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Rally in Sacramento for a Clean Klamath on October 25
We need a big turnout in Sacramento at the State Water Resources Control Board meeting on October 25 to bring down the Klamath River Dams and clean up the river. Also below is an action alert to clean up toxic algae....
Posted: Tue, Sep 26, 2006 11:45am PDT
New Sightings of Endangered California Clapper Rail on Gallinas Creek
California State Status: Endangered
United States Federal Status: Endangered
County endangered in: San Mateo/ Marin/ Alameda
Bioregion: Bay Area Delta
Threats to species:
* Habitat loss from construction of oil fields
* Non-native prdators
* Habitat alteration due to industral development
According to the California Academy of Sciences,
these are the three primary threats to the California
clapper rail. This information was retrieved through
an i...
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 11:09pm PDT
The Oil Depletion Protocol: A Plan to Avert Oil Wars, Terrorism and Economic Collapse
At The Roxie Theater of New College, 3117 16th Street...
Event Date: Thu, Sep 28, 2006 7:00pm PDT
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 7:59pm PDT
FERC Threatens Plan to Remove Klamath Dams
The Yurok and Karuk tribes responded today to a FERC draft environmental impact statement that recommends only modest changes to current dam conditions....
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 5:20pm PDT
E.coli Outbreak Exposes Serious Flaw In Food Safety Guidelines From The USD
The current recommended food safety guidelines by the USA are outdated and need to follow more progressive measure like accepting preliminary presumptive testing services like instant E.coli tests and instant Salmonella test...
Posted: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 8:10am PDT
California Certified Organic Farmers Statement Regarding Spinach
E. coli and the Spinach Recall
September 18, 2006 - Food safety is a top priority at California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), and our hearts go out to the individuals and families affected by the E. coli outbreak....
Posted: Sun, Sep 24, 2006 9:59pm PDT
op-ed on the spinach incident from Center for Food Safety
Hi (indybay editor) -
attached is an op-ed on the spinach incident from our Legal Director Joe Mendelson, perhaps it will be useful. Certainly supporting local farmers makes sense; such an outbreak could only occur in an industrial system, which broadcasts food across a large population with disregard for the potential for an untraceable food safety problem. Also, a couple of facts:
>Some cases in the recent e-coli outbreak have been traced, by interviews with consumers who fell ill, ...
Posted: Sun, Sep 24, 2006 2:18pm PDT
Royal Society tells Exxon: stop funding climate change denial
Britain's leading scientists have challenged the US oil company ExxonMobil to stop funding groups that attempt to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change....
Posted: Sun, Sep 24, 2006 1:57pm PDT
OCA Statement on Nationwide Outbreak of E-Coli Poisoning from Bagged Spinach
The most likely explanation for this outbreak is that 90% of the nation's bagged spinach comes from one region in California, Monterey County, where a combination of excess manure, tainted with a dangerous variety of E. coli, from factory style dairy farms adjacent to spinach and lettuce farms, and above average rainfall and flooding appears to have contaminated irrigation water with E. coli-tainted animal feces, resulting in spinach plants being contaminated with E. coli....
Posted: Sun, Sep 24, 2006 1:39pm PDT
Organic Bytes: E.Coli, Nanotech, Product Plunder, & More...
* ALERT: E.COLI -- GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE PROBLEM
* ALERT: TINY TOXINS--NANO, NANO EVERYWHERE
* TIP OF THE WEEK: CONFUSED ABOUT WHICH ECO-LABLES YOU CAN TRUST?
* PRODUCT PLUNDER OF THE WEEK: THE TRUTH ABOUT SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE INVESTMENTS
* HEALTH TIDBIT OF THE WEEK: SWEETENED COFFEE CAN MAKE YOU FAT
* FAST FOOD CHAINS GOING ORGANIC
* WHO CARES WHERE YOUR FOOD COMES FROM?
* BEN AND JERRY'S GET EGGED
* BE AN OCA STATE NEWS SCOUT...
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 6:59pm PDT
The Bay Ecosystem: 1st FALL TALK of Nature in the City
at Counterpulse which is located at 1310 Mission Street @ 9th Street . civic center BART station is 2 blocks away ....
Event Date: Wed, Sep 27, 2006 8:00pm PDT
Posted: Fri, Sep 22, 2006 11:12am PDT
"No Quarry On The Coast" in Bodega
Bodega Bay, Just North of the Tides Texaco on Coast Hwy One
In front of the proposed "Harbor View" Subdivision
Downtown Bodega Bay, can't miss us...
Event Date: Sat, Sep 30, 2006 3:00pm PDT
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 6:34pm PDT
E.COLI / SPINACH ISSUE CONTINUES AS FDA LOOKS FOR THE SOURCE
The spinach and E.coli issue continues to dominate the news as Food and Drug Administration investigators try to pinpoint the source. On the FDA advisory to consumers about eating fresh spinach either in bulk or bagged form, retailers pulled the product from their shelves and shippers stopped sending the product to market....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 4:07pm PDT
Buffalo Field Campaign update from the field, 9/21/06
Our thoughts are with the bull buffalo that were imprisoned in the Duck Creek capture facility last night, after having been captured at 1:50 yesterday afternoon. As I write, frozen rain is falling on the West Yellowstone area, and buffalo are on their way to slaughter....
Posted: Thu, Sep 21, 2006 1:40pm PDT
TOMORROW: 9/21 'Green Collar Jobs' Solutions Salon
Thursday, September 21
6 - 7pm: Reception and light food (please bring your own cup and utensils, if you
can)
7 - 9pm: Discussion
WHERE:
Laney College Theatre...
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 7:26pm PDT
Dumb as We Wanna Be - THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN;
Reposted in a new topic and region with additional articles.
- Friedman: Fuel Blunder - We’d rather power anti-Americans with our energy purchases than promote antipoverty.
- Only the Rich Survive and More...
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 4:59pm PDT
Dr. Helen Caldicott
Osher Marin JCC, 200 N. San Pedro Road, San Rafael, CA 94903...
Event Date: Wed, Oct 11, 2006 7:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 3:40pm PDT
NO ROOM ON THE ARK? EVISCERATING THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
Commonwealth Club office, 595 Market St., 2nd Floor, San Francisco
See http://www.commonwealthclub.org/directions.html for directions...
Event Date: Mon, Sep 25, 2006 5:30pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 2:05pm PDT
Critical Mass in Oakland!
Frank Ogawa Plaza at 14th & Broadway in Oakland near the BART Station Entry...
Event Date: Fri, Oct 6, 2006 6:00pm PDT
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 11:17am PDT
Celebrate A Day Without Cars! (9/22)
How to participate:
Friday, September 22nd
- Join fellow Santa Cruzers for a Community "Green Cities" Bike Parade!
- Gather 5:30 at the clock tower Ride at 6:00
- Don’t drive or ride in a car
- Walk, bike, skateboard, or take public transportation!
- Wear/decorate your bike in Green!
- Tell a friend...
Posted: Wed, Sep 20, 2006 1:33am PDT