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textCongress to vote on Massive Public Land Grab by Daniel Borgström & Virginia Browning
This privatizing scheme would lock huge amounts of public land into corporate hands and imperil national parks, monuments and other treasures...
Posted: Wed, Nov 16, 2005 12:03am PST
imageRadioactive Tank No. 9 comes limping home
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by Bob Nichols, Project Censored Award Winner
The enduring vigorous stupidity of the U.S. military pretends that radiation is one of those things that if you can't see it, it can't hurt you. They are thoroughly delusional, of course. A National Academy of Sciences report released June 30, 2005, finds that there is no safe level of radiation. Any radiation is bad.......
Posted: Tue, Nov 15, 2005 11:29am PST
textA NON-FICTION, CALIFORNIA HORROR TALE by SALLY E. MEARS
Regarding the nightmare, who is: Congressman Richard Pombo and his personal agenda of environmental destruction and animal welfare/protection abolishment....
Posted: Sun, Nov 13, 2005 1:59pm PST
textUN warns of Iraq environment threat by ALJ
Over 50 contaminated industrial and military sites across Iraq pose a threat to the environment and public health, the United Nations has warned....
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 10:18pm PST
textRAN and the illusion of Corporate Campaigns by Gato Negro
In 1999, Rainforest Action Network declared a victory on their Home Depot Campaign. The victory declared that the company had agreed to stop carrying lumber extracted from rainforests. Mahogany toilet seats and plywood from Indonesia were to be a thiing of the past. In 2005 the organization uses its victory as a model for corporate campaigning. But Home Depot still carries those products, in fact nothing has changed, except for corporate America’s ability to deal with environmental corporate ...
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 8:50pm PST
imageGlobal Warming Climate Change and Low Income and Communities of Color
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by Maurice Campbell
Have we heard the voices of our indigenous people, or low income or people of color? They have expressed concerns on their environment for decades....
Posted: Thu, Nov 10, 2005 10:14am PST
textSonoma County GE Moratorium Measure Fails by via Cal GE Free
Sonoma County went to the polls last night to vote on Measure M, a proposed ten-year moratorium on GE-organisms. The initiative failed by a 56% to 44% margin. The GE-Free Sonoma press release is pasted below....
Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2005 5:06pm PST
textOILWATCH tribute to Ken Saro Wiwa by Oilwatch
Oilwatch, a global South network of oil resistance, honors Ken Saro-Wiwa....
Posted: Wed, Nov 9, 2005 9:52am PST
imageGlobal Warming and Poverty
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by Maurice Campbell
Many Low income and Communities of Color through out the world have been hollering and saying to anyone who would listen the "TOXICS ARE KILLING US" now we see this type of potential withholding of funds towards Africa. Had we listened to the communities that were asking to be saved from the toxics would we be at Global Warming's deadly doorstep. Environmental Racism does show that it can boomerang. It does not matter if you are a billionare or a pauper you are in the Global Warming...
Posted: Tue, Nov 8, 2005 6:35pm PST
textPrince Charles - Extreme Environmental Hypocrite. by Team Kernow
So we are to believe that Prince Charles has the well being of the planet at heart? Read on!...
Posted: Mon, Nov 7, 2005 9:49am PST
textRevolution at the petrol pumps as UK Government backs biofuels by UK Independent
Every British motorist will soon be driving on petrol made from sugar beet and diesel made from oilseed rape as part of the Government's fight against climate change....
Posted: Sun, Nov 6, 2005 7:21pm PST
imageLast shot to keep Oil out of ANWR.
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by Jonathan Morse
A Cartoon about Manifest Destiny from Dirtworshiping Heathens Sketchbook......
Posted: Sun, Nov 6, 2005 2:08pm PST
imageGlobal Warming Climate Change a Wake Up Call
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by M. C Activist
We are sleepwalking to the end of the earth remember the frogs in warm water keep turning up the temperature gradually they won't notice until after it is too late...
Posted: Sat, Nov 5, 2005 5:45am PST
textBlood on the Tundra, Betrayal in the Rotunda by CounterPunch (reposted)
November 4, 2005 Oil's Victory in Alaska, with a Dem Assist Blood on the Tundra, Betrayal in the Rotunda By JEFFREY ST. CLAIR...
Posted: Fri, Nov 4, 2005 7:28am PST
imageMillion Solar Roofs - ACTION ALERT
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by a war hater
California's Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is set to vote on the creation of the largest solar program in the United States....
Posted: Fri, Nov 4, 2005 7:18am PST
textSF events Green Fest SF Sat / Sun by IRS is Fraud.
http://greenfestivals.com...
Posted: Thu, Nov 3, 2005 3:24pm PST
textGone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage by AK Press
Author and filmmaker Heather Rogers will talk about her new book "Gone Tomorrow: The Hidden Life of Garbage", a political history of rubbish in the United States. Joining her will be organizer and activist Monica Wilson from the grassroots group Global Anti-Incinerator Alliance, who will discuss recent Bay Area struggles against new garbage incinerators and the importance of addressing waste disposal issues in the context of race and class....
Posted: Thu, Nov 3, 2005 10:04am PST
textEditorial submitted to NY Times about the illustrious Rep. Richard Pomba (Rep-CA) by byerly woodward
I sent this editorial from the NY Times to various Central Valley newspapers, but no one saw fit to reprint it. Maybe you will have more nerve....
Posted: Tue, Nov 1, 2005 1:07pm PST
imageF-U-H2: Introducing the official H2 salute
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by two wheels good
Introducing the official H2 salute. Fuck you and your H2!...
Posted: Tue, Nov 1, 2005 11:58am PST
text Britain hosts energy summit while failing to meet its emission targets by UK Indep
Energy ministers from across the world gather in London today to begin the latest chapter in the increasingly urgent international battle against climate change....
Posted: Tue, Nov 1, 2005 8:26am PST
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