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Climate Change Concerns? It is about US!
We don't have to wait for "Government" to take action on Global Warming!
We are personally responsible for environmental problems such as Climate Change/Global Warming, so, lets' develop the information to help the average person support "progress" as they make their everyday purchases!
Plus.. a Letter to Al Gore.....
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 2:03pm PST
Sea Shepherd Ship Holed during Collision with Whaling Ship
The Sea Shepherd ship, Robert Hunter, has been holed in its starboard bow, and its port stern section above the waterline, during a collision with the whale spotter ship Kaiko Maru , according to Sea Shepherd's president Paul Watson. No injuries have been incurred by crew on both ships, and neither ship is in danger of sinking....
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 8:42am PST
Dennis Zarelli: Shaking the tree: an eco-defender's ordeal
The thirty-year-old activist (and comrade of mine) was convicted of
obstructing justice in December 2006. A BC Supreme Court judge refused
to believe police endangered his life in a tree-sit one hundred and
fifty feet off the ground. He is facing nine months in jail at his
sentencing in February 2007.... “Even had someone died six years ago, it
seems the courts would have found that it was our own fault.”-- dennis...
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 8:40am PST
Monsanto dumped toxic waste in UK
Inquiry after chemicals found at site 30 years after their disposal...
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 6:49am PST
Japanese whaling ship and protest boat collide at sea
An anti-whaling group's boat and a Japanese whale-spotting vessel collided twice in Antarctic waters today during clashes over a pod of whales, conservationists and Japanese officials said....
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 6:48am PST
Damping the Carbon Emissions Panic.
Perhaps the climate is changing but we are not in control, or going to be....
Posted: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 3:59am PST
{San Rafael}MPJC-TownHall>No Wetlands:Novato/Petaluma Landfill Expansion>
First United Methodist Church.
Get off in downtown San Rafael from 101 - Go up 4th(2nd and 3rd merge into 4th), and Just before you enter San Anselmo, its on the left side of St.
If going pass San Anselmo United Market(You gone to far), also before Miracle Mile and Hub.
If going up Sir Francis Drake turn @ Hub in San Anselmo on to Miracle Mile - Becomes 4th...
Event Date: Mon, Feb 12, 2007 6:00pm PST
Posted: Sun, Feb 11, 2007 1:52pm PST
GMO 'Bt' Cotton; Facts Behind Biotech's Hype
Article from GRAIN's Jan '07 issue of Seedling details the myths behind biotech's promotions of 'Bt' genetically engineered (GE/GMO) cotton.....
Posted: Sun, Feb 11, 2007 12:58pm PST
Cool Cities Campaign Kickoff Rally
Sunday, March 18th, 2:30-4:30pm
Historic Carrington Hall at Sequoia High School
1201 Brewster Ave, Redwood City , CA
Two blocks from the Redwood City Caltrain station...
Event Date: Sun, Mar 18, 2007 2:30pm PDT
Posted: Sun, Feb 11, 2007 11:52am PST
Scientists conclude global warming is “unequivocal”
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released the “Summary for Policy Makers” from its fourth assessment report on science of global warming and climate change February 2. The new report concludes that global warming is “unequivocal” and strengthens the previous assessment that most warming in the last 50 years is due to human activity....
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2007 4:45pm PST
Audio from Berkeley Tree Sit (audio/mpeg 5.3MB)
Audio from the base camp of the two month long campaign to save a grove of oak trees in Berkeley. Hear about the tree sit, the raid on the camp and the continuing community effort to save the trees....
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2007 2:00pm PST
EPA Youth/Raging Grannies Part III: STREET THEATER
Drum Roll Puh-LEEEEZ!
Part III: Roundin' Up Romic at the OSHA Corral
The Raging Grannies and members of Youth United for Community Action, residents of the SF peninsula city of East Palo Alto, pay a little visit to OSHA's San Francisco district office on February 6, 2007 to protest ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM and CORPORATE NEGLIGENCE...
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2007 9:23am PST
Report: Catastrophic Climate Change may be Inevitible unless Drastic Steps are Taken
A report by Friends of the Earth Australia warns that catastrophic climate change may be inevitable unless dramatic steps are taken to reduce emissions. While the scientific community have finally consensed that human induced climate change is an unequivical reality with the release of the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) scientific report on 2 February 2007, the survey of recent scientific research by FOE(Australia) indicates the IPCC climate change models may be very conservativ...
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2007 7:11am PST
East Palo Activists/Raging Grannies PART II
PART II of 3. Youth United for Community Action and Raging Grannies at the San Francisco District office OSHA. Fighting against environmental racism and corporate negligence....
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2007 5:09am PST
East Palo Alto Youth Activists/Raging Grannies at OSHA
East Palo Alto has long been a dumping ground for high-tech's toxic by-products. The Raging Grannies, inspired by the high energy and spirit of youth activists in YUCA (Youth United for Community Action), added their voices to a rally in San Francisco at OSHA regional headquarters to convince OSHA to stop the environmental racism. Chanting "Justice for Froilan", demonstrators called for stiffer penalties for safety infractions at Romic Technologies. A big polluter, Romic also showed gros...
Posted: Sat, Feb 10, 2007 3:37am PST
US Government Refuses to Act against Japan on Whaling
The U.S. Whaling Commissioner, Bill Hogarth, has denounced Sea Shepherd's clash with Japanese Whalers. Hogarth is the current chairman of the IWC and the director of NOAA’s Fisheries Service, the agency charged with researching and protecting whale species in U.S. waters. He did not outline any plan for the International Whaling Commission to stop the Commercial Whaling activities by Japan in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary....
Posted: Fri, Feb 9, 2007 9:59pm PST
PANUPS: News Update on Pesticides, Health and Alternatives
Pesticide Action Network Updates Service (PANUPS)
A Weekly News Update on Pesticides, Health and Alternatives...
Posted: Fri, Feb 9, 2007 9:38pm PST
Antarctic Direct Action: Japanese Claims of Injuries are Bogus says Sea Shepherd
Captain Paul Watson, from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, has refuted Japanese claims that two whalers were injured during an engagement between the Sea Shepherd vessel 'Robert Hunter' and the 'Nisshin Maru' on Friday. Sea Shepherd activists threw 6 one litre bottles of foul smelling but non-toxic butyric acid to the flensing deck of the 'Nisshin Marun' Whaling Factory Ship....
Posted: Fri, Feb 9, 2007 6:28pm PST
Bush Admin being sued for suppression of Global Warming Science
Sen. Kerry and Rep. Inslee Join Conservation Groups in Global Warming Lawsuit Against Bush Administration...
Posted: Fri, Feb 9, 2007 12:47pm PST
Sea Shepherd crew missing in Antarctic waters
Sea Shepherd found and engaged the Japanese whaling fleet at approx. 0530 Friday morning. A rigid-hulled inflatable boat, with two crew, has gone missing during the direct action....
Posted: Thu, Feb 8, 2007 7:50pm PST