TX, AL, GA, NJ and beyond: Oil spill worries Government and Business about PRICES not ENVIRONMENT

Amazingly there is not much thought to the environment in the reporting of this event. This CBS46.com article updated 9/19/16 is focused on gas prices following a pipeline leak in Birmingham AL sometime on or before 9/15/16. The pipeline goes from Houston TX to NJ. The Governor of Alabama has issued an extension to a state of emergency that apparently was intended to help in anticipation of prices possibly going up in Georgia and supply from going down, A gas shortage and price hikes in Georgia have occurred. The company Colonial Pipeline said a break in their pipe near Birmingham on Sept. 9 caused about 6,000 barrels of gas to leak into their retention area. The article says, "They said there is no environmental hazard or hazard to the public." It also says Colonial Pipeline is usually quick to fix problems. Whether retention area or not, an oil leak always has consequences on the environment in the same way that any malfunction or human error that caused it adds to the overall risks and hazards of this industry. 

Read more: http://www.cbs46.com/story/33106951/georgia-pipeline-company-responding-to-gasoline-leak-in-birmingham#ixzz4KiiG3CrO 

International: Dispatches From The Frontlines of Earthjustice.org

source: Gord Webster via Earthjustice

“Our hope is that this settlement served as notice to other developers 

about the importance of complying with these laws

 from the beginning of a project.”-David Henkin  

Citizen enforcement secures stream restoration and reef protection on Kauaʻi, 14 years after Earthjustice filed suit.

Click on link to view several September 2016 updates on Earthjustice's vital work. Please share:

Dispatches From The Frontlines of Earthjustice

CA and beyond: If You Love Otters and You Eat Fish You Should Probably Stop

Don't support fisherman who harm other animals who get in their way, whether it is terns, sea lions, otters or others. See post at Care2.com:
If You Love Otters You Should Probably Stop Eating Fish | Care2 Causes

USA: Urgent! BLM Drops Wild Mare Spaying but Signals Intent to Kill Up to 45,000 Captured Mustangs

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign <contact@wildhorsepreservation.org>
Date: Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 4:30 PM
Subject: Breaking: BLM Drops Wild Mare Spaying but Signals Intent to Kill Up to 45,000 Captured Mustangs
To:

Hi Liz, We have breaking good news, and, unfortunately, bad news of the utmost urgency. First the good news: Earlier today, the BLM informed AWHPC and The Cloud Foundation that it was cancelling plans to proceed with the mare sterilization experiments that we have been fighting since January. The agency stated that its decision to drop these dangerous and cruel experiments was a direct response to our First Amendment lawsuit to uphold the public's right to observe and document this government operation. Now for the bad news. There is no time to celebrate this victory sparing 200 mares from invasive experiments that would have endangered their lives and the lives of their unborn foals. That's because also today, the BLM National Wild Horse and Burro Advisory Board passed an "emergency" resolution calling on the BLM to "euthanize" captured wild horses in holding facilities. Only one member – our friend and colleague Ginger Kathrens, Executive Director of The Cloud Foundation – dissented. That's right, this "citizen" advisory board wants the BLM to kill up to 45,000 innocent wild horses and burros! And the BLM will be only happy to comply….if it can convince Congress to lift the current ban on destroying healthy horses. This is literally a fight for the lives of tens of thousands of wild horses and burros. We cannot let this happen. The move to kill captured wild horses is the culmination of the BLM's deliberate creation of a crisis -- both on the range and off the range -- by refusing to use the proven PZP fertility control to humanely manage wild horse populations, and by failing to adequately reduce livestock grazing throughout five years of drought in the West. Now the agency wants these American icons to pay the price for its willful and decades-long mismanagement. We will not let this happen. We need your help more than ever, because there is a real chance the BLM will convince Congress to allow this killing plan.  In the coming weeks, we will be sharing actions you can take to fight this pending tragedy.  Meanwhile, please donate as generously as you can as we double down on our grassroots and legislative work to prevent the mass killing of wild horses and burros. This is a do or die moment... Thank you for being on our team as we fight for the future of our mustangs and burros.   In Freedom, Suzanne Roy, Executive Director American Wild Horse Preservation    You are subscribed to the American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign email list. The American Wild Horse Preservation Campaign is dedicated to preserving American wild horses and burros in viable free-roaming herds for generations to come, as part of our national heritage.

