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April 27, 2006

News Room: Putin Orders Pipeline Moved Away From Lake
“The route should be moved more than 25 miles north of Lake Baikal, Putin said at a discussion with regional governors over Siberia's development.” From AP & the San Francisco Chronicle.
News Room: Radioactive School Site is Tip of New Jersey Toxic Iceberg
“…the former uranium processing facility is one of as many as 200 contaminated sites that have been expedited for school construction…” From Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility.
Action alert: California Wild Lands Need Your Help
Congress has provided the mechanism for acquiring such lands but not the money. Please write your members of Congress today and urge them to support specific funding for these projects. From the Wilderness Society.
News Room: Landowner confesses to paying for murder of Dorothy Stang
“…worked in the region for 30 years as an activist protecting the land rights of the poor and the environment.” From Agencia Brasil.
Press Release: 2006 Goldman Environmental Prize winners
The $125,000 Goldman Environmental Prize, now in its 17th year, is awarded annually to six grassroots environmental heroes and is the largest award of its kind in the world.

April 20, 2006

Action Alert: This Earth Day, Save the World's Biggest Salmon Fishery from Mining
“The Bristol Bay watershed is an intricate system of lakes, streams, and rivers southwest of Anchorage, Alaska that remains remarkably unchanged by human activity. And it is threatened by mining development.” From Earthworks.
Event: Mountain Justice Summer Training Camp
“Hey everybody, Come to the MJS Training Camp in Southern West Virginia to Kick off another great summer of resistance…” to Mountain Top Removal mining.
Action Alert: Protect Endangered Condors from Lead Poisoning
“Lead bullets are prevalent throughout condor territory, and there is overwhelming evidence that lead exposure comes from ammunition fragments in carcasses the condors feed upon. Condors and other scavenging birds such as eagles are extremely vulnerable to lead and will continue to die of lead poisoning until and unless state and federal agencies take action.” From The Center for Biological Diversity.
Event: First National Conference on Precaution
“Join with groups & activists to share successful precautionary strategies & policies. Build the movement for precautionary action to prevent harm from environmental hazards.”
Action Alert: Western Monument At-Risk: Help Keep the Missouri River Breaks Wild!
“Recently, the Bureau of Land Management, which oversees the monument, released a draft plan that will determine the future of the 377,000-acre area. Unfortunately the draft plan fails to safeguard the area’s wildlife, scenic, historical, and biological resources that the monument status was intended to preserve.” From Earthjustice.
Event: 14^th Protecting Mother Earth Conference
Hosted by the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Division of Resources Management. Plenary Sessions on: Sacredness of Water, Toxics & Environmental Health, Energy & Climate Justice, Forests, with workshops and Native youth leadership activities
News Room: Evidence links “built green” homes to destructive logging in Grassy Narrows
A Rainforest Action Network report published last week on FreeGrassy.org confirms that Weyerhaeuser building products and new homes marketed in the United States as “environmentally friendly” use wood clear-cut without consent from treaty-protected indigenous territory within Canada’s threatened Boreal Forest.
Action Alert: Verde Makes America's Most Endangered Rivers List!
“The Verde made the list because the City of Prescott and Town of Prescott Valley plan to build a pipeline and divert water from its supporting aquifer, paving the way for further development. But the inclusion of the Verde River on the America's Most Endangered Rivers list presents a unique opportunity to change the course of the river's future.” From The Center for Biological Diversity.

April 12, 2006

News Room: Taiji weblog update
“Dolphins From Inhumane Drive Fishery Still Being Traded! The following is an update concerning Taiji dolphins due to be exported to China…”

April 6, 2006

News Room: Double Language from the French Defense Ministry on the Consequences of Nuclear Testing
“Without citing the commission’s report, the defense ministry repeats all the worn-out arguments on ‘clean tests’ while promising transparency and consultation. It is unacceptable,” states Roland Oldham, president of Moruroa e tatou. From Yggdrasil.

April 5, 2006

Action Alert: Protect Golden Eagles at Altamont Pass
“Alameda County has now mishandled the first step in reducing bird kills at Altamont Pass wind turbines, with the County Board of Supervisors poised to appoint an industry advocate as a so-called “neutral” scientific monitor.” From the Center for Biological Diversity.
In the News: “Our whole approach is to empower students to make a difference.”
KIDS for the BAY director Mandi Billinge on SFGate.com.
Action Alert: Tell the Cell Phone Industry Its Recycling Effort ‘Needs Improvement’
”Gold recovered from the 130 million phones discarded each year would be equivalent to the output of a gold mine.“ From Earthworks.
News Room: National Forests to Allow Corporate Ads – Local Restrictions on Liquor and Tobacco Advertising Will Be Preempted
“The U.S. Forest Service is opening its landscapes, roads, marinas and ski resorts to corporate advertising under new rules slated to become permanent this spring, according to comments filed today [3/23] by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility”
Action Alert: Help clear our air of bad politics, and harmful pollution!
“The proposal conflicts with scientists’ recommendations and the basic requirements of the Clean Air Act. We need your help to tell EPA that we all deserve the strongest protections…” From Earthjustice.

April 4, 2006

Press Release: A Victory for Whales!
Japanese company Nissui agrees to divest itself of whaling interests. “The people of New Zealand and Australia refused to buy Sealord Tuna products once they learned that Sealord was involved in whaling,” stated David Phillips, Director of Earth Island Institute.
Press Release: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Confirms Tibetan Antelope Endangered Status
The belated decision was in response to an October 1999 joint petition to list the Tibetan antelope (Pantholops hodgsonii) as an endangered species pursuant to the U.S. Endangered Species Act, submitted by the Tibetan Plateau Project (TPP) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).