Archives for January 2013

New Park Protects 15,000 Gorillas

January 31, 2013,  www.sciencedaily.com | “The Republic of Congo has declared a new national park that protects a core population of the 125,000 western lowland gorillas discovered by WCS in 2008.”

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New park protects 15,000 gorillas
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The Republic of Congo has declared a new national park that protects a core population of the 125,000 western lowland gorillas discovered by WCS in 2008.

John Kerry, Climate Champion, Next U.S. Secretary of State

January 31, 2013, ens-newswire.com | “Combating climate change is important to Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, who was confirmed by the Senate 94-3 on Tuesday as the Obama Administration’s new Secretary of State.”

John Kerry: “Global climate change and energy security are two of the greatest challenges facing the United States today. America’s contributions to global climate change and our oil dependence are endangering our national security, our ec…
John Kerry, Climate Champion, Next U.S. Secretary of State
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  • Shalahnia Riversong “I hope he makes good on his word! He will have to work with the Keystone XL permit as Secretary of State!”
  • Luz Engelbrecht “hear! hear! the president stated similar in his inauguration message to We The People.”

S.Africa’s richest man to give away half his fortune

<p>South African businessman Patrice Motsepe on May 07, 2008 in Sandton. Billionaire Motsepe announced Monday he would give half his family's fortune to a charity, matching a pledge made by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.</p>

January 31, 2013, za.news.yahoo.com | “South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe announced Monday he would give half his family’s fortune to a charity, matching a pledge made by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.”

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S.Africa’s richest man to give away half his fortune
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South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe announced Monday he would give half his family’s fortune to a charity, matching a pledge made by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett.
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Settlement Agreement Throws Lifeline to Endangered Woodpeckers on Mississippi’s Noxubee Wildlife Refuge

Photo: Settlement Agreement Throws Lifeline to Endangered Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers on Mississippi's Noxubee Wildlife Refuge

Jan 29, 2013, www.biologicaldiversity.org | “Two conservation groups and a long-time volunteer have reached a landmark settlement agreement with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that will lead to better protection for endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers on Mississippi’s Noxubee Wildlife Refuge. The agency has agreed to prepare a new management plan for the refuge and to suspend any new timber harvest until that plan is complete.”

Settlement Agreement Throws Lifeline to Endangered Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers on Mississippi’s Noxubee Wildlife Refuge
  • Richard K. Nawa, Frank Bodine, Eric Stowe, Betty Murphy, Elaine Erskine, Donna Jones, and Luz Engelbrecht like this.

B&Q and Wickes pledge to withdraw products harmful to bees

January 29, 2013, www.guardian.co.uk | “Two of the UK’s biggest home improvement retailers have pledged to remove products from their shelves containing pesticides linked to the decline in the bee population.”

B&Q and Wickes pledge to withdraw products harmful to bees
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The retailers will remove products containing neonicotinoids, which are linked to the decline in the bee population
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Tell the EPA: Immediately suspend the pesticide that’s killing bees!

act.credoaction.com | “A blockbuster study released last week by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), has for the first time labeled the pesticide clothianidin as an “unacceptable” danger to bees.1 Scientists have long thought that clothianidin is at least partially to blame for the alarming rate that bees have been dying off in the U.S. – nearly 30% of our bee population, per year, has been lost to so-called colony collapse since 2006.2

Good news follows the revelation of bad news:
— 177,000 People have signed this petition for the pesticide clothianidin to be banned, after a study by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), has for the first time labeled it as an “un, acceptable” danger to bees.
Petition to the U.S. EPA: Immediately suspend the pesticide that’s killing bees!
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A blockbuster study by the European Food Safety Authority has for the first time labeled the pesticide believed to be behind colony collapse disorder as an “unacceptable” danger to bees. EPA should take immediate action and suspend the use of clothianidin.
  • Bruce Harlow, Shalahnia Riversong, Donna Jones, and Luz Engelbrecht like this.