USA and beyond: Tomorrow 9/13 Day of Action against the Dakota Access pipeline

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From: "Kendall Mackey" <350@350.org>
Date: Sep 12, 2016 10:54 AM
Subject: Tomorrow: Day of action against the Dakota Access pipeline
To:
Friends,

Did you see Bill McKibben's email about the massive day of action happening tomorrow against the Dakota Access Pipeline?

When I was at the Sacred Stone Spirit Camp in North Dakota, it was incredibly powerful to see the coming together of over 200 tribes in this huge moment of resistance. And they aren't leaving until this pipeline is stopped for good!

Right now is a critical time to show our solidarity. Last week, the Obama Administration paused construction on the pipeline, but the fight isn't over yet. Now we must make it clear that President Obama must stop it once and for all.

Will you stand with Indigenous leaders against the Dakota Access Pipeline? In the last few days, over 100 solidarity events in 35 cities have been planned and thousands will be taking to the streets on Sept 13th. Join a solidarity action near where you live tomorrow.

This is the moment for you to join us and support the water protectors who are fighting this pipeline.

See you on the streets,

Kendall, and the rest of the 350.org team

P.S. Can't make an action tomorrow? Check out other rolling solidarity actions happening all over the country during the next 2 weeks.   

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Friends,

For all of us who fight for a better world, it's been truly inspiring to witness the political organizing carried out these past weeks on the Standing Rock Sioux reservation.

Their amazing work paid off in dramatic fashion yesterday afternoon. Minutes after a federal court refused to stop construction on the Dakota Access pipeline, the federal government announced that work would be stopping anyway: in effect, there was a people's injunction, won by the great courage and witness of tribes from across America.

This is good news. They've bought time, and now it's our job to come to their support -- to turn this temporary halt into a permanent stop to the pipeline. And more, to make sure that nothing like this ever gets a federal permit again. That's why there will be solidarity actions across America on Tuesday, and we need you at one of them. 

Click here to find and join a solidarity event on September 13th near you. ​

The Obama administration announced months ago that new projects would now have to pass a climate test before being approved--we need that test applied to this pipeline. And we need to make sure than anything in Indian country never gets built again without full tribal consultation. 

Let's make sure the President continues to feel the heat, and stops this pipeline for good: Attend a #nodapl action near you next week -- and if one doesn't exist yet, sign up to host an event on Sept 13th.

These are some of the greatest organizers on the continent. We've fought side by side on the Keystone Pipeline and in a dozen other fights. And now we've got a chance to do something really special. After 500 years of being ignored by the federal government, native Americans forced something special today: serious recognition of their rights.

That should give all of us real hope for the future. 

Bill McKibben for 350.org 

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USA: Toxic! Beware Zika Virus Government Spin and Spray

Do we spread panic more than bugs spread disease?
 [image: amissphotos on Pixabay.com]

There are 3,000 species of mosquitoes worldwide, per National Geographic. A book by Gale Lawrence from 1979 says there were 2,000. I gather from this big increase that scientists are discovering new species all the time. Although only three species are said to be troublesome for humans, there is nothing to say a fourth one won't be discovered in time. Where is the wisdom in spraying chemicals all over various areas of land and standing water to try to combat Mother Nature? Haven't we as a society learned from history that human-made chemical concoctions in the environment can lead to serious trouble?

Mosquitoes usually prefer horses, cattle, and birds to people, per National Geographic. Their benefit is that many animals feed on them, e.g., migratory songbirds, frogs, turtles, bats, dragonflies, spiders, water bugs, minnows and sunfish. There are laws that are supposed to protect migratory songbirds for one but it appears they might be being ignored. Besides bees, bats and other plants and wildlife being horribly impacted by pesticide spray, another big problem with spraying pesticides on mosquitoes has been the production of pesticide-resistant insects. Having them mutate or removing them completely will have consequences that nobody can predict. The National Geographic article also includes the statement, "global efforts to stop the spread of mosquitoes are having little effect, and many scientists think global warming will likely increase their number and range."

