Environment & Forest Defense
Environment & Forest Defense
El Paso Bribes Environmentalists for Pipeline
Conservation Easement for Consent, 30-07-2010 - 20:20
In order to appear more environmentally friendly, proponents of the 680 mile long Ruby Pipeline Project have reached a conservation agreement with two prominant environmental groups (WWP & ONDA) in exchange for the environmental groups dropping any opposition to the proposed pipeline route through pristine sagebrush wilderness, mating ground for endangered sage grouses.
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Corrupt BLM Approves Ruby Pipeline
HELP! STOP Ruby Pipeline!!, 19-07-2010 - 22:53
On Tuesday, July 13, the BLM granted El Paso corporation approval to construct the Ruby Pipeline, despite lack of input or public comment options ANYWHERE in the state of Nevada, whose residents and ecosystems must bear the long term effects of a natural gas pipeline crossing the pristine wilderness of northern Nevada.
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Mustang Conspiracy; BLM Rush to Move Horses
George Knapp Interview w/ ATS, 10-07-2010 - 23:11
Recent coverage by Las Vegas reporter George Knapp details the sudden rush by the BLM to forcibly remove large numbers of Nevada's wild mustangs could be to clear the way for the Ruby Pipeline as proposed by El Paso Corporation.
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Move Your $MONEY$ Southern Oregon
SWITCH TO A LOCAL BANK OR CREDIT UNION!, 09-07-2010 - 00:48
Ashland, Oregon * Independence Day, 2010
Southern Oregon's MOVE YOUR MONEY campaign debuted on the main drag during Ashland's Fourth of July parade. The parade entry from Southern Oregon Jobs with Justice (SOJwJ) included the Jefferson State Rollers. The helpful swarm of female roller derby skaters blasted Ashland with thousands of tri-fold Move Your Money brochures which rank regional banks and credit unions with the big Wall Street banks. Any guess which work best for the local economy?
People want to support local economic development and are tired of Wall Street excesses that have crippled our country. Move Your Money is a campaign to move money away from the big greedy Wall Street Banks and put the bucks where they will do the most good right here at home.
Check out July 4 parade photos and look at the PDF brochure for a detailed description of Move Your MONEY Southern Oregon.
(click any photo makes it larger)
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Lack of LNG Market in CA, Export Agenda
NO Pipelines Needed!!, 27-06-2010 - 00:28
Corporations pushing for natural gas pipelines (Pacific Connector and Ruby Pipeline) may be more interested in exporting the resource overseas than importing natural gas, as there isn't much of a market for natural gas in CA as previously claimed. Once again corporations like Fort Chicago and El Paso are rushing to get these pipelines into the ground so they can profit from selling off resources while leaving the sites polluted and empty of resources.
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Kali the Mother, by Swami Vivekananda
Craig Louis Stehr, 23-06-2010 - 01:31
Poem of devotion to Kali, the dark warrior mother goddess of destruction, written by Sri Ramakrishna's disciple, Swami Vivekananda.
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Ecolab Inc. Sprays Undisclosed Pesticides
No Recourse For Humans Sprayed!, 17-06-2010 - 23:04
Ecolab corporation contracts with other large corporations for pesticide spraying, and their status seems to make them immune from prosecution when they violate the law. They refuse to disclose the products they are spraying, and there is little to no recourse for anyone effected by their spraying, the EPA once again sits on their hands and refuses to regulate large corporations like Ecolab.
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Utah; Chevron Pipeline Ruptures, Spills Oil
Great Salt Lake ecosystem threatened, 15-06-2010 - 23:11
Recent ruptured petroleum pipeline owned by Chevron spills 33,600 gallons of crude oil into Red Butte Creek watershed near Great Salt Lake's Farmington Bay Wildlife Refuge, all coming from a quarter sized hole. Just how safe did the experts say these pipelines were?
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Intergenerational Injustice:BPoil Ocean death
Artemis at the Well, 13-06-2010 - 00:48
A vast ecosystem is dying before us. The Gulf of Mexico is soaked in oil. Millions upon millions of creatures –land, sea and sky are dead or dying. The gulf waters are dead to oil and greed. What are we doing to help save the Gulf and the planet. What has caused us to come to this point in time. Intergenerational Injustice over time is leaving a planet that will be unfit for our grandchildren let alone the seventh generation into the future.
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Why is BLM Force Removing NV's Wild Horses?
Ruby Pipeline Connections?, 09-06-2010 - 20:43
The proposed Ruby Pipeline delivering natural gas from Wyoming to Malin, OR appears to be the primary motivating factor behind recent BLM decisions to forcibly remove wild horses from large parts of their habitat.
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West Coast Earth First! Rendezvous June 11-13
West Coast Earth First! Rendezvous June 11-13, 04-06-2010 - 18:27
For all those who love Ancient forests and wild spaces (and those who enjoy being alive, thanks to these forests and wild places!)...
....you are invited to join us in the trees for another summer of resistance!
The West Coast Regional Earth First! Rendezvous and Cascadia Forest Defender's Action Camp will be taking place June 11-13th, near Eugene, Oregon.
