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Tell Fish and Game: No Lead Ammo in Condor Habitat!
The California Fish and Game Commission is meeting this Wednesday, October 11 to review state game hunting regulations, and now is the time to tell it to protect one of the world’s most endangered species. Please help us send a strong message to finally end the use of lead ammunition in the range of the critically endangered California Condor!...
Posted: Mon, Oct 9, 2006 10:05am PDT
Clapper Rail Videotaped In Front of Proposed Monster Soccer Complex on Gallinas Creek
On Oct 7, 2006, brightpathvideo filmed a clapeer rail at the site of a proposed indoor soccer complex. Video on http://GallinasCReek.org...
Posted: Sun, Oct 8, 2006 12:05pm PDT
Klamath River News: Oct. 6, '06
* PACIFICORP LOSES CHALLENGE OF FISH LADDERS OVER DAMS,
* REGULATORS CLING TO KLAMATH DAMS,
* OREGON OFFICIALS VOTE TO REMOVE CHILOQUIN DAM.
* COMMENT PERIOD NOW OPEN ON KLAMATH DAMS...
Posted: Sat, Oct 7, 2006 11:30am PDT
San Francisco Oil Awareness Monthly Meeting
Monthly meeting of San Francisco Oil Awareness, an organization dedicated to the study of the potential effects of oil depletion, commonly known as "Peak Oil."...
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2006 10:20pm PDT
We can't FERC This Up - by Leaf G. Hillmnan, Karuk Tribe
Here's an excellent column by Leaf Hillman about the latest developments in the the relicensing process of PacifiCorp's dams....
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2006 4:26pm PDT
Thousands evacuate US town after toxic fire
As many as 17,000 residents have been asked to evacuate a town in the state of Carolina after a hazardous materials fire....
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2006 7:50am PDT
The Future of Food: a Free Eco Film Night
Varnish Fine Art
77 Natoma St
San Francisco, CA, 94105
http://www.varnishfineart.com...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 25, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Oct 6, 2006 12:56am PDT
CSPA Sues Department of Water Resources for ESA Violations
The Watershed Enforcers filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the Department of Water Resources for killing threatened chinook salmon and Delta smelt through the operation of its South Delta water export pumps....
Posted: Thu, Oct 5, 2006 4:21pm PDT
Grand Jury Extended, Environmentalists Continue to be targeted
Grand Juries Targeting Environmentalists Widen and Lengthen
Many Caught up in Net Proclaim Their Innocence...
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 8:28pm PDT
Forest Service Spends Record $1.5 Billion Fighting Wildfires
Wildfires across the country have burned a record number of acres this year, and with the scorched land comes a record bill, a federal official said Tuesday....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 3:04pm PDT
NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION on Poison Plastic PVC
Albany Target
1057 Eastshore Hwy, Albany, CA...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 11, 2006 11:00am PDT
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 2:59pm PDT
GAO Shows Post-Fire Logging Loses Money
A Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released today shows the Bush administration lost taxpayer dollars by logging remote, sensitive forests after the 2002 Biscuit fire. The report also documents that forest restoration and fire safety projects used to justify the controversial logging were not implemented. This report deals another serious blow to a post-fire logging bill now pending in Congress....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 1:46pm PDT
SF: California & Climate Change: an Update from the Front Line
The Women's Building, Audre Lorde Room
3543 18th Street #8, San Francisco...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 18, 2006 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 12:34pm PDT
2007 U.S. Farm Policy: What is the aggregate economic impact of a hungry American Child?
Congressional allocation of American tax dollars may meet a new paradigm when existing the current farm bill expires in 2007. During the future years 2008 - 2013, epidemic levels of obesity, diabetes, heart disease and hunger in America could be addressed by measuring the aggregate economic impact, over time, of a hungry American Child....
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 10:49am PDT
Three Small Power Plants to be built closer to the Bayview Hunters Point
The California Energy Commission (CEC) yesterday gave the green signal to SF Public Utilities Commission to go ahead with its plant to place 3 Combustion Turbines (CTs) or small power plants closer to Bayview Hunters Point. The community most adversely affected by pollution has been the constituents of Bayview Hunters Point. Now, once again Mayor Gavin Newsom, City Attorney Dennis Herrera, Aaron Peskin, Sophie Maxwell, the corrupt Susan Leal, have shown poor leadership and lack of compassion ...
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 7:24am PDT
Global Warming: The century of drought
One third of the planet will be desert by the year 2100, say climate experts in the most dire warning yet of the effects of global warming...
Posted: Wed, Oct 4, 2006 6:32am PDT
Sustainability Tour from SF to Sonoma Oct 14th
What: SFBGS Adventure to sustainable gardens and farms in Sonoma Co.
When: Saturday, October 19, 2006 – 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Cost: SFBGS members $165, non-members $185...
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 10:17pm PDT
Yolo County Environmental Groups Question SMUD's 'Green' Reputation
A press conference questioning SMUD's supposed "green reputation" in light of its hard line, anti-environmental position regarding hydrorelicensing on the Upper American River will held on Oct. 5 at 5:30 pm at SMUD Headquarters in Sacramento....
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 4:19pm PDT
UC Berkeley: Sustainable Agriculture Talk
UC Berkeley Campus, 106 Wurster Hall...
Event Date: Thu, Oct 19, 2006 6:45pm PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 3:18pm PDT
julia butterfly hill
Diego Rivera Theatre
Ocean Avenue Campus
City College of San Francisco
50 Phelan Avenue...
Event Date: Thu, Oct 5, 2006 11:00am PDT
Posted: Tue, Oct 3, 2006 2:44pm PDT