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Oakland Council votes for herbicide ordinance
Last night's City Council meeting voted unanimously
for doing an Environmental Impact Report to determine
the safety of the proposed herbicide use in the
Oakland Hills for fire prevention....
Posted: Thu, Apr 7, 2005 12:53am PDT
Wahallich Revisited
Angie and Audrey Osborne in front of Jessie Morrow Mountain...
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2005 7:46pm PDT
Pepper Spray Q-Tip Swabbing Case Back in Court
Jury selection starts April 12, 2005....
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2005 4:18pm PDT
Interview with Vicky Hoover on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (audio/mpeg 11.1MB)
Vicky Hoover is a local veteran wilderness activist working to preserve the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, where oil companies are lobbying Congress to allow oil exploration and drilling....
Posted: Tue, Apr 5, 2005 10:03am PDT
Tuesday 6+7pm, Pesticide Alert - Oakland City Council
Please come out to Oakland City Hall, tomorrow, Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at
6pm (public forum) 7pm (voting), when the proposed ordinance to use
herbicide as a method of wildfire prevention is going before the full City
Council....
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2005 11:21pm PDT
April Fuelish Day - 2005: The Raging Grannies and more!
The Peninsula Raging Grannies gaggle and the Stanford Radical Cheerleaders take on Peninsula Ford....
Posted: Mon, Apr 4, 2005 10:57pm PDT
STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD HEARING
On March 16th, the Humboldt Watershed Council and EPIC appeared before
the North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board in Santa Rosa to
present their case against enrolling new timber harvest plans for
Pacific Lumber in the severely damaged watersheds of Freshwater Creek
and Elk River...
Posted: Fri, Apr 1, 2005 5:53pm PST
Urgent - Calls Needed to Stop Biscuit Roadless Logging
Roadless logging in the Siskiyou Wild Rivers Area of Southwestern
Oregon is becoming even more imminent. The Siskiyou National Forest
may auction the Mike's Gulch timber sale, located within the South
Kalmiopsis Roadless Area, within weeks....
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 3:18pm PST
Prevent coastal drilling- Pacifica hearing tomorrow
Assemblyman Leland Yee is holding a press conference this Friday in
Pacifica
to garner support for his proposed legislation to ensure that
California's
coastal waters are safe from off shore oil drilling....
Posted: Thu, Mar 31, 2005 2:38pm PST
Fight pesticide use in Oakland: Free fax action
Fight the use of pesticides in Oakland: Go to Local Impact and send a free fax to the City Council....
Posted: Wed, Mar 30, 2005 9:51am PST
oakland city council to decide exemption april 5 - send faxes now
Two versions of the ordinance to use herbicides in the
prevention of wildfires are scheduled to go before the
Oakland City Council next Tuesday, April 5, 2005, at
7pm (6pm to get seats, and sign up to speak)....
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 10:49pm PST
Karuk Tribe's Sacred Sites at Risk
The California Wilderness Coalition's report lists a Karuk Tribal Sacred Site as one of the 10 most endangered wild places in California....
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 11:15am PST
Interview with Mike Roselle of Earth First! (audio/mpeg 14.3MB)
Mike Roselle, one of the founders of Earth First!, spoke with me in Eugene, Oregon during the Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, or ELAW. Roselle talks about anthropocentrism, the global justice movement, the environmental movement and Earth First! mp3, 17:01...
Posted: Tue, Mar 29, 2005 10:57am PST
Reminder: Save Biodiesel in Berkeley
Just a reminder to email/write/phone the mayor of
Berkeley today! Repost from Burnveggies Biodiesel Digest...
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 6:09pm PST
Klamath River Tribes, Fishermen Rally To Remove Dams
The march and rally to take down the PaciCorp dams on the Klamath River attracted over 400 people. Although NPR and local TV stations covered it, not a word about the historic event appeared in the Sacramento Bee (Surprise, Surprise!)...
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 5:27pm PST
Future of Food Press Release
Don't miss the Future of Food film showing in Sacramento on March 31!...
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 5:14pm PST
Action Alert: Save Biodiesel in Berkeley
The Ecology Center, Berkeley Biodiesel Collective, and
BioFuel Oasis urge you to email and/or call the
Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates and tell him that the city
should continue to run their vehicles on 100%
biodiesel (B100)....
Posted: Mon, Mar 28, 2005 11:57am PST
Announcing the Biscuit Burn Skillshare Camp, April 1-8
LEARN HOW TO SAVE THE WILD SISKIYOU AT THE BISCUIT BURN SKILLSHARE CAMP
running from April 1st to 8th, come for all or part, or stay and never leave!...
Posted: Sun, Mar 27, 2005 3:00am PST
Demonstration at the Mexican Consulate in San Francisco
Families from San Gaspar de los Reyes in Jalisco, Mexico, who now live in the Bay Area protest construction of a dam in their home town. Silvia Ramirez and Norma Valdez-Jimenez spoke; their speeches are reprinted below....
Posted: Sat, Mar 26, 2005 1:43am PST
P.G.&E. Evicted by the People!! (video/x-ms-wmv 26.3MB)
30 day eviction notice delivered to P.G.&E.
6 min video of residents, community members, and allies
demanding the closure of the Hunters Point Power Plant....
Posted: Fri, Mar 25, 2005 2:45pm PST