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Renewable energy capacity grows at fastest ever pace

Wind turbines in ChinaAugust 28, 2014, www.theguardian.com | “Wind, solar and other renewable power capacity grew at its strongest ever pace last year and now produces 22% of the world’s electricity, the International Energy Agency said on Thursday in a new report.”

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Wind, solar and other green technologies now producing 22% of world’s…
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HUGE REDUCTION IN ANCIENT FOREST CLEARCUTTING

August 26, 2014, www.oregon.gov | “The reduction began in 1989 with our first court injunction against the clearcutting of ancient forests on public land, on behalf of the Northern Spotted Owl. Logging since then has been primarily in younger forests on corporate timber land.”

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HUGE REDUCTION IN ANCIENT FOREST CLEARCUTTING — in Oregon since 1989
The reduction began in 1989 with our first court injunction against the clearcutting of ancient forests on public land, on behalf of the Northern Spotted Owl. Logging since then has been primarily in younger forests on corporate timber land.
Twin lawsuits against the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management resulted in the Northwest Forest Plan of 1994. As this graph shows, the amount of timber harvest in Western Oregon dropped dramatically after that.
Source: Oregon Department of Forestry, http://www.oregon.gov/odf/Pages/resource_planning/2012timberharvestreport.aspx

Photo: HUGE REDUCTION IN ANCIENT FOREST CLEARCUTTING -- in Oregon since 1989 The reduction began in 1989 with our first court injunction against the clearcutting of ancient forests on public land, on behalf of the Northern Spotted Owl. Logging since then has been primarily in younger forests on corporate timber land. Twin lawsuits against the US Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management resulted in the Northwest Forest Plan of 1994. As this graph shows, the amount of timber harvest in Western Oregon dropped dramatically after that. Source: Oregon Department of Forestry, http://www.oregon.gov/odf/Pages/resource_planning/2012timberharvestreport.aspx

 

 

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Häagen-Dazs says no to synbio

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August 26, 2014, www.foe.org | “Ice cream lovers who prefer to steer clear of genetically modified organisms (GMO) will be happy to hear that Häagen-Dazs has confirmed it will not use vanilla produced via synthetic biology, a new set of “extreme” genetic engineering techniques.”

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Häagen-Dazs says no to synbio
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Ice cream companies reject “extreme” genetically engineered vanilla WASHINGTON, D.C.—Leading ice cream company Häagen-Dazs has confirmed that it will not use vanilla…
ny Häagen-Dazs has confirmed that it will not use vanilla produced via synthetic biology, a new set of “extreme” genetic engineering techniques. Synthetic biology, or synbio, vanilla is designed to replace natural vanillin flavoring from vanilla beans, and is made in labs using artificial DNA and reprogrammed, ge – See more at: http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-08-haagen-dazs-says-no-to-synbio#sthash.4vOQ8Kmx.dpuf
Leading ice cream company Häagen-Dazs has confirmed that it will not use vanilla produced via synthetic biology, a new set of “extreme” genetic engineering techniques. Synthetic biology, or synbio, vanilla is designed to replace natural vanillin flavoring from vanilla beans, and is made in labs using artificial DNA and reprogrammed, genetically engineered yeast. Evolva (SWX: EVE) and International Flavors and Fragrances (NYSE: IFF), intend to sell synbio vanilla flavoring this year, and have been marketing it as “natural.” – See more at: http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-08-haagen-dazs-says-no-to-synbio#sthash.4vOQ8Kmx.dpuf
Leading ice cream company Häagen-Dazs has confirmed that it will not use vanilla produced via synthetic biology, a new set of “extreme” genetic engineering techniques. Synthetic biology, or synbio, vanilla is designed to replace natural vanillin flavoring from vanilla beans, and is made in labs using artificial DNA and reprogrammed, genetically engineered yeast. Evolva (SWX: EVE) and International Flavors and Fragrances (NYSE: IFF), intend to sell synbio vanilla flavoring this year, and have been marketing it as “natural.” – See more at: http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-08-haagen-dazs-says-no-to-synbio#sthash.4vOQ8Kmx.dpuf
Leading ice cream company Häagen-Dazs has confirmed that it will not use vanilla produced via synthetic biology, a new set of “extreme” genetic engineering techniques. Synthetic biology, or synbio, vanilla is designed to replace natural vanillin flavoring from vanilla beans, and is made in labs using artificial DNA and reprogrammed, genetically engineered yeast. Evolva (SWX: EVE) and International Flavors and Fragrances (NYSE: IFF), intend to sell synbio vanilla flavoring this year, and have been marketing it as “natural.” – See more at: http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-08-haagen-dazs-says-no-to-synbio#sthash.4vOQ8Kmx.dpuf
Leading ice cream company Häagen-Dazs has confirmed that it will not use vanilla produced via synthetic biology, a new set of “extreme” genetic engineering techniques. Synthetic biology, or synbio, vanilla is designed to replace natural vanillin flavoring from vanilla beans, and is made in labs using artificial DNA and reprogrammed, genetically engineered yeast. Evolva (SWX: EVE) and International Flavors and Fragrances (NYSE: IFF), intend to sell synbio vanilla flavoring this year, and have been marketing it as “natural.” – See more at: http://www.foe.org/news/news-releases/2014-08-haagen-dazs-says-no-to-synbio#sthash.4vOQ8Kmx.dpuf
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Rarest Native Animals Find Haven on Tribal Lands

August 25, 2014, mobile.nytimes.com | ” In the employee directory of the Fort Belknap Reservation, Bronc Speak Thunder’s title is buffalo wrangler.In 2012, Mr. Speak Thunder drove a livestock trailer in a convoy from Yellowstone National Park that returned genetically pure bison to tribal land in northeastern Montana for the first time in 140 years.”

