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Fresno Earth Day
Resist, Restore, Rejuvinate. Putting the politics back into Earth Day...
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 10:38am PST
Educate yourselves on Energy Issues and do not fake innocent people into doing crazy stuff
It has been a long fight to sit down with CEC,CPUC, FERC, SFPUC, attend many public meetings,to help shut down the Hunters Point power plant that is old and spews toxins.Be educated and fight for what is right....
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 6:08am PST
3/23 ACTION:Evict P.G.&E from Hunters Point!
IF the Government Won't...the People Will!!
Help Deliver Eviction Notice to P.G.&E.
demanding the closure of the Hunters Point Power Plant Now!
WED. March 23rd
12 Noon
P.G.&E. Corporate Headquarters
77 Beale St.
San Francisco...
Posted: Tue, Mar 22, 2005 1:30am PST
Pesticide Ordinance TUESDAY 3/22 12:30pm
Just a quick reminder that the Oakland Public Works
committe will be revisiting the previously tabled
discussion on the proposed pesticide ordinance, which
would allow them to use herbicides as a measure to
prevent wildfires in the Oakland hills. Please come
out to address your concerns to city officials....
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 11:25pm PST
"Make this year's seal hunt the last"
DawnWatch: CSM op-ed - "Make this year's seal hunt the last" 3/18/05...
Posted: Mon, Mar 21, 2005 11:33am PST
Susan Leal Lacks Vision and Leadership at SFPUC
Susan Leal the General Manager who heads San Francisco Public Utilities Commission lacks vision and leadership on Energy Issues and on the $4 billion Hetch Hetchy Capital Improvement Project....
Posted: Sun, Mar 20, 2005 8:54pm PST
FEDS PROMISE CENTRAL VALLEY AGRIBUSINESSES WATER THAT'S NOT THERE
A new, groundbreaking report by the Environmental Working Group exposes how the Bureau of Reclamation's plan to divert more water for subsidized agribusiness is based on water that isn't there. In spite of the Bureau's claims otherwise, the Bureau's own documents reveal that the Bush administration is signing contracts providing for an increase of 1.5 million acre feet of water exports every year....
Posted: Sat, Mar 19, 2005 5:45pm PST
BTL:Failure of Bush Administration's Clear Skies Initiative Activates...
...Regulations to Weaken Environmental Enforcement ~ Interview with John Walke, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's clean air program, conducted by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus...
Posted: Sat, Mar 19, 2005 5:51am PST
Dead Squid Wash Up in California Again
DANA POINT, Calif. - Dead jumbo squid are again mysteriously washing up along Orange County's coastline, baffling scientists who are trying to find out why.
The Ocean Institute in Dana Point has conducted some of the research, shipping specimens to the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and Stanford University for further study.
Scientists at the institute this week dissected a 5-foot-long, 15-pound female Humboldt squid that was filled with parasites and sand. More than a 10...
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 11:56pm PST
4/8-10 Alternative Fuels Summit at Mercey Hot Springs
Friday April 8 - Sunday April 10, 2005
Alternative Fuels Summit
Mercey Hot Springs
26964 Little Panoche Road
Firebaugh, CA 93622...
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 6:45pm PST
3/20: Permaculture Bike Tour, Karl Linn Memorial
Sunday • March 20th • 2005
10am - 2pm
Meet at Berkeley's EcoHouse
1305 Hopkins @ Peralta...
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 6:43pm PST
drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
DawnWatch: Arctic drilling on front pages and in editorials 3/17/05...
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 2:56pm PST
Earth First! activist files complaint for 1998 death
Criminal homicide complaint filed against Maxxam/Pacific Lumber Co.
Former sheriff, district attorney, homicide detective also named...
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 1:55pm PST
Green Bridge Base Camp Two!
Following the closure order issued by the Forest Service- the campaign to stop the massive Biscuit logging project has established a new base camp just below the closure line on BLM land along the Illinois River. The directions are the same- take Highway 199 from Grants Pass about 25 miles west- past Selma but not quite to Kerby- and take a right onto Eight Dollar Road- go a mile or so and turn left onto a dirt pullout and there our wonderful encampment awaits! If you go all the way to the cl...
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 11:08am PST
Forest Watch looks at ways to reach goals
Having lost its case at the state's last court of appeal, a foothill environmental group is planning to turn to the court of public opinion to block clear-cut logging in area forests. Ebbetts Pass Forest Watch representatives say they hope to organize community groups, lobby county officials and support state legislation as avenues for blocking future clear cuts....
Posted: Fri, Mar 18, 2005 9:10am PST
IDA Joins Worldwide Protest Against Canadian Seal Slaughter
Demo at Canadian Consulate Trade Office in SF, noon, 3/15/05...
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 5:50pm PST
Water Board Ignores Duties, Votes More Logging
Pacific Lumber wins more logging with threats and intimidation....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 5:39pm PST
Maxxam/Palco to Clear-Cut More Redwoods
Pacific Lumber says it's not enough -- opponents upset. Water Quality official threatened by Palco....
Posted: Thu, Mar 17, 2005 5:19pm PST
Women warriors at the bridge to paradise
Z posted this email Monday to an international listserv of indymedia women. The story was highlighted on the US Indymedia site as well as several local Indymedia sites....
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 11:12pm PST
3/17: Biodiesel Film Festival in Berkeley
WHEN: Thursday, March 17th
7 – 10 p.m.
WHERE: La Pena Cultural Center,
3105 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley
510-849-2589...
Posted: Wed, Mar 16, 2005 9:06pm PST