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Big Mountain, Black Mesa Struggle Continues/Spring Caravan from the Bay & NCoast
RIGHT NOW there is an amendment on the congressional floor that sets a new
timetable for the forced relocation of a number of indigenous Navajo families on
Black Mesa. This bill, S1003, comes at a time when the world's largest coal
company, Peabody Coal, prepares not only to continue, but in fact to
expand its strip mining of American Indian lands.
# This spring a caravan will be traveling to Black Mesa from Northern
California and the San Francisco Bay Area....
Posted: Thu, Jan 5, 2006 12:27am PST
Biodiesel Bulletin
Temporary Waiver Granted for B2 Requirement in Minnesota
Two Weeks Left to Register for Biodiesel Conference
Biodiesel Projects Funded Through USDA, USB
First Biodiesel Plant a Reality for Indiana
World Energy Wins Platts Energy Distinction
Bonnie Raitt Raises Money for Biodiesel Outreach in Tennessee
Biodiesel On and Off the Clock: Willamette Valley Vineyards...
Posted: Tue, Jan 3, 2006 10:14pm 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
low level chemical sprays to begin shortly in the west
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Posted: Fri, Dec 30, 2005 2:18pm 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
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
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
Buffalo Field Campaign - Update from the Field - 12/22/05
Last Thursday wild bison advocates gathered in Helena, Montana for a press conference, held right down the hall from the office of Governor Brian Schweitzer. Simultaneously, our national call-in day to the Governor was underway....
Posted: Thu, Dec 22, 2005 7:01pm PST
US Navy plans use of LFAS in Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Mediterranean Oceans
The US Navy is in the final stages of submitting public comments to the
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) pertaining to the use of Low Freqency
Sonar in the Pacific, Atlantic, Mediterranean and Indian Oceans. The well
documented negative affects of this technology has been demonstrated in
the past in whale and dolphin beachings around the world, with some
washing up with visible damage to their ears (bleeding), disorientation,
often leading to death. Humans within...
Posted: Sat, Dec 17, 2005 3:23am PST
Buffalo Field Campaign - Update from the Field - 12/15/05
Often times we here at the BFC tend to focus on the harder side of life. It is news and unfortunately for all of us involved a fact of daily life....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 11:05pm PST
Danny McGowan, Denied Bail, audio (audio/mpeg 5.8MB)
on Democracy Now .Org ... today 12/15/05 ... great reporting on Daniel & Police State
file below is just about Danny's case...
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 3:20pm PST
New York Activist Faces Life in Prison; Feds Accuse Him of Eco-Terrorism
Daniel McGowan was one of six environmental activists arrested last week in a series of coordinated raids across four states. He is accused of setting a pair of arsons in Oregon in 2001 and is being held without bail....
Posted: Thu, Dec 15, 2005 9:44am PST
wto and biodiversity: a brief interview with Simone Lovera from Friends of the Earth (audio/mpeg 6.4MB)
Simone Lovera of Friends of the Earth International explains how the WTO effects biodiversity at the WTO ministerial in Hong Kong....
Posted: Wed, Dec 14, 2005 9:19am PST
Another arrest and subpoena in FBI Eco witch hunt - Please write him a letter!
Former ALF prisoner Darren Thurston was arrested last Wednesday and is currently being held in an INS detention center in Tacoma. His extradition is based on his conviction for raiding a Lab in 1992. He was also subpoenaed to the Eugene grand jury for Feb. 16th, 2006
No word yet on how a subpoena can be served or enforced upon a Canadian citizen, but these are awfully strange times we are living in. Darren has been told, as most of the other recipients of the recent subpoenas, that he is a t...
Posted: Sun, Dec 11, 2005 6:03pm PST
When Bison Grieve: Notes From Montana's Fair-Chase Hunt
Come along on field patrol with Buffalo Field Campaign volunteers as they document Montana's so-called "fair-chase" hunt. Yellowstone's wild bison -- America's last free-roaming herd -- are subjected to hazing, capture, quarantine, & slaughter when they leave the park, courtesy of Montana's Department of Livestock. Now, a three-month hunt is sandwiched into this line-up of persecution for an animal not even considered wildlife and offered no designated habitat by the state....
Posted: Sun, Dec 11, 2005 4:16pm PST
How America Plotted to Stop Kyoto Deal
Large companies got us into the Global Warming, Climate Change mess and for ExxonMobil attempt to destroy Kyoto. We the people of the World need to send them our message Boycott their products and send them a message through their profits....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 5:39pm PST
Brooklyn activist faces life in prison on 16-count arson indictment
Federal marshals arrested six environmental activists in a series of coordinated raids in four states yesterday, Dec. 8, in apparent response to a string of arsons in Oregon and Washington attributed to the Earth Liberation Front (ELF), including simultaneous attacks in 2001 at the University of Washington's Urban Horticulture Center and the Jefferson Poplar Farms in Clatskanie, Oregon. Daniel McGowan, 31 was arrested in New York City....
Posted: Fri, Dec 9, 2005 12:09pm PST
Italy: Venaus battle - People win back the valley
Italy - Venaus battle
People win back the valley...
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 10:50pm PST
Action Alert: Flyer Syriana
We are mobilizing volunteers to distribute educational flyers to moviegoers before and after Syriana....
Posted: Thu, Dec 8, 2005 9:45pm PST