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March 2005 :
March 29, 2005
- Action Alert: Protect Conservation Tax Benefits
Recently, Congress' Joint Committee on Taxation recommended dismantling tax deductions for landowners who volunteer to conserve their land. This program that has been essential to private and public conservation efforts for over 25 years! These tax incentives helped to conserve over 34 million acres of working agricultural lands, working forests, wildlife habitats, historic landscapes, and parklands. From SaveOurEnvironment.org
- Event: International Development Series Panel: Coffee Growers and Communities
Join us for an evening of dialogue with two Bay Area businesses that are creating positive change in the world through your coffee cup. Local coffee companies, Taylor Maid and San Francisco Bay Coffee Company, are making a difference in the world through their innovative business models. Learn more about the world coffee crisis, how the fair trade movement is responding, as well as innovative models of corporate responsibility. In addition to a lively discussion, you'll also have the opportunity to taste coffee from around the world!
March 18, 2005
- Action Alert:
Help Stop the Trade in Dolphins from the Brutal Drive
Fishery in Taiji, Japan
On March 14th, the Council of Taiji Town of Japan
decided to export four male and four female bottlenose
dolphins that were captured during a drive fishery
operation in October last year and have been warehoused
at the Taiji Whale Museum since. The dolphins will
be sold to an aquarium in Talien City, China.
March 17, 2005
- News Room: All radio spots now on RPI Web site
After the tsunami in SE Asia, RPI Director Drew Weiner made appearances on radio talk shows to discuss the impacts on the region's coral reefs. Those interviews are now available as .mp3 files... - News Room: Battle for the Arctic Refuge is Just Beginning
A Message from The Wilderness Society
March 15, 2005
- Action Alert: Ask Your Rep to Keep House Budget Free of Arctic Drilling
On March 9 and 10, the House and Senate Budget Committees marked up a Budget resolution...
- News Room: Navy considers North Carolina for sonar range
After nine years of study, the Navy will release plans this spring for a submarine warfare training range it wants to build off the North Carolina coast. From The News & Observer.
- News Room: California Governor Schwarzenegger signed oak woodlands conservation legislation, SB 1334 (Kuehl) last October.
March 10, 2005
- Get Involved: International Summer Internships - Sign Up Now!
These cultural immersion experiences combine meaningful service, skills building, and plenty of fun! Programs in health, environment and/or education run from two weeks to six months. Internships are nine weeks and are offered with credit if you need it.
- News Room: Quiet talk of drilling offshore;
'Stealth strategy' worries opponents
by Jane Kay, San Francisco Chronicle
- Action: Thank Your Senator For Protecting Our Air
On March 9, 2005 a crucial vote took place in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. President Bush's so-called "Clear Skies" initiative was defeated, this is a huge victory for clean air and our health!
From SaveOurEnvironment.org
March 8, 2005
- News Room: Old Growth Cut Begins
Old Growth Reserve Logging has begun on Fiddler timber sale unit 11 about 1 3/4 miles above the National Wild & Scenic Illinois River on the road to Babyfoot Lake.
- Get Involved: Global Service Corps offers New Family Package - Kids go Free!
Global Service Corps (GSC) is now offering Family Volunteer Programs where children under 15 years pay no program fee! These volunteer vacations are a service-learning experience for the entire family to share.
- News Room: Impacts of Intense Underwater Noise on Marine Life
Accumulated evidence indicates that the energy generated by these technologies can have a range of adverse effects on marine mammals, fish and other marine life.
March 2, 2005
- News
Room: An open letter to the Shingu Police
This letter serves to officially thank you for the
professional way in which you have handled the controversy
and tension between our
coalition and the dolphin
hunters of Taiji.
March 1, 2005
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