POST BY Richard Fagerlund (@ASKTHEBUGMAN) ON FACEBOOK SEPT 3, 2016 and reposted with permission

I happened to learn about the NYC truck and aerial applications through the emergency management NYC government site @NotifyNYC on Twitter (twitter.com/NotifyNYC). These are the areas where NYC is being or has been recently sprayed: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/health/health-topics/west-nile-virus-spray.page. Look for the names of the chemicals used so you can study their ingredients for yourself.

NYC does truck and aerial spraying

Florida, South Carolina and New York are some of the states which have already been sprayed for Zika virus. See this article in Mother Jones with the headline Spraying Pesticides May Not Kill Zika Mosquitoes. While interested parents and others are not necessarily chemical engineers, we are all concerned for the general safety of people, wildlife, plant life and natural resources such as water, land and air worldwide. There are many sources of information that we can familiarize ourselves with and make up our own minds.

We can also contact our politicians. As a member of The Guardian news network, EarthIsland.org reported 9/5/16 US Beekeepers Fear for Livelihoods as Anti-Zika Toxin Kills 2.5m Bees. As reported 7/6/16 in a Free Thought Project article, a "Massive New Study Suggests Pesticide the Cause of Microcephaly — NOT Zika Virus."  We should not sit idly by and refuse to think about the consequences of public health recklessness paid for with taxpayers' money.

Charles Mackay 19th century author of
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
[source: Charles Rogers public domain via Wikimedia Commons]

Charles Mackay was the 19th century author of  Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds which is still in vogue and available at Amazon.com in various formats including Kindle. It was he who said such things as, "Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one."

Rachel Carson (1907–1964) author of
Silent Spring in 1962
All her books are still in print
 [source: USFWS via Wikipedia]

Whether or not we are toxicologists or biologists or entymologists, what we do know from common knowledge is that we do not want to be subjected to toxins nor to resurrect the days of DDT. You do not want to shop at a green grocer and walk home under drift from chemical sprays. Following the work of Rachel Carson and others who came after her, there are ongoing discoveries being made that should caution us all the more to tinkering with nature and going down a slippery slope. Theo Colborn did pioneering work in endocrine disruptors as reflected in the book Our Stolen Future published in 1996.

Theo Colburn (1927-2014) author of 
Our Stolen Future 
[source: Jrrochester via Wikipedia]

Take a look at what one of the co-authors of Our Stolen Future spoke of in this 14-minute video (this is the short version). John Peterson Myers is Founder and CEO of Environmental Health News: 

Per NPR Northwest Radio 9/6/16, Congress has a few items on their urgent to-do list including more Zika funding interwined with elections:

"MONTAGNE: And Zika funding has been delayed for months. How are they going to resolve that impasse?
DAVIS: There is a $1.1 billion bill on the table, but Democrats oppose it because it excludes Planned Parenthood from the list of providers that are eligible for funding for contraception to help combat the spread of the Zika virus. Democrats want to rework that provision. It's unclear how they're ultimately going to resolve it. But I spoke to aides in both parties who say they are absolutely confident they will work out a deal before the end of the month.
Congress is facing increasing pressure to get it done, which is when it gets things done. The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned lawmakers last week that they're almost out of money. And there's also increasing political pressure to act because one of the states hardest hit by the Zika outbreak is Florida, a critical battleground state."

Click for a 22-minute YouTube video primarily about the dangers of DEET posted 9/7/16 at https://youtu.be/ta38Ax4jfZQ by Mike Adams TheHealthRanger 

Simple solutions are often best. 

RICHARD BUGMAN FAGERLUND (@ASKTHEBUGMAN) wrote this letter to his city council in Las Cruces NM. He posted it on Facebook 9/5/16. He gave me permission to blog it here. He has written other related posts which are also excellent, such as the one above, this one about Roundup applied at elementary schools posted 9/3/16, and this one about DEET (which is an unsafe but approved mosquito repellant) posted 8/3/16. He informed me that I may repost anything he posts on Facebook. Thanks to Leslie for reposting this one.

