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2005 Archive

• Public Lands Sell-off Removed From Budget Bill
  Republican and Democratic lawmakers, and a broad coalition of interests had announced opposition to mining title in the House bill, saying it amounted to a fire sale of millions of acres of public lands.
  — 14 December, 05
• Taxpayer Losses From Logging Our National Forests from 1997-2004
  Forest Service Continues Losing $$ Billions to Log Our National Forests… New Report Highlights Agency’s Historical Bias Towards Logging and Congress’ Willingness to be Complicit
  — 6 December, 05
• New Earth Island Project: The Women’s Global Green Action Network
  WGGAN helps women strengthen their alliances and leadership abilities in order to develop a collective agenda for impacting policy at the local, regional and global level.
  — 6 December, 05
• Winter 2006 Earth Island Journal is now online
  The Autumn 2005 edition is achived with full content
  — 6 December, 05
• A Man With a Mission
  ALL the way from the United States of America Mark Berman comes here with a mission – to stop dolphin leaving Solomons and boost tuna export.
  — 1 December, 05
• Fishing Nets Major Risk for Small Cetaceans
  More than two-thirds of World’s Dolphins, Porpoises and Related Species at Risk from being Culled or Caught in Nets
  — 1 December, 05
• Dolphin Protection Group Seeks Release of Information Of Possible Foreign Tuna Industry Bribes to Crooked Congressman Cunningham
  — 1 December, 05
• Global Service Corps’ New Website and Tanzania Video Launch!
  “With the improved layout and new sections, you should be able to find program information and answers to your questions quickly and easily.”
  — 1 December, 05
• ‘Secret’ dolphin slaughter defies protests
  — 30 November, 05
• Solomon Islands Tightens Ban on Dolphin Trafficking
  "The Solomon Islands government and Soltai Fishing and Processing Ltd., the island’s tuna company, should be commended for stopping this abuse."
  — 23 November, 05
• Help Preserve Pennsylvania’s Erie Bluffs State Park
  A hotel/lodge complex in the park would set a bad precedent, as it would be the first overnight hotel or lodge in a Pennsylvania state park.
  — 22 November, 05
• Brower Youth Award Winner and Earth Island Project Director Billy Parish Featured in Rolling Stone
  — 17 November, 05
• Red Panda Project has redesigned their Web site
  — 1 November, 05
• Full page ad in the New York Times calls for a halt to Dolphin Slaughter in Taiji
  From Earth Island Institute's International Marine Mammal Project, One Voice – France, and Elsa Nature Conservancy of Japan
  — 28 October, 05
• Judge tells Forest Service it went too far
  U.S. District Judge James K. Singleton Jr., wrote that the Forest Service needs to take public comments and consider appeals on major projects, such as timber sales and new off-highway vehicle trails – not on minor things…
  — 20 October, 05
• Groups Vow to Stop Japan Dolphin Slaughter
  Coalition Team to Bear Witness in Taiji and Futo
  — 20 October, 05
• Setting the Record Straight on the Earth Island Institute/Forest Service Lawsuit
  Conservation Groups Ask US Forest Service to Stop Playing Politics with Americans’ Lives.
  — 14 October, 05
• Green Groups Oppose Bush Pick for Fish & Wildlife Service
  Illegal Orders, Altering Scientific Findings and Developer-Friendly Pattern Cited
  — 5 October, 05
• Memo Reveals Japan Aquarium Industry's Secret Sponsorship of Dolphin Slaughter
  — 5 October, 05
• House Guts Endangered Species Act
  Party Line Vote Will Result in Hundreds of Extinctions; Moderate Republicans Rebuffed
  — 29 September, 05
• One Voice-France Calls For A Balanced Story Regarding Moby Solangi And Marine Animal Productions
  — 21 September, 05
• Calvo Tuna's EU Claim Challenged
  Slovenian Court Calls For Removal of False Advertising Claim of EU “Recognition” of Calvo Tuna As “Dolphin Safe”
  — 21 September, 05
• Nation’s Most Prestigious Environmental Award for Young People to Honor Seven Inspiring Activists Ages 15–21
  Julia Butterfly Hill, Crown City Rockers and Youth Speaks to Host Brower Youth Award Ceremony in Oakland, California on Friday, September 30
  — 21 September, 05
• KIDS for the BAY is featuring a new look on its Web site
  — 30 August, 05
• Consumer Alert: ‘Sealord’ Brand Tuna Owned by Japan Whaling Company
  Sold in New Zealand and Australia
  — 23 August, 05
• 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...
