Ecology

New "Garden of Eden" Proposed for WTC Site

Information about a new community garden,
a "New Garden of Eden," proposed for NYC's
World Trade Center site can be found at: new garden AND at this "Garden Photo Gallery": garden photos

Please send this Web Address information
to all on your lists and spread the word
throughout your gardening community. With.
YOUR help, a "New Garden of Eden" COULD
become the FIRST world community garden. Contact: adam purple

Trans Gas Energy is planning to build one of the largest power plants in New York City on the Williamsburgh, Brooklyn waterfront at North 12th St. This plant would spew hundreds of tons of sulfur dioxide, carbon monoxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, formaldehyde and other toxic pollutants into the air each year.

There are already 5 existing or permitted power plants along a 1 1/2 mile
stretch of the North Brooklyn waterfront, and 97 facilities with air pollution permits within one mile of the TGE power plant site, contributing thousands of tons of toxic emissions into the air each year.

Don writes: "We Can Close Indian Point Nuclear Power Plants!


Your attendance is crucial at a Critical Hearing on Thursday, December 13,
2001 at 7 p.m., at the Westchester County Center's Little Theater, located at
Tarrytown Road at Intersection of Central Park Avenue and Bronx River
Parkway.


Come at 6:15 p.m. for a candlelight vigil and rally with speakers and
important information about Indian Point on the County Center steps.


for more information contact Don at:

debar@bestweb.net

(914) 739-2700 days - (914) 945-0815 eves

http:// www.CloseIndianPoint.org

http://www.earthfirstjournal.org/feature.cfm?ID=96 &issue=v21n7

The Criminalization of Ecology

by Warcry

As the assault on the environment intensifies, so does
the criminalization of the resistance to that assault.
Crafted under pressure from various right-wing
elements and the corporate lobby, recent
"eco-terrorist" legislation seeks to neutralize all
forms of direct action that interfere with industry
production.

As the assault on the environment intensifies, so does
the criminalization of the resistance to that assault.
Crafted under pressure from various right-wing
elements and the corporate lobby, recent
"eco-terrorist" legislation seeks to neutralize all
forms of direct action that interfere with industry
production. Additionally, Congress has steadily
fattened the FBI's counter-terrorism budget from $78.5
million in 1993 to $301.2 million in 1999.

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Rising Seas Force Evacuation of Island Country

Lester R. Brown


The leaders of Tuvalu--a tiny island country in the Pacific Ocean midway
between Hawaii and Australia--have conceded defeat in their battle with the
rising sea, announcing that they will abandon their homeland. New Zealand
has agreed to accept all 11,000 citizens of Tuvalu, with migration expected
to start in 2002.


During the twentieth century, sea level rose by 20-30 centimeters (8-12
inches). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change projects a rise of up
to 1 meter during this century. Sea level is rising because of the melting
of glaciers and the thermal expansion of the ocean as a result of climate
change. This in turn is due to rising atmospheric levels of CO2, largely
from burning fossil fuels.

Autonomedia writes: "Nature And Politics

by Jeffrey St. Clair and Alexander Cockburn


America's Greens Rally to Flag, Run for Cover



Hot to present themselves as staunch flag-waggers, some of
America's premier environmental organizations have
disgracefully ditched their principles.



The Sierra Club, America's oldest green group, has abruptly
turned off its campaign against the anti-environmental
program of the Bush administration.



We have secured an internal memo in which the club's high
command explains to its staff why it's suspending its
campaigns. "In response to the attacks on America," the memo
goes, "we are shifting our communications strategy for the
immediate future. We have taken all of our ads off of the
air; halted our phone banks; removed any material from the
web that people could perceive as anti-Bush, and we are
taking other steps to prevent the Sierra Club from being
perceived as controversial during this crisis. For now we
are going to stop aggressively pushing our agenda and will
cease bashing President Bush."



The memo then instructs club staffers on how to respond to
the press: "If you are asked about what this terrorism does
to the Sierra Club's agenda, please respond simply by saying
that right now the public needs to focus on comforting each
other and strengthening our national security to deal with
the crisis at hand."



Imagine if this craven posture spreads across the public
interest movement.

