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Help On The Way For Big-Eared Bats

Photo: TOWNSEND'S BIG EARED BAT TO BE PROTECTED IN CALIFORNIAin response to a petition from the Center for Biological DiversityFor more info, see http://www.kcet.org/news/the_back_forty/commentary/the-hidden-desert/help-on-the-way-for-big-eared-bats.html

June 28, 2013, www.kcet.org | “About twenty years ago, on my first visit to Lava Beds National Monument, I walked up to one of the park’s signature lava tube “caves” hoping to explore. A gate barred my way. A sign on the gate explained: The lava tube had been colonized by a group of Townsend’s big-eared bats, a sensitive species that Monument staff hoped to shield from human disturbance.”

TOWNSEND’S BIG EARED BAT TO BE PROTECTED IN CALIFORNIA
in response to a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity
For more info, see http://www.kcet.org/news/the_back_forty/commentary/the-hidden-desert/help-on-the-way-for-big-eared-bats.html
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Filed under: Animals, Animals & Plants, Compassionate Actions, Endangered Species

Mendocino College reports on energy conservation efforts

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June 27, 2013, www.lakeconews.com | “Mendocino College said that a bond measure voters passed several years ago has helped the educational institution pursue a number of cost-saving energy projects on its campuses.  Since voters in Lake and Mendocino counties passed the Measure W Bond in 2006, Mendocino College has decreased its energy consumption, officials said.”

My college has been doing great things with solar energy. Check it out. Mendocino College reports on energy conservation efforts
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Filed under: Buildings, Business Policy, Climate, Economics, Energy, Energy - Renewable, Local Policy, Retrofitting, Solar

350.org raises $100,000 in the last 3 days since Obama’s Climate Speech

350.org raises $100,000 in the last 3 days since Obama’s Climate Speech
“Dear Friends, After President Obama’s big climate speech this week, we put out a call for support — and people responded in force.
“In the last three days, we’ve raised over $100,000. That’s a huge infusion of resources that will directly support the campaign to stop the Keystone XL pipeline and the fight for bolder climate action.”
— from the 6/28/13 email from May Boeve, team@350.org
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Filed under: Pollution, Protection, Uncategorized

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd – CLIMATE IS NUMBER ONE

Photo: Kevin Rudd is back in the PM's seat and agenda item no. 1 needs to be climate action.He's made big promises before. Tell him to keep them by clicking here: http://act.350.org/sign/rudd-climate-promises/If you'll have climate on the mind when you head to the ballot box -- and you're only willing to support politicians who keep their word -> click LIKE and SHARE

act.350.org | “With Kevin Rudd back in the driving seat, it’s time to remind him of why we elected him in 2007.  During the election, Rudd spoke of climate change as the “greatest moral, environmental and economic challenge of our time” and he committed to taking decisive and ambitious action.”

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd – CLIMATE IS NUMBER ONE!
Kevin Rudd is back in the PM’s seat and agenda item no. 1 needs to be climate action.
He’s made big promises before. Tell him to keep them by clicking here: http://act.350.org/sign/rudd-climate-promises/
If you’ll have climate on the mind when you head to the ballot box — and you’re only willing to support politicians who keep their word -> click LIKE and SHARE
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Filed under: Climate, Economics, Green Jobs, International Policy, Local Policy, National Policy, Protests

Great Outdoor American Week

June 27, 2013, goamericaweek.org | “Great Outdoors America Week (GO Week) is the preeminent event celebrating our collective connection to the great outdoors while advocating for its future. As one of the largest annual conservation and outdoor focused events in Washington DC, GO Week raises awareness around outdoors issues, brings together hundreds of diverse organizations and activists to meet with lawmakers and administrators to advocate for our outdoor way-of-life.”

