Archives for September 2013

Long-gone Swainson’s hawk returns to Bay Area

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September 30, 2013, www.mercurynews.com | “A Swainson’s hawk chick has hatched under the eye of Santa Clara County bird-watchers for the first time since the 1800s, suggesting that this elegant bird, a threatened species in California, may be on the road to recovery.”

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Indonesian Island Goes Renewable

Photo: Indonesian Island Goes RenewableThanks to new bio-gas and hydro projects, the Indonesian island of Sumba will soon run on clean energy. For many Sumbanese, it's the first time they've had electricity, reports Rebecca Henschke.https://newmatilda.com//2013/09/30/indonesian-island-goes-renewable

September 30, 2013,  | “Thanks to new bio-gas and hydro projects, the Indonesian island of Sumba will soon run on clean energy. For many Sumbanese, it’s the first time they’ve had electricity, reports Rebecca Henschke.”

Indonesian Island Goes Renewable
“Thanks to new bio-gas and hydro projects, the Indonesian island of Sumba will soon run on clean energy. For many Sumbanese, it’s the first time they’ve had electricity, reports Rebecca Henschke”

Total GMO Ban To Be Considered By Russia Within Weeks

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September 30, 2013, www.trueactivist.com | “As one of the few nations in the world with a GMO-free platform, Russia does not allow any cultivation of GMOs for commercial purposes. Their regulatory agencies recently suspended the import and use of an American GM corn following a study suggesting a link to breast cancer and organ damage. The Russian Prime Minister has now ordered the same agencies to consider a possible ban on all GMO imports into Russia.”

“Wow!
Total GMO Ban To Be Considered By Russia Within Weeks
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As one of the few nations in the world with a GMO-free platform, Russia does not allow any cultivation of GMOs for commercial purposes. Their regulatory agencies recently suspended the import and use of an American GM corn following a study suggesting a link to breast cancer and organ damage. The Ru…”

Atlantic sturgeon return home!

Northeast Fishery Center scientist, Jerre Mohler, preparing to release this hatchery-reared juvenile Atlantic sturgeon into the Hudson River. Credit: USFWS

September 30, 2013, usfwsnortheast.wordpress.com | “You’ve probably heard of stocking hatchery-reared fish to help increase fish populations for recreational enjoyment and for food. But did you know that some hatcheries rear and recover endangered fish?”

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Atlantic sturgeon return home!
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Sturgeon reared at our Northeast Fishery Center in Pennsylvania in 1994 and released at the age of four months are returning to their natal waters for spawning.
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Girls Against Gas

 

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www.facebook.com | “Girls Against Gas is a group organisation representing the community in its resistance to Gas mining in Australia. Over 90% of surveyed residents of the Northern Rivers have declared that they want Gas Field FREE communities!”

Love these gals!
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Clear Lake Hitch: Freshwater Species of the Week

Picture of Clear Lake hitch

September 28, 2013, newswatch.nationalgeographic.com | “This week, The Center for Biological Diversity petitioned the U.S. and California state governments to protect a large minnow called the Clear Lake hitch as an endangered species. According to the Center, the subspecies* of fish is found only in Northern California’s Clear Lake and its tributaries.”

YES!! The Clear Lake Hitch are being recommended for Endangered/Threatened Species Listing by the Department of Fish and Wildlife!

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Hemp Legalized in California

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September 28, 2013, thejointblog.com | “Governor Jerry Brown has officially signed the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act (SB 566), legalizing hemp in the State of California.”

 

Hemp Legalized in California
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Governor Jerry Brown has officially signed the California Industrial Hemp Farming Act, legalizing hemp in the State of California.
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‘Monsanto Protection Act’ Killed in Senate: Controversial Provision Removed from Spending Bill

Photo: It’s dead! Thanks to you. And hundreds of thousands of people like you who signed petitions, and called their representatives and senators, the Monsanto Protection Act has, officially, expired.Learn more:http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_28396.cfm

September 27, 2013, www.organicconsumers.org | “The so-called “Monsanto Protection Act” has been removed from a Senate spending bill to the delight of those opposed to the controversial provision.  The provision would have stayed on the books under a continuing resolution passed by the House of Representatives last week, but U.S. Sens. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., and Jeff Merkley, D-Ore., led a successful charge to have the language removed from the Senate version of the bill.”

 

It’s dead!
Thanks to you. And hundreds of thousands of people like you who signed petitions, and called their representatives and senators, the Monsanto Protection Act has, officially, expired.
Learn more:
http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_28396.cfm— with Todd Bottorff and 5 others.

Honor The Earth Rides in Protest of Pipelines

September 27, 2013, www.youtube.com | “Honor the Earth is a Native-led organization, established by Winona LaDuke and Indigo Girls Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, in 1993 to address the two primary needs of the Native environmental movement: the need to break the geographic and political isolation of Native communities and the need to increase financial resources for organizing and change.”

*Honor The Earth: Ride for Mother Earth*
Honor The Earth: Ride for Mother Earth
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Women Connect to Boost Resilience of Planet

September 27, 2013, newswatch.nationalgeographic.com | “It was that moment on stage when Jane Goodall turned to Vandana Shiva and said, ‘We should start working together,’ and without a beat Vandana replied, ‘Yes, let’s!’ Watching two legends of the environmental movement linking up before my eyes was more evidence of a wider phenomenon I am increasingly witnessing around the world, and that was ever present at this week’s International Women’s Earth and Climate Summit.”

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By Jensine Larsen Women everywhere are claiming power and linking networks to restore the Earth and address climate change. They are harnessing digital media and in-person convenings to accelerate …