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An Unhealthy Electoral Environment
Environmentalists face the most opposition from the Club for Growth, which picks candidates based solely on "tax cuts and growth." Founded by the presidents of the libertarian Cato Institute and the conservative magazine National Review, they have won 17 of 19 House and Senate races since 1999 and raised more than $10 million in 2002 alone....
Posted: Fri, May 2, 2003 11:58am PDT
Psycho Loggers Rampage Action in Downtown Eugene
Psycho Loggers Rampage Action in Downtown Eugene...
Posted: Mon, Apr 28, 2003 11:34am PDT
45 Million Hectares of BC Forests to slaughter on April 30 ACT NOW
BC govt. puts $20 000 000 into advertising BC Forest products internationally. Next, BC Forests become total industry commodity. Public input by April 30th critical. Act now to help save 45 MILLION hectares of precious, irreplacable environment. Please take the time to comment!...
Posted: Mon, Apr 28, 2003 10:37am PDT
Grand Father Trees
Humboldt County's Grandfather forrests va. multimational Corprations...
Posted: Sun, Apr 27, 2003 6:47pm PDT
Rod Coronado Responds to Smear Ads by Maxxam/Pacific Lumber
Timber Company and Tree-Sitters: Can't Beat 'Em? Smear 'Em!...
Posted: Wed, Apr 23, 2003 10:44am PDT
Maxxam Tree Climbers Arrest Tree-Sitter on Traverse
Maxxam Tree Climbers Arrest Tree-Sitter on Traverse
Heavy Rains Do Not Keep Maxxam Climbers Out of Trees...
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2003 12:06pm PDT
Trees Not Cars (It's Arbor Day and Earth Day!)
Plant a Tree for Critical Mass -and- Call In to Protect Forests...
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2003 8:04pm PDT
Earth Day Cancelled by EPA
Why have an Earth Day when so much of the Earth as we knew it is gone?...
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2003 5:54pm PDT
World Tree-sit Day kicks off early in Eugene,Oregon
World Tree-sit Day kicks off early in Eugene,Oregon...
Posted: Mon, Apr 21, 2003 9:04am PDT
A18 - Freshwater Update - more arrests & evictions
4-18-03: Two tree sitters in Freshwater California were taken out of 1000 year old tree, "Jezebel," today, by climbers hired by
Maxxam/Pacific Lumber Co. The tree, which Pacific Lumber contracted logger (of Steve Wills Trucking Co.), was then cut, adding to the casualties of ancient Redwood trees which used to cover Freshwater, holding up steep hillsides and preventing floods, which are now so common....
Posted: Sun, Apr 20, 2003 12:58pm PDT
CUBA: NEW VISTAS A short history of the future ( of humankind )
By JEREMY SEABROOK
SIXTY per cent of the vegetables consumed in Cuba today are organically
grown in city gardens. With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Cuba
was denied the access to pesticides, fertiliser and tractor fuel on which
it had depended. This, together with the continuing trade embargo by the
USA, ought to have ensured the collapse of the regime. This is why the survival of Cuba is an important lesson to the world. The
transition to self-reliance has been peaceable, wit...
Posted: Sat, Apr 19, 2003 7:21pm PDT
Save Mt. Diablo Benefit Concert! A night of Fun, Music, and Dance!
World Yoga Healing Arts Center Celebrates Its Grand Opening
by Hosting a Day Long Benefit and World Music Dance Concert for Save Mt. Diablo...
Posted: Fri, Apr 18, 2003 12:33pm PDT
Freshwater update
more tree sitter extractios, trees cut, non-violent protesters arrested...
Posted: Thu, Apr 17, 2003 5:21pm PDT
Bush Admin Forestry Policy - Protest at UC Berkeley April 22
Sure would be nice if this Bush administration 'spin job' got a proper reception from forest defenders....
Posted: Tue, Apr 15, 2003 10:29am PDT
More Tree-Sitters Evicted in Freshwater
Two more sitters evicted in Freshwater, another ancient redwood cut....
Posted: Sat, Apr 12, 2003 6:06pm PDT
Womyns' Action Camp, April 10-24, 2003
Knob timber sale, Salmon River
Klamath National Forest...
Posted: Wed, Apr 9, 2003 3:45pm PDT
Finnish layers, solicitors and judges are using a system
Real science is far from law. Most layers do not understand the fact of them really having 'no education' at all, and usually by then they have agreed on cases without really understanding bases. Layers degree is like a giving a piano to a child; you have an instrument, but do not know how to play. So, you decide to play false....
Posted: Sun, Mar 30, 2003 11:50pm PST
tensions escalate at Freshwater tree-sits
Activists supporting the on-going tree-sits in the Freshwater watershed expressed concern today as a fight broke out between Pacific Lumber employees and a person unknown to the activists....
Posted: Sat, Mar 29, 2003 12:02am PST
Ancient Redwood Trees Need You!!!
Forest Defenders need your help defending Ancient Trees and Water Quality In Freshwater! Today, March 27, Pacific Lumber contracted fallers cut tree named "Ripple", despite being informed that the tree was tied with rope to adjacent trees! Maxxam charges on as landslides and clearcuts consume Humboldt County watersheds!...
Posted: Thu, Mar 27, 2003 8:31pm PST