“Great Outdoors America Week | Discover, celebrate, and protect America’s green spaces and wild…
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Great Outdoors America Week (GO Week) is the preeminent event celebrating our collective connection to the great outdoors while advocating for its future. As one of the largest annual conservation and outdoor focused events in Washington DC, GO Week raises awareness around outdoors issues, brings to…”
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Chimps, A New Life, Retirement

June 27, 2013, secure.humanesociety.org | “The National Institutes of Health announced plans to retire more than 90 percent of government-owned chimpanzees to sanctuary and significantly decrease chimp research grants. This is amazing news for chimps in laboratories, and sanctuary has already come for some. Watch the moving video below for a glimpse of chimpanzees’ brighter future.”

beautiful success story here, largest ever release of Government lab Chimps into “retirement”: https://secure.humanesociety.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=new_life_for_chimps&s_src=em_ha062713&JServSessionIdr004=gevodvjbx9.app341b
Chimps: A New Life, Retirement – The Humane Society of the United States
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Standing before a forested area where the chimps will eventually roam, Kathleen Conlee tries to hold back tears. “It’s been a long road,” she says. Click here to read more and watch the video.

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Center for Biological Diversity 2012 Annual Report

Photo: The Center's 2012 Annual Report is right here: http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/publications/reports/AnnualRpt2012_small.pdf You should check it out.

June 27, 2013, www.biologicaldiversity.org | “This was a record-breaking year for protecting endangered species. The Center for Biological Diversity won positive Endangered Species Act decisions for 104 animals and plants, as well as final protection for 33 species, including two Arctic ice seals, Puerto Rico’s coquí llanero tree frog, eight southeastern mussels, 23 Hawaiian plants and insects and a San Francisco manzanita once believed to have vanished forever from the wild. We also secured 40 million acres of protected habitat for wildlife — an area larger than Pennsylvania.”

2012 ANNUAL – CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Lots of successes here, with solid plans for more.
The Center’s 2012 Annual Report is right here

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Filed under: Animals, Animals & Plants, Compassionate Actions, Endangered Species, Insects, Plants, Species Re-discovered

China’s Water Watchdogs

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June 27, 2013, pacificenvironment.org | “Mao Ge is a volunteer from the small city of Xiangtan, Hunan Province. He was contacted two years ago by our partner Green Hunan to join a network of river monitors who would get to know their stretch of the Xiang River, investigate pollution sources, and report on problems they found. Since then, he and his network of volunteers have conducted weekly visits to water quality monitoring sites along the Xiang River, the main artery that links industrial cities in Hunan to the Yangtze River downstream.”

China’s Water Watchdogs
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Mao Ge is a volunteer from the small city of Xiangtan, Hunan Province. He was contacted two years ago by our partner Green Hunan to join a network of river monitors who would get to know their stretch of the Xiang River, investigate pollution sources, and report on problems they found. Since then, h…
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Filed under: Energy - Polluting, Protection, Rivers & Wetlands

Paiute cutthroat trout restoration begins this summer

June 26, 2013, cdfgnews.wordpress.com | “A project to restore one of the rarest trout species in America to a remote stream in Alpine County will begin this August. The Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project is a joint effort by the U.S. Forest Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service”

“The Paiute Cutthroat Trout Restoration Project is working to restore this rare species to 11 stream miles of Silver King Creek and three of its tributaries in the Carson Iceberg Wilderness.
http://cdfgnews.wordpress.com/2013/06/26/paiute-cutthroat-trout-restoration-begins-this-summer/
Paiute cutthroat trout restoration begins this summer
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Media Contacts: Christie Kalkowski, U.S. Forest Service, (775) 355-5311 Dana Michaels, CDFW Communications, (916) 322-2420 Jeanne Stafford, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, (775) 861-6336 A project …”
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Filed under: Animals, Animals & Plants, Compassionate Actions, Endangered Species, Ocean Fish, Oceans

Obama takes aim at changing climate

June 25, 2013, news.msn.com | “President Barack Obama declared the debate over climate change and its causes obsolete Tuesday as he announced a wide-ranging plan to tackle pollution and prepare communities for global warming.  In a major speech at Georgetown University, Obama warned Americans of the deep and disastrous effects of climate change, urging them to take action before it’s too late.”

*HUGE VICTORY! ACTIVISTS SURPRISED. OBAMA HAS BEEN LISTENING : ) “I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that is beyond fixing.” No Approval for Keystone if -> “Our national interest would be served only if this project does not significantly exacerbate the problem of carbon pollution.”
NOW WE HAVE THE HUGE JOB OF HOLDING HIM TO HIS WORD.
Obama’s Climate Speech Takes Aim at Coal Plants and Keystone XL – article with VIDEO of speech
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Obama is proposing sweeping steps to limit heat-trapping pollution from coal-fired power plants and to boost renewable energy production on federal property.

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