I sent the following long letter to the 9 trustees of Vector Control and the city council as I said I would.

Hi
Happy Labor Day weekend. I wrote you before concerning the application of herbicides like Roundup and their hazards. This letter is equally important as it addresses mosquito spraying. First, the pesticides used for mosquito spraying are hazardous to humans, animals and beneficial insects. Even if they have a lesser toxicity than other pesticides, they are not safe. There are people in your communities that have compromised immune systems and possibly Multiple Chemical Sensitivity (MCS) and they can be severely impacted by pesticide exposure. The pesticides, when applied by airplanes or trucks can severely impact the environment. Recently a mosquito spraying in South Carolina killed over a million honeybees.

If you are spraying for zika mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus) at night, it is not at all effective. These mosquitoes are daytime biters and will be hiding someplace at night and will not be affected by the pesticides. Honeybees will because the pesticide will settle on all flowering plants in the area and the honeybees will come in contact with it when they visit the flowers. Even when they spray during the day, they will not get most of the mosquitoes as they are low to the ground and on private property. Zika mosquitoes don’t breed in large ponds or other standing water, but mostly in small containers and even in small puddles.

Spraying pesticides from planes and trucks is not the answer. They can be controlled by homeowners on their own property and city and county agencies can control them on their property using the same methods. It is all about education. It is the responsibility of government agencies to educate the public, not endanger some people and destroy the environment. There is no place in any constitution that requires any government agency to apply toxic pesticides to protect the public. As mentioned, it is all about education. 

This is what you need to pass on to all of your constituents and ask them to follow it.

• They have to reduce standing water where mosquitoes can breed. Some species of mosquitoes, including the zika mosquitoes only need a half inch of standing water and eggs of some species can hatch in a week or so. Make sure they change any pets drinking water and birdbath water.
• Keep grass cut and shrubbery trimmed to minimize hiding places for adult mosquitoes.
• Make sure there are no old tires on your property. If they have to have some, drill holes in them so water will drain.
• Any plastic or metal containers should be upside down so they can't collect water.
• If you have plastic tarps or plastic on the ground anywhere, folds in the plastic can gather water. Check frequently.
• Check plants with large leaves that may collect water in axils, where the leaves join the stem. Tip the plant over if in a pot or flush it at least weekly to disrupt any mosquito breeding.
• Check water in bottom of plant containers, including hanging plants.
• Check holes in trees or stumps that may collect water.
• You can add food grade diatomaceous earth to any standing water to kill mosquito larvae.
• It wouldn't hurt to build a bat house and encourage bats. A single bat can eat several thousand mosquitoes in one night.
• Make sure all screens on doors, windows and vents are functional.
• If they have cots or picnic tables outside that they may use in the evening, mosquito netting will help.
• When they go outside, wear a good Non-DEET mosquito repellent. Here is a recipe for a very good repellent. Combine in a 16 oz bottle: 15 drops lavender oil, 3-4 Tbsp of vanilla extract, and 1/4 Cup lemon juice. Fill bottle with water. Shake. Ready to use.

If the people follow these suggestions, you should never have a zika problem or a West Nile Virus problem. Your agencies can use larvicides on ponds or other bodies of water to control WNV mosquitoes who will breed there.
I attached my resume so you know my qualifications for even getting in touch with you. Thanks and have a pest-free and pesticide-free future.

Finally, this is an important 2/16/16 post on the Zika scare, provided by Mercola.com at (click on link):

Propaganda Machine Takes Aim at Zika Virus

Excerpt

The evidence suggests implicating Zika virus may be a matter of convenience — leaders of the public-private partnership between industry and government are quickly blaming the rise in microcephaly on disease-carrying mosquitoes in order to sell more GE mosquitoes, to sell more toxic insecticides, and to have an excuse to develop and sell more vaccines. 