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Rarest Native Animals Find Haven on Tribal Lands
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A growing number of younger Native Americans are helping to restore native animals to the Northern Great Plains, providing new homes for the animals and a connection to the past.

 

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Verizon Announces $40 Million Solar Energy Investment

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August 25, 2014,  thinkprogress.org | “The country’s largest wireless carrier is on a mission to also be its greenest. Verizon Wireless Inc. announced on Monday that it will invest $40 million into 10.2 megawatts (MW) of solar power in five states across the country.”

 

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Native Americans Launch ‘Love Water Not Oil’ Ride to Protest Fracking Pipeline

August 24, 2014, www.nationofchange.org | “Winona LaDuke, executive director of Native environmental group Honor the Earth, launched the “Love Water Not Oil” horse ride this week to draw attention to the group’s continued opposition to the Enbridge Sandpiper pipeline. It would carry fracked oil from North Dakota’s Bakken shale oil fields through the Sandy Lake and Rice Lake watersheds in northern Minnesota. The area is not only rich in recreational fishing facilities but it is also home to vast fields of wild rice or manoomim, a Native American staple.”

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Winona LaDuke, executive director of Native environmental group Honor the Earth, launched the “Love Water Not Oil”…
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Stop Cove Point Protest

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Let a thousand flowers of activism bloom!
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Two people with Chesapeake Earth First! have locked down in front of America’s Natural Gas Alliance to say #StopCovePointPhoto: BREAKING! Two people with Chesapeake Earth First! have locked down in front of America's Natural Gas Alliance to say #StopCovePoint
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Judge blocks Montana from logging in grizzly territory

Grizzly population along the Continental Divide was the focus in the legal case brought against logging proposals in the Stillwater State Forest, in northwestern Montana.August 23, 2014, news.msn.com | “Conservation groups on Friday hailed a court decision that blocks Montana from building roads and logging in nearly 37,000 acres of a state forest that serves as core habitat for protected grizzly bears.”

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VICTORY FOR MONTANA’S GRIZZLYS AND THE FOREST
Judge blocks Montana from logging in grizzly territory
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Conservation groups on Friday hailed a court decision that blocks Montana from building roads and logging in nearly 37,000 acres of a state forest that serves as core habitat for…
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Under pressure over pollution complaints, Aceh calls for closure of gold mines

August 22, 2014, news.mongabay.com | “In the wake of massive fish die-offs and repeated calls from environmental groups to do more than just talk about the issue, the government of Aceh has called for the closure of all illegal gold mines throughout the province. Several members of the Regional Leadership Coordination Forum (Fokorpimda)—including the Governor and Police Chief, as well as military, political and religious leaders—signed a written appeal for illegal miners to immediately stop their operations.”

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Indonesia – Gov. of Aceh calls for closure of gold mines to stop pollution
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Feds to Release Water for Klamath and Trinity Salmon; Farm Districts Protest

(Dan Brekke/KQED)August 22, 2014, blogs.kqed.org | “The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation announced Friday that it will release water over the next several weeks to aid chinook salmon on the Klamath and Trinity rivers — a move that native tribes on the river have lobbied for to prevent a repeat of a catastrophic die-off that killed tens of thousands of fish headed upstream to spawn in 2002.”

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BUREAUCRAT STANDS UP FOR SALMON
A big shout out to David Murillo, Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacific Regional Director, for his openness to new information about the risk of a disastrous fish kill in the Klamath River, and his courage to reverse his earlier decision to withhold water, knowing that he would now be immediately challenged in court.
Given the choice between a massive fish kill vs. a bit more irrigation water for the Central Valley, he made the right call. Bureaucrats who stand up to big money need our support, so let’s give it to him! Call his office at 916-978-5000 during business hours, Monday-Friday.
Photo: BUREAUCRAT STANDS UP FOR SALMON A big shout out to David Murillo, Bureau of Reclamation Mid-Pacific Regional Director, for his openness to new information about the risk of a disastrous fish kill in the Klamath River, and his courage to reverse his earlier decision to withhold water, knowing that he would now be immediately challenged in court. Given the choice between a massive fish kill vs. a bit more irrigation water for the Central Valley, he made the right call. Bureaucrats who stand up to big money need our support, so let's give it to him! Call his office at 916-978-5000 during business hours, Monday-Friday.
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