April 1, 2008 Boston Globe

By Andrew Ryan and Matt Collette

What links a U-shaped bicycle lock, the neck of a red-headed young woman, and the glass front door of a branch of Bank of America in Copley Square?

Coal, apparently.  read more »

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Mon Feb 25,2008

LONDON (AFP) - Four activists from environmental campaigners Greenpeace breached security at London Heathrow to stage a protest on top of a jet against the airport's planned expansion, the group said Monday.  read more »

by Pierre-Henry Deshayes Sun Feb 24, 2008

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway (AFP) - Aimed at providing mankind with a Noah's Ark of food in the event of a global catastrophe, an Arctic "doomsday vault" filled with samples of the world's most important seeds will be inaugurated here Tuesday.  read more »

By EDWARD HARRIS, Associated Press Feb 2, 2008

ABO EBAM, Nigeria - In the gloomy shade deep in Africa's rain forest, the noontime silence was pierced by the whine of a far-off chain saw. It was the sound of destruction, echoed from wood to wood, continent to continent, in the tropical belt that circles the globe.  read more »

Court Says No to Peabody Coal

In an important victory today, a Kentucky court ruled against Peabody’s proposed new Thoroughbred coal-fired power plant, citing the plant as a threat to both public health and Kentucky’s industrial growth. The plant, planned for Muhlenberg County, would have been one of America’s largest and most polluting power plants- emitting thousands of tons of air pollutants that cause smog and are known to cause severe public health problems including asthma and cancer.

“This is a huge victory, especially for our children and the elderly who suffer most from dirty air,” said Pat Gallagher, the Director of the Sierra Club’s Environmental Law Program.  read more »

Thought we would pass the good news on...... From: Citizens Coal Council

* Conservationists Score Major Court Victory on Destruction from Mining;*

*Federal Court Rules Pennsylvania Must Require Coal Industry to Post Bonds to Cover Entire Cost of Cleanup*

Harrisburg, PA (August 3, 2007) –The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit yesterday gave a victory to Pennsylvania’s environment and economy by ruling in favor of a coalition represented by Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (PennFuture) that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania must require the state’s coal operators to post bonds to cover the entire cost of environmental cleanup. The case began in December 2003, when PennFuture filed a lawsuit on behalf of Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen’s Clubs, Pennsylvania Council of Trout Unlimited (formerly PA Trout), the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Sierra Club, the Tri-State Citizens Mining Network (now known as the Center for Coalfield Justice) and the Mountain Watershed Association against both the federal and state governments for their failure to protect Pennsylvania’s environment from damage caused by mining operations, including acid stream pollution.  read more »

June 11, 2007 Shanghai Daily

HUNDREDS of naked cyclists, some sporting strategically placed body paint, toured the streets of London and other cities around the world on Saturday to protest oil dependency and car culture.

Traffic came to a standstill and onlookers gaped or took photographs as the bare cyclists streamed past London's landmarks, blowing whistles and waving flags saying "Rights for Bikes."

Cyclists in Paris, Madrid and Vancouver, among other cities, joined in what was the fourth annual world naked bike ride.  read more »

Gas prices, the rapidly evolving power crunch, climate disruption getting you down?

Come see a film that explores how Cuba is dealing with these challenges!

Monday June 11th
Traditions Fair Trade Cafe
300 5th Ave & Water St
Downtown Olympia

Special screening of the documentary

"The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil"

Doors: 7:15pm
Event: begins at 7:30pm
Donations gratefully accepted

Afterwards there will be a brief Q&A and Rick Fellows will talk about his upcoming Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba . The kick off for that is July 3rd.  read more »