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Mike Jani Promises that Fern Gully and Nanning Creek Tree Villages Are Saved Can you believe it! Both current Humboldt County tree-sits are officially saved and protected. Yesterday I, other Forest Defenders, and a crew from National Geographic accompanied Chief Forester and President of the newly formed Humboldt Redwood Company, Mike Jani, to Fern Gully Tree Village, Freshwater, CA, and the grove around the tree known as “Jerry,” that has been a major part of the struggle. Earlier, activists also hiked Jani in the well known Nanning Creek Tree Village, headed-up by long time Forest Defender, Amy.

The 11th Hour (2007)

Pipeline bursts at Alaska's Prudhoe Bay
BP's old bugaboo, corrosion, might have struck again in the giant Prudhoe Bay oil field. The oil company suspects corrosion contributed to a pressurized natural gas pipeline blowing apart on Sept. 29, BP spokesman Steve Rinehart said.No one was hurt, though some workers were in the vicinity when the line ruptured violently, hurling a length of pipe across the tundra.

Judge says EPA ignored law, failed to protect Everglades
A federal judge struck down key parts of a controversial state Everglades cleanup law Tuesday and slapped the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for failing to enforce the federal Clean Water Act

10/28/08

With time short, Bush pushes EPA to relax power-plant rule
At the Bush administration's direction, the Environmental Protection Agency is working on a new rule that would weaken pollution regulations for power plants, allowing them to increase emissions without adding controls

 

Sand snatchers shrink Caribbean beaches
Ahh, the Caribbean. Sun, surf. But where's the sand?It is disappearing at alarming rates as thieves feed a local construction boom.

Caribbean round grains, favored in creating smooth surfaces for plastering and finishing, are being hauled away by the truckload late at night. On some islands not much bigger than Manhattan, towns and ecologically sensitive areas are now exposed to tidal surges and rough seas.

 

 

Ocean Dead Zones May Be Worse Than Thought

 

CLIMATE STAFF URGE EPA TO COME CLEAN BEFORE CONGRESS “Once again, Stephen Johnson has sandbagged his own staff,” stated PEER Executive Director Jeff Ruch, referring to Johnson’s recent well-publicized reversals of findings and recommendations by his technical and legal professionals. “It is more than a tad hypocritical for Johnson to cite decision-making ‘transparency’ as the reason for airing opposition memos while he is dodging congressional subpoenas.”

FACT: Pharmaceuticals Destroy Aquatic Life

 

Ocean Dumping of Chemical Weapons From World War I until the 1970s, dumping of chemical weapons at sea was the accepted practice for disposal. Little documentation of this practice can be found before the mid-1940s. In 1943, mustard (H) was released into the waters of Bari harbor in Italy. Since the end of World War II, ocean dumping has occurred in many areas, including the Baltic Sea, around Japan, in the Adriatic Sea near Bari, and in the coastal waters of the United States. During the period 1945-1948, the US scuttled at sea approximately 32,000 tons of captured German chemical weapons. The British dumped approximately 175,000 tons of chemical weapons at sea, with 100,000 tons coming from Scotland and the balance from the captured German stockpile. During 1955-56, the British dumped a further 17,000 tons of captured German munitions. During 1956-1957, the British disposed of the remainder of their stockpile of chemical weapons, 8,000 tons of World War II vintage mustard and phosgene munitions.1 News reports indicate that the ocean dumping in the 1950s occurred in the Irish Sea; some of the British dumps in the late 1940s may have occurred in the North Sea. The Adriatic, Baltic, and Japanese ocean dumps have provided evidence of the persistence of mustard under water

 

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