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On Tuesday evening, April 17, new light was shed on the controversial issue of native and non-native relations with respect to the Akwesasne border crossing where anti- globalization activists hoped to enter Canada on their way to the Summit of the Americas and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations. That night, Read More… In the Shadow of the Goldrush (Report & commentary on one FTAA Border Crossing) The Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW) Treaty was conceived in order to protect the Carribean’s multitudes of highly endangered animals (including sea turtles, whales, dolphins, manatees, bald eagles and parrots) from being taken or killed for commercial trade. While the U.S. government negotiated and signed the treaty in 1990, the U.S. Senate must Read More… “Spaw” Treaty Is The Key To Saving Caribbean Wildlife Mining is the largest waste producing industry in the country, responsible for leaking huge amounts of cyanide, arsenic and other toxins into surface water and groundwater. Several years ago, a flock of over 340 snow geese died after landing in a contaminated lake in Butte, Montana —- autopsies showed that the extreme acidity of Read More… Don’t Let Bush Undermine Mining Regulations Claiming that it doesn’t have enough resources to fulfill all of its obligations to protect endangered species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Bush administration wants to block any further court orders regarding ESA listings.
Meanwhile, the U.S. Dept. of the Interior (DOI) continues to have the time and Read More… U.S. Government Promotes Killing Endangered Animals Low Frequency Active (LFA) Sonar, developed by the Navy to detect “quiet” submarines, is one of the loudest sounds ever created by man and can travel hundreds of miles through ocean waters.
Because LFA sonar operates at the same frequency as whale communications, it interferes with whale feeding, breeding, and Read More… Navy Sonar Kills Whales Due to public outcry earlier this year, the Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) abandoned plans to contract with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildlife Services to kill bears and mountain lions as part of a study of the impacts of predation on elk in the Clearwater region. However, despite acknowledgement by agency Read More… The Department Of Fish And Game Is Now In The Bear Baiting Business After several years of preliminary consciousness raising around the GE food issue, Friends of the Earth, Organic Consumers Association, and other allies in the Genetically Engineered Food Alert scored a major victory last fall. Genetically engineered corn, StarLink, had contaminated over 300 US brand name products (Kraft and Safeway taco shells, Mission Food products, Read More… Starbucks Campaign Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), called the April 17th decision by the voters in Mississippi to retain the Confederate emblem on the state’s flag “deeply disappointing.” Mfume said, “It is too bad that the voters of Mississippi have chosen to stay buried in the Read More… NAACP Calls Mississippi Vote Deeply Disappointing Kweisi Mfume, President & CEO, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), on April 11th called on Attorney General John Ashcroft to order a full investigation into the fatal shooting by Cincinnati Police of an unarmed African American man.
Mfume said: Enviroshop Read More… NAACP Urges Ashcroft To Investigate Fatal Cincinnati Shooting By Sheila J. Adams President Urban League of Greater Cincinnati Guest Columnist)
Timothy Thomas, 19 years old, did not deserve to die. He did not deserve to be shot and killed by an officer of the Cincinnati police department who was seeking to arrest him for 14 outstanding Read More… A Community Unheard |
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