No Compromise in the Defense of Mother Earth
From an email this morning-
In addition to the information in this press release, we were also just told that Humboldt County Sherriffs cut the lifeline of the activist who is still dangling 60 feet in the air. In addition they arrested a support person to the action, to clear the road so Green Diamond Resource [...]
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It’s been eighteen months since the beginning of our non-stop occupation of the forest canopy in the McKay Tract. But perhaps more importantly for us, we are nearing two years since logging plan #1-08-102 “McKay 09″ was approved in August ‘08 (see yellow polygons pictured above, the circle surrounds a Northern Spotted Owl nest). This [...]
Sarah Palin took a break from shooting Wolves and other large animals from a helicopter to make an appearance at the Sierra Cascade Logging Conference yesterday. She defended her environmental track record with the following statement- “We really do love our trees,” Palin said. “I named my daughter Willow. Isn’t that granola enough for them?”
While [...]
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The Center for Biological Diversity is at it again, filing a lawsuit that challenges the ability of the timber industry to destroy the habitat of the rare Pacific Fisher - a relative of the mink and otter that has been decimated by historic fur trapping and logging of old-growth forests. Following [...]
Excerpts from a press release that just arrived in our inbox -
SAN FRANCISCO— The Center for Biological Diversity today filed lawsuits against the California Department of Forestry for illegally approving clearcut logging projects without properly analyzing the carbon emissions and climate consequences. The 15 logging plans … would clearcut more than 5,000 acres of California [...]