All the while, they are keeping hidden some of the most likely culprits — poor nutrition and toxic environmental exposures like pesticides, as well as vaccines given during pregnancy when the fetus is most susceptible to harm. By throwing up a convenient veil in the form of Zika-infected mosquitoes, business can not only go on as usual, but grow and expand profits to boot. 

I have no immediate answers to this problem, other than a firm suggestion, and that is to put on your thinking cap and assess the situation based on what the actual evidence shows, and do not just go by the sound bytes regurgitated by the talking heads. Sooner or later the insanity must end. 

We cannot expect a healthy infant and child population when pregnant women are assaulted with toxins at every turn. And MORE toxins is NOT the answer! This really should be self-evident. 

For all intents and purposes my review of the available evidence strongly suggests that the Zika virus is just another fabricated threat designed to support even further use of profitable but unproven and highly ineffective products like vaccines. For a quick list of some of the most common toxic threats to avoid during pregnancy, take a look at this infographic.

When pregnant, you should take extra care with the foods you eat and the chemicals you use in and outside of your home. There are many sources of toxic exposure that may put you, and your unborn baby, in harm's way. If you are expecting a child or know someone who is, share the above infographic on the most common environmental toxins that pregnant women should avoid. 

[image: Amarettissimia on Pixabay.com]

Everywhere: Urgent. Dolphin Killing by Japan Starts Again

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From: Dave Phillips, Save Dolphins and Whales <savejapandolphins@earthisland.org>
Date: Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 6:06 AM
Subject: Urgent: Dolphin Kill in Japan Starts Again
To:

Today is a tragic day as Japan sends out dolphin killing boats again in Taiji. You probably remember the indelible images of the slaughter from the documentary "The Cove." This year the Japanese government has authorized the senseless killing of 1820 bottlenose dolphins, pilot whales, and false killer whales. Taiji dolphin hunters also have "orders" for 150 live-captured dolphins to sell into miserable lives in small concrete tanks.  We need your help today to fight back against this ruthless slaughter -- educate people about the dangers of eating toxic dolphin meat -- and stop the growing trade in wild dolphins. There are some positive signs. Japanese consumers are eating far less dolphin meat, and this has contributed to a 60% decline in dolphin deaths in Taiji. The hunters simply can't sell as much dolphin meat as they have been able to in the past.  But for the slaughter to end we must keep up the pressure, and we need your help again. A dead dolphin sold for meat in Japan brings in $600, but a live "show" dolphin can bring $150,000 or more on the world market. The captivity industry is subsidizing dolphin hunters who catch dolphins for marine circuses and then massacre the rest. This must be stopped. This past winter, Japan killed 333 minke whales -- including 200 pregnant females -- for illegal "scientific research" whaling, and now they are sending out their fleet in coastal waters to kill more whales. Their winter slaughter took place in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary, an area designated by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) as a protected zone for whales. Your help enables us to work at the upcoming meetings of the IWC in Slovenia to turn up world pressure on the Japanese government to cease its illegal whale slaughter.  In 2020, Tokyo plans to host the summer Olympics.   We must expand our work with Japanese allies to end these slaughters. Japan has a chance to shift toward humane policies for dolphins and whales instead of having the global media spotlight their insensitivity and cruelty to these amazing animals.   Please donate today and sign our petition to Japanese Prime Minister Abe. Minke whales like the one pictured above are slaughtered by Japan both in Antarctica and in their coastal waters Thank you for all you can do to help, at any level.  Please donate $35, $100, $250, or whatever you can afford.  ***Right now the Taiji hunters are out looking to force dolphins into the killing Cove for slaughter or global trade. ***Right now we must keep the pressure on Japan's illegal killing of whales at the International Whaling Commission. ***Right now the courts are considering our lawsuit about SeaWorld's false statements that orca whales are "happy" and live as long in tanks as in the wild. We have accomplished a great deal with your support.  And the truth is, we can't do it without you.  Thanks for standing with us today! Best, David Phillips, Director, International Marine Mammal Project, Earth Island Institute ACTION UPDATES: • Sign our petition to Prime Minister Abe:  http://savedolphins.eii.org/take-action/take-action-save-japan-dolphins • We won a key court battle to stop import of 18 beluga whales that were stripped from the wild in Russia and faced shortened and miserable lives in captive tanks in the US. Our message is clear: We will actively oppose every plan to capture and import wild dolphins and whales. • We're leading the way with a key lawsuit to force SeaWorld to defend numerous false statements and unfair buisness practices. It's time that captive orcas and dolphins are retired to seaside sanctuaries. • We're pressing the World Trade Organization and the Mexican dolphin-deadly tuna fleet to stop undermining the Dolphin Safe label on canned tuna and cease all fishing for tuna by chasing and setting nets on dolphins. You can help save orcas and dolphins from lives of misery in captivity and stop the capture and killing of dolphins worldwide. Make your gift today and ensure that dolphins and whales have a chance at freedom and safety. With a monthly donation or a one-time contribution, we'll send you Susan Casey's bestselling new book about dolphins, or a Dolphin Campaign t-shirt, or a "Blackfish" movie DVD (all with free shipping).               The International Marine Mammal Project at Earth Island Institute is a non-profit charity, and donations are tax-deductible.  Check out our campaign website for latest updates and ways to take action. Taiji photo courtesy of OPS, Minke Whale Photo by Len2040, Orca whale photo © Betty Sederquist   unsubscribe Visit our web site 2150 Allston Way, Suite 460, Berkeley, CA 94704-1375 tel: 510.859.9100 | fax: 510.859.9091 Earth Island Institute © 2016 All rights reserved.