Navajos and Appalachians protest Peabody Coal, protesters arrested

January 25, 2013, bsnorrell.blogspot.com | “About one hundred protesters gathered in downtown St. Louis today outside of the Peabody Coal corporate headquarters. St. Louis locals were joined by Navajo residents from Black Mesa, Ariz., Appalachians from coal-burdened West Virginia, and supporters from across the United States to demand the cessation of strip mining and accountability for land and people.”

Victims of Peabody Coal Unite
to protect their lands,
and save us all from climate catastrophe

Navajos and Appalachians protest Peabody Coal, protesters arrested
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Oil showdown in the Amazon

January 24, 2013, www.avaaz.org | “There’s an indigenous community in Ecuador that lives in a part of the Amazon where there are jaguars and more animal life than the whole of North America! It’s an incredibly pristine, remote area and the whole ecosystem has been preserved. But the government is threatening to go in and look for oil.”

400,000 + SIGNATURES IN ONE DAY to Stop Oil Exploitation of the Amazon, in the pristine forests of Indigenous People in Ecuador — in particular, the Kichwa Tribe of Sani Islan.
This is only one of the tribes threatened by new oil leases in Ecuador, the first nation to adopt the Law of Mother Earth. To stay in touch with the campaign to protect the people and the forests, go to http://www.pachamama.org/protect-ecuadors-amazon-rainforest
Keep big oil out of the Amazon – click here
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Ecuador’s Sani Isla Kichwa people are fighting hard to keep big oil away from their pristine forests, but the government is about to let in the drills. The President is in a big election fight right now, and our outcry can make this a blockbuster issue he can’t ignore. Join me!
  • Robin Scott, Jeffree Matthews, Donna Jones, and Rita Jacinto like this.

EPIC Vigilance Saves Old-Growth Fir and Spotted Owl Nest from Sierra Pacific Industries Saws

Photo: Vigilance Saves 22 acres of Old-Growth Fir and a Spotted Owl Nest from Sierra Pacific Industries Saws.
Thanks to the Environmental Protection and Information Center, Garberville, CA, http://www.wildcalifornia.org/blog/epic-vigilance-saves-old-growth-fir-and-spotted-owl-nest-from-sierra-pacific-industries-saws/

January 23, 2013, www.wildcalifornia.org | “After public comment by the Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) about questionable logging plans proposed near the Redwood National Park instigated a higher degree of state agency review, Sierra Pacific Industries (SPI) has recently dropped a proposal to log 22 acres of old growth Douglas fir forest on private holdings in the Cloney Gulch and High Prairie Creek drainages of the Redwood Creek watershed, Humboldt County, California.”

Vigilance Saves 22 acres of Old-Growth Fir and a Spotted Owl Nest from Sierra Pacific Industries Saws.
Thanks to the Environmental Protection and Information Center, Garberville, CA, http://www.wildcalifornia.org/blog/epic-vigilance-saves-old-growth-fir-and-spotted-owl-nest-from-sierra-pacific-industries-saws/
  • Frank Bodine, Vivienne Hill, Trinity L. Davis, Judith Green, Apache Hasenfuß, Richard K. Nawa, Robin Scott, Jeffree Matthews, and Donna Jones

Endangered Pacific right whales may receive stricter federal protection

Photo: Endangered Pacific right whales may receive stricter federal protection.
In the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, migrating down to Baja in the winter, they are up to almost 60 feet long and weighing as much as 200,000 pounds.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/endangered-pacific-right-whales-may-receive-stricter-federal-protection

January 23, 2013, www.alaskadispatch.com | “A population of right whales that call the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska home during the summer may have fewer than 30 surviving members. A new recovery plan from the National Marine Fisheries Service hopes to help protect that population and other North Pacific right whales — years after of whaling decimated their ranks.”

GoodNews FortheEarthEndangered Pacific right whales may receive stricter federal protection.
In the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska, migrating down to Baja in the winter, they are up to almost 60 feet long and weighing as much as 200,000 pounds.
http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/endangered-pacific-right-whales-may-receive-stricter-federal-protection
  • Wendy Rolls, Donna Jones, Jeffree Matthews