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2006 Master Composter Training
Stopwaste.org offers this 4-month training and environmental education program to promote the recycling of organic materials on the community level. Applications are due by January 13, 2006; visit our website at www.BayFriendly.org to apply on-line or download an application....
Posted: Tue, Jan 3, 2006 9:38pm PST
Greenpeace finds and engages the whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean
1st Photo Credit: Greenpeace ship MY Esperanza in pursuit of the Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru in the Southern Ocean. Greenpeace is using every peaceful means available to bring the hunt to an early end and make it the last time the Sanctuary is breached by the whalers....
Posted: Mon, Jan 2, 2006 7:32pm PST
17th Yellowstone Bison Killed in Montana Hunt
GARDINER, MONTANA. In spite of continuous national public outcry calling for Montana to cancel its controversial bison hunt, the state's zero-tolerance policy against the country's last wild bison continues. On New Years Day it resulted in another bison death in Gardiner, Montana, just outside the boundaries of Yellowstone National Park....
Posted: Mon, Jan 2, 2006 6:44pm PST
20 years on and whales are under threat again
Dust down the slogan, it's needed once again: Save The Whale. Twenty years on from the introduction of the international whaling moratorium that was supposed to protect them, the great whales face renewed and mortal dangers in 2006....
Posted: Sun, Jan 1, 2006 9:07pm PST
Dept. of Interior May Open National Parks To Logging
The DOI wants to open National Parks for exploitation....
Posted: Sun, Jan 1, 2006 9:01pm PST
Organic Sacramento New Year's Update!
Here's the latest information on the upcoming activities of Organic Sacramento from Kim Glazzard. The first Organic Sacramento meeting of 2006 will take place on Monday, January 2 at 6:30 pm at the Sacramento Natural Foods Co-op deli cafeteria area at Alhambra and S Streets in Sacramento. I hope to see you there!...
Posted: Sun, Jan 1, 2006 11:52am PST
Peoples Camera on The Flooding of Corte Madera Creek, Marin County
The awesome power of water, once again destroys a community, though this one is much better poised to survive than the unfortunate victims of hurricane Katrina. Corte Madera Creek is usually a calm trickle and even kayakable most of the year. Perhaps not today....
Posted: Sat, Dec 31, 2005 7:09pm PST
Owning the Weather (video/x-pn-realvideo 26.7MB)
Hour long documentary looking into the military use of weather control...
Posted: Fri, Dec 30, 2005 5:04pm PST
low level chemical sprays to begin shortly in the west
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Posted: Fri, Dec 30, 2005 2:18pm PST
Arc Ecology and Conflict of Interest in the Bayview
Mayor Gavin Newsom better step in and stop this blatant conflict of interest in the Bayview. Again and again outside groups and here we have Arc Ecology wanting to do some little fake outreach by trying to win $283,500 per bid using UNDUE process known to the world as CONFLICT OF INTEREST. You cannot fool all the people all the time....
Posted: Fri, Dec 30, 2005 12:24am PST
Buffalo Field Campaign - Update from the Field - 12/29/05
he days between Christmas and New Years have provided a welcome respite on the Yellowstone border. Buffalo Field Campaign (BFC) patrols continue to rise before the sun to stand with the buffalo, and we've been basking in the quiet time spent in their presence....
Posted: Thu, Dec 29, 2005 11:59pm PST
A Looming Threat to Oldgrowth Forests
Highlights an attempt by government and corporations to open oldgrowth groves for logging....
Posted: Wed, Dec 28, 2005 11:12pm PST
Central Valley Air Quality Coalition members on KPFA Evening News 12-16-05 (audio/mpeg 5.7MB)
Excerpt from KPFA Evening News. Duration 6 min 15 sec....
Posted: Tue, Dec 27, 2005 11:59pm PST
Award-Winning Inaugural Fresno Solar Homes Tour 2005 featured on my new video blog
Fresno wins the "Best New Solar Tour 2005" award, see the video!...
Posted: Tue, Dec 27, 2005 11:14pm PST
GOP Launches Vicious Attack on Endangered Species
In the GOP's latest hellish vision (bills S.2112 and HR 3824), the lives of living organisms would be bartered, traded, and thrown away like so much monopoly money in a "credit system. "...
Posted: Tue, Dec 27, 2005 12:29pm PST
Jeff "Free"Luers Legal Update & Dispatch
Jeff has new information about his legal battle and a dispatch for his supporters....
Posted: Mon, Dec 26, 2005 5:00pm PST
Seeking Information in Regards to an intentional Hit and Run;SUV Vs Bicyclist
We are seekinginformation in regards to a hit and run acccident of a bicycle vs. SUV early last week in the Mission District of San Francisco....
Posted: Mon, Dec 26, 2005 5:39am PST
December 24, 2005 Update on Daniel Mc Gowan
Daniel is currently being held at Lane County Jail following his court appearance on
Thursday in Eugene for his arraignment. He was read his charges and plead Not
Guilty....
Posted: Sat, Dec 24, 2005 6:53pm PST
49er City - the last frontier and blatant corruption
The Southeast Sector is the last frontier in San Francisco. Candlestick Park and the Hunters Point Naval Shipyard is being vied by corrupt developers like Lennar BVHP LLC and the cronies working for Mayor Gavin Newsom - Jesse Blout, Dwayne Jones, Michael Cohen, Marcia Rosen - none of them live in San Francisco. They for sure make their money in San Francisco. Thousands of units will be built on toxic sites mostly landfill and prone to liquefaction....
Posted: Sat, Dec 24, 2005 11:24am PST
Bayview Hunters Point sets April 11 deadline for PG&E shutdown
From the youngest to the oldest, they sang and cried, “If you won’t do it for us, then for our children.” A 17-year-old young man stepped to the center of the circle, telling the crowd gathered in front of PG&E’s offices, “I have a younger sister and brother. They both have asthma, and I am not going to sit by and do nothing to stop them from suffering.”...
Posted: Fri, Dec 23, 2005 7:20am PST