International: Help get the money out of dirty #palmoil. Tell Cargill and Wilmar Say NO to REPSA. No to Ecocide! No to business as usual!

Please sign and share.

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From: "Friends of the Earth" <foe@foe.org>
Date: Sep 6, 2016 7:42 AM
Subject: Tell Cargill and Wilmar: Say NO to dirty palm oil

Tell Cargill and Wilmar: Say NO to dirty palm oil! One year ago, a massive spill of toxic palm oil effluent was dumped into the Pasión River. In a landmark decision, a judge in Guatemala ruled that the spill constituted "ecocide" and ordered REPSA -- the company deemed responsible -- to cease operations. Then things got ugly. On the day after the decision, Rigoberto Lima Choc, an activist who denounced the spill, was killed in broad daylight, the judge that heard the case was forced to step down and the ecocide ruling was overturned. Today, the killer remains at large while the company remains in business. The palm oil produced by REPSA continues to be sold to the palm oil industry and multinational traders have largely carried on with business as usual -- including Cargill and Wilmar, the biggest in the business. Tell Cargill and Wilmar to cut ties with REPSA and wash their hands of Guatemala's dirty palm oil. In response to the ecocide disaster and murder of Rigoberto, we joined thousands of Guatemalans in demanding that Cargill and Wilmar denounce the violence against activists, cut ties with REPSA, and comply with their own sustainable sourcing policies and basic human rights. But neither company has fully heeded our demands.  The spill of pesticide-laden palm oil waste caused massive fish kills and impacted the lives of 120,000 people in the municipality of Sayaxché. The Guatemalan court's ruling of "ecocide" shows the gravity of the disaster. The murder of Rigoberto shows that violence is tolerated in the palm oil business. These multinationals have responded by trying to make REPSA more "sustainable" -- but there can be no sustainability without accountability. Demand that Cargill and Wilmar cancel their contracts with REPSA until justice is done.  To be clear, both Wilmar and Cargill did respond to your outrage. They heard your voices and the voices of the thousands of Guatemalans who demanded that REPSA close down its operations and ban palm oil expansion in the region. They put pressure on REPSA -- but the clock is ticking for REPSA to take action. Tell Cargill and Wilmar to cut ties with REPSA once and for all. Throughout the tropics, palm oil is a leading cause of forest destruction and land rights abuses. These companies' business models put local communities and land defenders at risk. That's why we're ramping up the pressure around this landmark case in Guatemala and why we're pressing financiers who invest in palm oil to stop financing this destruction.  Over the next few months, you'll have opportunities to raise your voice and help get the money out of dirty palm oil. Together, we'll demand that financiers establish Deforestation-Free and Land Grab Free policies to take a stand against violence and ecocide in the palm oil industry  In the meantime, let's defend the fearless activists on the frontlines by getting the multinationals to pull out of Guatemala's toxic palm oil business. For the Pasión River, Jeff Conant, Senior international forests program manager, Friends of the Earth