  — 14 July, 05
• Coast Guard Blocks Right Whale Safety Steps
  Commandant Spurns NOAA Pleas for Voluntary Advisory Urging Caution
  — 12 July, 05
• Environmental and Public Interest Groups "EXXPOSE" EXXON
  Landmark Campaign to Expose ExxonMobil’s Dangerous Environmental Policies
  — 12 July, 05
• Fast to Slow Global Warming: Community and Religious Leaders Urge Swift Action on Climate
  Fast Time: Sunset July 5 to Sunset July 8
  — 6 July, 05
• Pombo’s Endangered Species Bill Revealed
  Seeks to Bury Federal Agencies Under an Avalanche of Paperwork; Promote Industry Lawsuits; Weaken Protection Standards; Bankrupt Conservation Programs
  — 30 June, 05
• Japan’s call to resume whale-hunting rejected
  The International Whaling Commission has rejected Japan’s call to resume regulated commercial whaling and end the 19-year moratorium on whale hunts.
  — 21 June, 05
• Report from the International Whaling Commission's annual meeting's first day
  ECO, the environmentalist voice at the IWC will be published each day this week...
  — 20 June, 05
• Land Study on Grazing Denounced — Two retired specialists say Interior excised their warnings on the effects on wildlife and water
  The Bush administration altered critical portions of a scientific analysis of the environmental impact of cattle grazing on public lands...
  — 20 June, 05
• Japan Dolphin Day: Abolish the Slaughter
  Our Japanese colleagues tell us that outside pressure can stop the dolphin slaughter. So why not give the Japanese decision-makers some serious, outside international media pressure?
  — 14 June, 05
• New Project: Nature in the City
  The mission of the Nature in the City Project is to restore a positive human connection with urban nature...
  — 9 June, 05
• $30,000 grant to aid area nature preserve
  Funds will go to restore native plants
  — 7 June, 05
• Vacation volunteers
  Travelers who ‘want to give back,’ donate time and money to relief efforts around the world. The writer returns to his native Thailand to clear debris left by the tsunami.
  — 7 June, 05
• 68 Bay Area Conservation Groups Call for San Francisco to Restore Alameda Creek
  A letter today to the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
  — 2 June, 05
• Court of Appeals Unanimously Denies Intervention of Mexican and Venezuelan Tuna Industries
  Tuna/Dolphin Lawsuit "Earth Island v Gutierrez"
  — 1 June, 05
• ECO, The Whale Activists’ Newsletter
  Online from the International Whaling Commission Meetings in Ulsan, Republic of Korea 6/20-24/2005
  — 31 May, 05
• Mangrove, Shrimp Farm Link Sought in Brazilian Fisherman's Death
  Mangrove Action Project’s Alfredo Quarto says the increased shrimp production is being achieved at the expense of the local fishermen...
  — 26 May, 05
• U.S. House rejects lifting offshore drilling ban
  — 20 May, 05
• Secret official documents on French nuclear testing in Polynesia
  Significant radioactive fallout on the islands and inhabited atolls near Moruroa...
  — 19 May, 05
• Judge Closes 700 Miles of Off-road trails on Eldorado National Forest
  A federal court judge yesterday tentatively ordered the United States Forest Service to close over 700 miles of roads and trails on the Eldorado National Forest to off-road vehicle (ORV) use.