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Richardson Grove Action Camp! May 28-30
Friends of the Grove, 25-05-2010 - 00:00
FOR THOSE WHO ARE WAITING FOR THE "MAGIC MOMENT" TO JUMP INTO THE SAVE RICHARDSON GROVE CAMPAIGN(SRG), THE TIME IS RIGHT NOW! CALTRANS MAY BE CUTTING TREES AT RICHARDSON GROVE STATE PARK AS YOU READ THIS CALL TO ACTION. A camp for all those interest in direct action will take place at the state park itself on May 28-30. Contact 
humboldtforestdefense@gmail.com for more info.
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May 20th Pacific Connector Hearing Update
No LNG in Coos Bay, 23-05-2010 - 17:01
A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who attended the hearing in Coquille on the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline. Thank you also for all the 'GREAT' comments and testimony!
The hearing was well attended. The room was full and I am not sure how many that room holds but there was at least 100 + people. 32 people signed up to speak against the project and 1 signed up to speak in favor.
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PESTICIDE FREE PARKS - Opportunity in Ashland
Tom Dimitre, Rogue Group Sierra Club, 23-05-2010 - 13:29
The Ashland Parks and Recreation Commission will hear comments and is scheduled to make a decision regarding the current draft of their Integrated Pesticide Management (IPM) policy.
WHEN: MONDAY - MAY 24 -- 7:00 pm
WHERE: City Council Chambers, 1175 E. Main St., Ashland
Please make every effort to attend and speak.
The Ashland Parks and Recreation Department's draft policy will not lead us to pesticide free parks. The draft policy will continue the current practice of spraying our parks, playgrounds, schools (Parks Dept. is contracted by schools to spray) and public areas. There simply is no
language that bans or requires the reduction of pesticide use.
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MCRD takes Walmart to the OR Supreme Court
Rogue Indy Volunteer Reporters, 19-05-2010 - 15:50
Today legal history was made at North Medford High School, the venue where the Oregon Supreme Court heard the appeal of Medford Citizens for Responsible Development (MCRD), following their grant of the writ of certiorari. On the average, our high court decides to hear about five percent of the cases it is asked to hear on appeal, so it is a victory for MCRG just to be granted an Oregon Supreme Court hearing.
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2010 Trans & Womyn's Action Camp
TWAC, 18-05-2010 - 23:18
TWAC = The lovely sound of smashing patriarchy!
Want to learn about non-violent direct action, community health, organizing skills, and more in a safe(r) and inclusive environment?
We are only 7 weeks away from this years Trans & Womyn's Action Camp in Cascadia.
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5/20; Pacific Connector Hearing in Coquille!
NO LNG in Coos Bay!, 18-05-2010 - 21:19
We are only a few days and counting to one of the most important hearings we will
have on the Jordan Cove / Pacific Connector Project. The Pacific Connector Pipeline
has applied for their Coos County Conditional Land Use Coastal Zone permit.
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Stop Walmart Rally Tue morning before Supreme Court Hearing
WALMART DESTROYS LOCAL ECONOMIES--HURTS PEOPLE, 18-05-2010 - 03:51
Stop Walmart -- Miles Field Rally -- Near Medford's south I-5 Interchange
Tuesday May 18, 7AM to 8AM (rally followed by OR Supreme Court Hearing 9AM @ N. Medford High School)
Near Hwy. 99 & Stewart, sidewalk along 99 south of Veterans Park & the Oregon National Guard Armory
Right where Miles Field USE TO BE! (before Walmart & City of Medford corporate cronyism)
-- CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST PROVIDED --
-- -- -- Hot Coffee and snacks -- -- --
STOP WALMART! -- STOP THE TRAFFIC NIGHTMARE -- STOP WALMART!
COME SUPPORT MEDFORD CITIZENS FOR RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT (MCRD)
This over six-year-long David v. Goliath struggle is pitting our community against a multinational conglomerate that is dead set on destroying our community.
Peter Buckley issues the Walmart warning back in 2005 -- watch video clip
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grandmothers and friends in green honor h2o
souixzan, 30-04-2010 - 15:14
Grandmothers and Friends in Green are concerned that the purity of the
Creek will be despoiled by the proposed Mt. Ashland Ski Area Expansion.
The proposed ski expansion would clearcut seventy acres (equivalent to
70 football fields) in the City's municipal watershed.
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TAX WALL STREET DAY OF ACTION - Apr. 15, 2010
SOUTHERN OREGON JOBS WITH JUSTICE, 14-04-2010 - 21:09
For 30 years, corporate CEOs and Wall Street speculators have put the squeeze on workers with globalization, privatization and union-busting.
They used their rising profits to buy Congress, convincing them to hand out tax breaks to the rich and gut banking regulations and consumer protections. Then they invented unscrupulous mortgage and investing practices, turning our financial system into a casino. When their speculation didn't pay off, they got Congress to bail them out to the tune of $15,000 for every household in America.
A tax on the speculators of the Wall Street casino could put 3 million people to work fixing our infrastructure, teaching our children, making our factories sustainable and improving our public services.
* * * * TAKE ACTION TO MAKE THEM PAY * * * * WE NEED JOBS NOW! * * * *
TAX DAY: APRIL 15, 2010
1PM - US POST OFFICE, 120 N. 1st St.
ASHLAND, OREGON
Currently there are 29 actions around the country * to learn more or find an action near you: 
http://www.taxwallstreet.org
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