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Olympia WA: Protesters howl over #Wolves killed in Washington | Animal News Northwest

source: photo © Karen Ducey Photography AnimalNewsNorthwest.com

Please click on link to view this great coverage of protest held September 1, 2016 at offices of the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife - or WDFW. It was organized by Brooks Fahy from Predator Defense. If you agree, let your representatives know. And encourage like-minded people to run for office wherever you are in USA and beyond.

Protesters howl over wolves killed in Washington - Animal News Northwest

Summerville #SC: Millions of #Bees dead ‘Like it’s been nuked' after Dorchester County sprays for mosquitoes. Petition included. | WashingtonPost

The article is from the Washington Post Sept 1, 2016 edition. How can "authorities" do this clueless act!!?? They don't give sufficient notice or return phone calls either. The prospects of #Zika virus are not as significant a problem as Bees are a significant blessing. Government sometimes really runs amuck. The insecticide they used is called Naled and is highly controversial, with some reporting that it is harmful to human fetuses. This insecticide is banned in Europe. I signed the petition referenced in the article. Please sign, share and beware in your own town or county.

‘Like it’s been nuked’: Millions of bees dead after South Carolina sprays for Zika mosquitoes: A single bee farm lost 46 hives after an airplane pilot sprayed the mosquito pesticide Naled.

USA: Urgent! Tell Obama to Stop Auctioning off Public Lands and Waters!

http://www.signforgood.com/keepitintheground/?code=RAN

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From: Rainforest Action Network <info@ran.org>
Date: Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 10:33 AM
Subject: Tell Obama to Stop Auctioning off Public Lands and Waters!
To:

The climate has changed. This month, we've seen historic, unprecedented flooding in the Gulf in what is being called a "1,000-year" event. Rivers and waterways have reached record levels. Homes and businesses have been submerged. Yet, as folks in Louisiana and Mississippi return to waterlogged houses and rebuild, President Obama has returned to climate-wrecking business as usual: just days after the flooding, the administration auctioned off an area the size of Virginia for yet more offshore drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. Enough is enough. Climate change is real and getting worse. There is unprecedented flooding all across the Gulf, wildfires in the west, and record temperatures across the country. Something needs to be done — and you can help. Tell President Obama: Keep the fossil fuels in public lands and waters in the ground. So far, more than 60,000 homes have been damaged by the flooding in Louisiana, 13 people were killed, and the damage and destruction to Gulf communities is ongoing. Instead of addressing the root cause of this climate chaos, the Obama administration is helping the fossil fuel industry do more of what's causing climate change in the first place — drilling, fracking, mining public lands and waters for fossil fuels. On September 20, another lease sale for public lands is coming up — but this time, it will be held online. Why? Because people like you across the country have gathered together to take action and disrupt these auctions and stop these sweetheart deals for the oil and gas industry. By holding this next auction online, Obama is trying to silence our voices, and to make it easier for the wealthiest corporations to take public resources for their profit. Tell President Obama: "Stop auctioning off our public lands and waters for corporate profit!" Gulf South communities have been fighting back against fossil fuel greed for decades. They are feeling the pain today. Sign the petition now to tell President Obama it's time he stood with these communities in climate crisis Join us in pushing President Obama to act now   Ruth Breech Climate and Energy Senior Campaigner Rainforest Action Network Rainforest Action Network 425 Bush St, Suite 300, San Francisco, CA 94108, United States Rainforest Action Network campaigns for the forests, their inhabitants and the natural systems that sustain life by transforming the global marketplace through education, grassroots organizing and peaceful direct action. Contributions to Rainforest Action Network are tax-deductible.