From Intercommunity Justice and Peace Center in Cincinnati, Ohio
More on the list and with explanations.
Students Pressure Leads to Factory Re-Opening in Honduras |
| Just Say No to Bovine Growth Hormone |
| Corporations are not People |
US Commits to Limit Greenhouse Gas Emissions |
Tiny town sends multinational packing! |
Most Significant Conservation Victory in 15 years |
there were once gazillions of the little critters on the prairie and now a few thousand - come back when there are too few left to sustain themselves and we will (US Fish and Wildlife) say ” opps, sorry.” | We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), announce our
12-month finding on a petition to list the black-tailed prairie dog
(Cynomys ludovicianus) as threatened or endangered under the Endangered
Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). After review of all available
scientific and commercial information, we find that listing the black-
tailed prairie dog as either threatened or endangered is not warranted
at this time. |
| However, we ask the public to continue to submit to us
any new information that becomes available concerning the status of, or
threats to, the black-tailed prairie dog or its habitat at any time.
This information will help us to monitor and conserve the species.
DATES: The finding announced in this document was made on December 3,
2009.
Read more at www.regulations.gov |
Lessons on how to build the good life - not based on excess. | “Build wealth without destroying environment |
| Green warrior: Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment |
CHENNAI: Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science and Environment, was awarded the Raja-Lakshmi Award by the Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation here on Thursday. |
Dr. Narain said the answers were in our culture and how we had built rich societies with well being, not merely wealth. The day the world understood the one message that India gave — Frugality is not poverty, frugality is wealth — it would be able to cope. Mr. Dalton drew the audience’s attention to the impending meeting between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and President Obama, in which climate change was expected to play a significant role. Dr. Narain reminded the audience of a way of living, he said, congratulating the Foundation for its choice. Read more at www.hindu.com |
Cincinnati area folks get involved. Local activists fight mountaintop removal mining, raise awareness |
| “This is a disgrace to the human race and a disgrace to God’s creation,” he says, jabbing a finger at the devastation in front of him. “I’ll never give up fighting mountaintop removal mining. I hope it stops in my lifetime.”Read more at www.citybeat.com |
Signing an agreement is one thing - now let’s work to make sure we keep backing a sustainable world and wilderness. North American Governments Agree to Protect Wilderness |
| The United States, Canada, and Mexico
agreed this week to work together to protect wilderness areas across
North America.
The cooperation agreement establishes
an intergovernmental committee to exchange research and approaches
that address challenges such as climate change, fire control, and
invasive species in land, marine, and coastal protected areas
throughout the continent.
Read more at www.worldwatch.org |
The farmer in Somalia needs it. The farmers in Texas, New Mexico, and Alberta need it too but you are flushing it away. Now come Juan Carlos to the rescue! | Juan Carlos Calizaya Luna designs and installs innovative and environmentally friendly sanitation systems that give low-income communities the ability to manage their waste in a way that is beneficial for the environment, health in a model that even increases their wealth. |
| Juan Carlos’s new approach to sustainable waste management saves 50% of typical urban water consumption, and most importantly, it involves local citizens in development and financing to ensure sustainability.Read more at tech.ashoka.org |
Today’s short term gain will have us all gasping for air and pleading for relief when the dummies find out they went too far! Rainforest treaty ‘fatally flawed’ |
Climate summit loophole lets palm oil producers cull vital wilderness |
Under proposals due to be ratified at the summit, countries which cut down
rainforests and convert them to plantations of trees such as oil palms would
still be able to classify the result as forest and could receive millions of
dollars meant for preserving them. An earlier version of the text ruled out
such a conversion but has been deleted, and the EU delegation – headed by
Britain – has blocked its reinsertion.
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Now they are calling on Britain to take a lead in restoring the
anti-plantations safeguard at the final negotiating session in a week’s
time, saying that otherwise the agreement – which seeks to halve global
deforestation rates by 2020 – will be fatally flawed.
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To bulk up beef cattle in Britain, Germany, Ireland, US, Canada, Sweden, Russia, China, Japan they buy soy grown in Brazil on land that used to supply oxygen to the earth (aka the Amazon) and ship that soy to fatten up beef cattle faster. Yummie - hack, wheeze, getting a bit warmer here mate, eh?
Not 20,000 leagues under the sea but perhaps a view of the future for a number of island nations, parts of US Gulf states, Down in the Florida Keys!
World’s first ever underwater cabinet meeting held in the island nation of the Maldives today. It was one of the many activities organized by Maldivian government in association with 350.org, a non-profit organization working against climate change and Divers Association of the Maldives. The president and his fellow ministers were 5meters underwater and meeting lasts for 30 minutes. |
Scan the more than 250 bills introduced this term in to the US House Natural Resources Committee and the 49 members of the committee and you begin to understand how difficult it is to enact large strategic changes in policy and why Congress might spend time building target shooting facilities on public lands or in wilderness sites. Consider what states have representatives on the committee and those that do not. Earmarking or “pork” then starts to become clear: “Give you a new energy policy? Sure - give me a new pier for Santa Monica.” grin/groan. House Committee on Natural Resources |
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Some 2009 victories for planet and people
