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The Demise of Petroleum
As I write these words, the war in Iraq continues, and the death toll mounts. Two American aircraft carriers sail the Persian Gulf. Iran is gearing up to produce enriched Uranium on an industrial scale. And a wider conflict in the Middle East seems all but inevitable. Why? In a single word, oil....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 3:19am PDT
NYT Downplaying cell phone theory of bee extinction
Profits or survival?...
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 2:51am PDT
Aggressive Sonoma Elephant Seal- Letter to the Editor
A letter to the SF Chronicle regarding a story on an aggressive elephant seal. I suggest approaching the issue from an examination of causes of the seal's behavior, as they reflect a wider overlap between animals and human activity....
Posted: Wed, Apr 25, 2007 12:37am PDT
Sometimes You Win
UCSC researcher Shaye Wolf worked with organizations to force Chevron to cancel its intrusion of a fragile ecosystem by halting the building of a liquified natural gas terminal adjacent to the Coronado Islands....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 11:07pm PDT
Their Water Secret…
A little wondering/complaint of how Santa Clara County is being more resourceful about the water useage/storage than our own Santa Cruz County....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 10:43pm PDT
Anti-Gold Mining Conflicts Spreading Throughout the Americas
Once isolated communities around the world are suddenly uniting and strengthening in their actions to halt transnational Big Mining projects. On May 2, community and environmental groups around the world will unite in the Global Day of Action Against Barrick Gold Corporation...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 6:51pm PDT
Action Alert: The Klamath Dams Aren't Green!
Send a letter to the New York Times about the recent article that let PacifiCorp claim to be green due to their fish killing....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 3:06pm PDT
Free Movie-Parkway-Black Diamonds: Mountaintop Removal and the Fight for Coalfield Justice
Parkway Theater
1834 Park Boulevard
Oakland, CA...
Event Date: Sun, May 20, 2007 2:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 2:27pm PDT
Global Warming No Longer Controversial
A basic overview of the evidence and logic behind why YOU shouldn't be confused about the issue of Global Warming...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 11:38am PDT
Current GMO News & Other Food News
Liberty, Maine Goes GMO Free, India’s Supreme Court Slammed With Largest GMO Lawsuit on Record, FDA Moves to Drop “Irradiated” Labeling Requirements, USDA Misleads Consumers With “Raw” Almond “Pasteurization...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 11:34am PDT
Corporate America Jumps on “Green is Good” Bandwagon
When New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman authored a April 15 Sunday Times Magazine front-page story urging America to become the world’s leader in all things Green, I knew that America’s “Green Revolution” had finally arrived. Last weekend’s Earth Day celebrations confirmed this, with an unprecedented number of businesses promoting a Green ethic. Not to throw acid rain on anyone’s parade, but a stated commitment to “green” should not become the sole criteria for evaluating social justice...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 10:40am PDT
gatherin anticivilization 2007
After the success of the last gathering in Tavertet, we are calling for a new one this year. It will take place the 8, 9, 10 and 11 of September. The place is not decided yet....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 8:29am PDT
Drive 55 Conservation Project announces new bumper sticker goal and website update
Drive 55 Conservation Project - One million bumper sticker goal set
Responding to increased public interest the Drive 55 Conservation Project has released new bumper stickers that feature a green circle with 55 inside to let other drivers know the vehicle they are following is driving 55 MPH or less. Our Goal: One million Drive 55 bumper stickers....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 7:40am PDT
Senator Hillary Clinton Endorses 55 MPH Speed Limit
"The 55-mile speed limit really does lower gas usage. And wherever it can be required, and the people will accept it, we ought to do it..."...
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 7:38am PDT
Stanyan Street Guerrilla Garden Torn Out Today
After weeks of battle, the guerrilla community garden at the corner of Fulton and Stanyan Streets in the Inner Richmond was torn out on Monday, April 23, by the vacant lot's property managers, Citywide Property Management. Gardeners are planning a new strategy to take control of neglected property in their neighborhood....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 2:30am PDT
Biofuels: a conversation between science, engineering, ecology, politics
4 LeConte Hall, University of California Berkeley...
Event Date: Thu, Apr 26, 2007 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 1:49am PDT
Concerned About Expansion of UC Santa Cruz Campus?
This is a response to the latest protest on Earth Day at Tree 9 in UCSC....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 1:46am PDT
Truely organic beer?
Organic beer may not be organic anymore, with the introduction of inorganic hops....
Posted: Tue, Apr 24, 2007 12:05am PDT
The crisis of Global Warming and the uninformed attitude from Karl Rove
This is an article from yesterdays news covering Sheryl Crow and Laurie David's approach to talk to the Presidentail top adviser Karl Rove on Global Warming and his response was that he didn't want to talk about it. Sheryl said "you work for us" he replied, "i work for the American people." Then he dicided to walk away from the issue leaving these women with the thought that this is not a deserving administration....
Posted: Mon, Apr 23, 2007 10:38pm PDT
Anatomy of the Great Bio-Fuels Scam
Upon my first arrival to the city of Rio de Janeiro back in June of 2002, I wanted to visit the one place every tourist wants to see: O Cristo. So on a seemingly warm and beautiful day we made our way to the top of Corcovado. There it was, the giant world famous 125-foot statue of Christ the Redeemer, overlooking much of the city and Guanabara Bay. Armed with cameras, we quickly headed to the statue’s east side vista to take personal snapshots of one of the worlds most dazzling panoramic view...
Posted: Mon, Apr 23, 2007 7:04am PDT