  — 12 May, 05
• Northwestern Hawaiian Islands hui Welcomes Strong State Refuge Plan
  (.pdf, ~150k) The Monk seal and future generations will all benefit. A true pu’uhonua is proposed for state waters of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
  — 12 May, 05
• Court Ruling Favors Cheney in Energy Task Force Case
  "The Bush administration has succeeded in locking the public out and letting industry and corporate special interests call the shots," said Sierra Club President Carl Pope.
  — 10 May, 05
• Administration Announces Reversal of Protection for America’s Pristine, Roadless Forests
  — 5 May, 05
• Summer 2005 Earth Island Journal is now online
  — 4 May, 05
• Earth Island’s Dolphin Safe Tuna Monitoring Program Certified in Compliance with ISO 9001
  Earth Island’s monitoring program is one of the largest and most successful environmental monitoring programs in the world
  — 4 May, 05
• Campaign for Environmental Literacy Launches Citizen Campaign to Stop OMB Proposal to Eliminate Environmental Education
  — 26 April, 05
• The 2005 Goldman Environmental Prize Winners
  This year's Goldman Prize recipients are battling on many fronts: from stopping devastating soil erosion, to fighting mining and illegal logging, to thwarting one nation's plan to import nuclear waste.
  — 19 April, 05
• County supports ban on military use of sonar
  Loud ocean noise caused by military sonar devices should be prohibited until research proves it safe to whales and other marine life, the Marin Board of Supervisors said yesterday.
  — 14 April, 05
• U.S. Department of Commerce "Dolphin-Safe" Label Is A Death Certificate for Dolphins!
  Earth Island Urges Consumers: Do Not Buy Tuna With This Commerce Department Label!
  — 5 April, 05
• 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...
  — 17 March, 05
• Battle for the Arctic Refuge is Just Beginning
  — 17 March, 05
• California Governor Schwarzenegger signs oak woodland conservation legislation
  Congratulations to one and all on the signing of SB 1334 (Kuehl).
  — 15 March, 05
• 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.
  — 15 March, 05
• Quiet talk of drilling offshore; 'Stealth strategy' worries opponents
  The powerful House Resources Committee, headed by a California Republican lawmaker, is quietly...
  — 10 March, 05
• 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.
  — 8 March, 05
• 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.
  — 2 March, 05
• Earth Island's Dolphin Safe Tuna Companies
  The International Marine Mammal Project of Earth Island Institute has set up a new website, which includes our list online of tuna companies approved by Earth Island as
  — 28 February, 05
• Sneak Attack Threatens Arctic Refuge And Our Democratic Process
  Wilderness Society Shines a Spotlight on Stealth Budget Maneuver
  — 24 February, 05
• Point Reyes Bird Observatory Strongly Opposes HR 298, and the opening of the Farallon National Wildlife Refuge- “California’s Galapagos”- to public access.
  — 17 February, 05
• Pombo wants to open up California's fragile Farallon Islands to recreationists
  Scientists fear even limited visits by public could harm colonies of birds and mammals
  — 17 February, 05
• Oppose Sensenbrenner Immigration Bill (H.R. 418)
  Measure needlessly suspends all environmental laws along all U.S. borders, endangering communities and natural resources
  — 9 February, 05
• Toxic Warning: Dolphin Meat is Poisoning the Japanese People
  The Japanese government provides no warning to its people that eating dolphin meat is a serious health hazard.
  — 2 February, 05
• Activists Denounce Six Flags Marine World's hands-on dolphin encounter
  The exhibit is a "circus act" and has nothing to do with educating the public.
  — 1 February, 05
• EcoVillage Farm Learning Center is Highlighted in The San Francisco Chronicle
  Shyaam Shabaka, the urban farmer of Richmond is planning an unusual way to celebrate Martin Luther King Day.
  — 14 January, 05
• Loss Of Mangrove Forests Contributed To Greater Impact Of Tsunamis!
  Mangrove Action Project Urgently Calls For Re-Establishment of a Mangrove Buffer Zone or “Greenbelt” along affected or threatened coastal zones to avert future such disasters.
  — 11 January, 05