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July 19, 2005
- Action Alert: Supreme Court Nominee John Roberts: Contact Your Senators!
- Event: National Summit on Diversity in the Environmental Field
The conference will bring together leaders of environmental NGOs, government environmental agencies, deans/chairs of academic environmental programs, corporate environmental units, and students for a national conversation about diversity in the environmental field.
July 14, 2005
- News Room: Monk Seals Facing Another Threat
A NOAA ship on a marine debris recovery mission ran aground on the protected reef of Pearl and Hermes Atoll, part of the USFW National Wildlife Refuge, shortly after midnight on Saturday, July 2. The 145-foot long ship is wedged on the reef in only four feet of water. Hawaiian monk seals are known to congregate at Pearl and Hermes and the presence of the vessel jeopardizes many threatened species that make their homes in this pristine reef. From KAHEA, and the Honolulu Advertiser.
- Action Alert: Logging is continuing in Old-Growth Reserves at the McGuire, Steed, Fiddler and Berry timber sales!
Though there is strong reason to believe these extreme logging projects are illegal, the Forest Service is trying to saw through them before a pending court case can be completed -- making the court challenge moot. From the Siskiyou Wild Rivers Campaign.
- News Room: The Borneo Project Summer 2005 newsletter is now available!
Articles include Penan women?s efforts to fight malnutrition with organic gardens, tributes to Sarawak activists Saging Anyi and Louis Ngau, and details on the Penan Youth Community Organizer Scholarship Fund. (Adobe Acrobat .pdf, ~300k)
July 12, 2005
- News Room: Coast Guard Blocks Right Whale Safety Steps
Commandant Spurns NOAA Pleas for Voluntary Advisory Urging Caution. From PEER
- News Room: Environmental and Public Interest Groups "EXXPOSE" EXXON
Landmark Campaign to Expose ExxonMobil’s Dangerous Environmental Policies. Submitted by ExxposeExxon.org
July 8, 2005
- Get Involved: Earth Island Institute is seeking a Development Director
- Action Alert: San Francisco Natural Resource Areas Management Plan
These enduring jewels of San Francisco's wild past are nature reserves which support our unique Franciscan geology, provide habitat for rare and endangered plants and animals, and serve as stopovers along the Pacific flyway, the transcontinental migration path for hundreds of species of birds. From Nature in the City
July 7, 2005
July 6, 2005
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