need you to be at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors on 2/14/04 at 2pm to Protest the transfer of the Shipyard until all legal criteria are met...
Posted: Mon, Dec 13, 2004 11:19am PST
Rush for Development S.F Style
In a rush to push developer interest pass the Board of Supes; State law has been ignored in crucial documentation that affects the Planning. Commission, Building Inspection, and the Redevelopment Commission. More important leaves the community surrounding the shipyard at RISK! The S.F Seismic Hazard Zone includes most of the Shipyard with several radiological impacted buildings that have not been cleared and are not up to earthquake standards. Yes the famous Parcel E Landfill which burned for...
Posted: Sun, Dec 12, 2004 8:18am PST
Moms & Allies Shut down the PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant
Braving a cold rain, Bayview Hunters Point residents, Greenaction and supporters blockaded the entrance to the PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant for more than two hours today. More than 100 people took part in the protest. Ten protesters linked arms and sat in front of the gate while the rest stood in front of the gate cheering and joining the blockade....
Posted: Sat, Dec 11, 2004 8:30am PST
Last Journey for the Leatherback?
*New Documentary Film Sounds Alarm About the Threat of Extinction to Sea Turtles*...
Posted: Fri, Dec 10, 2004 6:52pm PST
Harm from Maxxam Logging Continues
First flood of the season in Freshwater and Elk River....
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 11:31pm PST
Video of Pacific Lumber's Logging Plan on the Avenue of the Giants. (video/quicktime 3.9MB)
The Pacific Lumber Company plans to log an area adjacent to the Humboldt Redwoods State Park, near Bear creek, in the Shively/Pepperwood area. The plan involves the removal of many Oldgrowth Redwood Trees on extremely steep slopes. These trees and the dependant ecosystem are irreplaceable.
We must stop destroying the last of our Ancient Forests!...
Posted: Wed, Dec 8, 2004 10:43pm PST
SHUTDOWN PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant
The Bayview Hunters Point Mother's Action Plan to Shutdown the PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant. Mother's whose children suffer from Asthma and other illnesses are fed up and call to action......
Posted: Tue, Dec 7, 2004 1:35pm PST
today: Support Bay Bridge Bike Access
We are sending you this special email alert because we've been alerted to an important,
time-sensitive issue that could affect biking in the Bay Area for decades to come.
The SFBC's
appreciates your support of our efforts to keep you informed and to be as effective
as we can in
winning better biking....
Posted: Sun, Dec 5, 2004 1:34pm PST
Community People are in danger per USGS Liquefaction Map
Will a poor low income community of color be victimized once again, when clear and imminent danger is avoidable?...
Posted: Sun, Dec 5, 2004 12:28am PST
Local Activists and Big Timber Clash in the Courtroom
You've seen it OUTSIDE the courthouse, now watch it inside....
Posted: Fri, Dec 3, 2004 11:59am PST
Victoria's Dirty Secret
How the lingerie giant is destroying Canadian forests....
Posted: Thu, Dec 2, 2004 10:58pm PST
No Toxic Housing on Zeneca Contamination Site!
About 60 people; Doctors, Engineers & Grassroots Organizers blocked the front entrance to the Campus Bay -Zeneca Contamination Site in Richmond on Dec 1st at 6:30am. This was an action against the construction of housing on the contaminated Zeneca site which was once used as a Uranium & Plutonium experiment site in the 1960s. The site includes a marsh, wildlife, industrial buildings, offices and a site of toxic condos in contruction....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 6:11pm PST
Pacific Lumber Logging Restricted in Freshwater and Elk River
"Due to PALCO’s failure to submit a complete report of waste discharge, [Water Board] staff did not have the information necessary to prepare draft watershed-wide waste discharge requirements for timber operations in the Elk River and Freshwater Creek watersheds. Without a draft permit, staff have been unable to conduct the necessary environmental review or take the other steps necessary to provide coverage to PALCO for its operations in these watersheds beginning January 1, 2005."...
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 3:40pm PST
Got Gas? (video/quicktime 2.6MB)
The Peninsula Raging Grannies were at the San Francisco Auto Show in November 2004....
Posted: Wed, Dec 1, 2004 8:17am PST
12/2: Expose Victoria's Dirty Secret!
Thursday, December 2 2004 12:00 PM
Location:
Victoria's Secret
Union Square
San Francisco, CA...
Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 10:07pm PST
Plan to Widen MLK Unanimously Approved Over Loud Opposition
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Posted: Tue, Nov 30, 2004 12:27am PST
Code Pink & The Raging Grannies do the SF Auto Show: Part Two (video/quicktime 9.4MB)
Kevin Danaher, Jennifer Krill, Leslie Kaplan, and Josh Hart speak. Nov. 21, 2004.
Part One is at....
http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/11/1706694.php
....
Part Two is a two-minute QuickTime movie. 9MB....
Posted: Sat, Nov 27, 2004 9:55pm PST
PROTEST BUSH's EPA
Tell Bush’s EPA to…
STOP PAMPERING POLLUTERS!!
Hold Chevron accountable for past...
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2004 3:40pm PST
PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant FACTS
Close PG&E Hunters Point Power Plant Now!
Phase-out Mirant’s Potrero Power Plant!
We Need Clean, Green Energy, Not Noxious Fossil Fuel Pollution!...
Posted: Wed, Nov 24, 2004 10:53am PST