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Lon Cayeway writes: "Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 21:34:52 -0000

Subject: Mi'kmaq Issues Appeal on Internet

Mi'kmaq Issues Appeal on Internet

FISHING: Burnt Church activist seeks cash, support in battle with
Ottawa

BOB KLAGER
Telegraph-Journal


An urgent Internet appeal for cash and resistance support at
Burnt Church First Nation suggests a growing native defiance in
the treaty conflict with Ottawa and links Mi'kmaq activists on the
reserve to an international collective of revolutionary anarchists.

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Autonomedia writes: "Anchorage, AK, Oct. 4 - It's a first for the trans-Alaska oil pipeline, but it's a distinction officials with Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. hoped never to talk about.



A bullet pierced a section of the 800-mile pipeline Thursday, sending thousands of barrels of oil into a remote area about 100 miles north of Fairbanks. Alyeska would not say exactly where the spill occurred because they wanted to keep the area secure.
     Alyeska was working through the night to clean up the spill.


     Authorities arrested Daniel Carson Lewis, 37. They said Lewis lives about a mile from where the bullet pierced the pipeline. Lewis was charged with first-degree criminal mischief and may face federal charges.


     Authorities say Lewis shot the hole in the pipeline then left the scene, but they say his brother remained behind and told Troopers what had happened. It took Troopers three hours to catch Lewis. The area was not secure, they said, and that’s why so much of the oil spilled.


     Tim Woolston with Alyeska said oil was leaking from the pipeline at a rate of about 140 gallons a minute, and that about 20,000 barrels of oil was still in the section of pipe.


     Woolston said it was possible that the line had been shot with a high-powered rifle.


     Production at Prudhoe Bay was dramatically cut back.


     “The oil does continue to leak out of the pipeline," Woolston said Thursday around 6 p.m.


     "We’re in the process now of trying to determine a plan to stop the leak and simultaneously applying to clean up the oil that has spilled on the ground.”


     “There’s a lot of oil in that section of the pipe,” Woolston said about the stretch north of Fairbanks. “So that’s our concern at this point, determining how to stop that flow of oil through that hole in pipe.”


     An Alyeska surveillance helicopter spotted oil leaking around 3:30 p.m but the cleanup didn’t begin until around 7:30 p.m.


     Alyeska said they would release the specific location of the spill after a 10:30 a.m. press conference Friday.


     Woolston said there have been about 50 attempts over the past 24 years to puncture the pipeline, none successful until Thursday.


     “We have taken a number of bullets out of the insulation that surrounds the pipeline and detected indentations caused by bullets that have never been able to puncture the pipeline.  It’s pretty thick steel,” Woolston said."

Wild/Front Weekend

October 26-28, 2002 Netherlands/Belgium



In the last weekend of October anti-authoritarian eco-activists from
Belgium, Holland and around will gather. On the programme:

— Practical workshops: squatting, first aid, de-arresting, climbing,
writing press statements, herbal medicine...

— What's happening in Bruxelles, against the primate torture centre
BPRC, with the anti-road site in Brugge...

— Issue workshops on infrastructure projects in different countries

— Discussion on the alternatives for capitalist mobility policies.

— Introduction on GroenFront! (Green Front, Netherlands), Wildgroei
(Wild Growth, Belgium), infostands from other anti-authoritarian
groups in the region.

— Bands, forest walks & disco.

ECOnference2001 will be the largest national student environmental
conference in nearly a decade! -
Thousands of students - Hundreds of workshops on dozens of issues -
The leading environmental experts and activists in the nation. Don't
miss it! October 19-21, 2001.


>From our wilderness areas to our food supply, from our climate to the
quality of air and our water, the environment is in trouble. 
ECOnference2001 is a national environmental conference taking place
at The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. on October 19-
21, 2001. Thousands of students from all over the country will be
gathering in Washington, DC for a weekend of workshops, speakers,
panels and networking opportunities. Click on the link below to see
an exciting preview of the conference.


http://www.econference2001.org/movie.html


The conference is sponsored by over 50 national environmental
organizations including Sierra Student Coalition, Free The Planet,
ecopledge.com, the PIRGs and Greenpeace. ECOnference2001 will be a
great opportunity to learn the skills necessary to make a difference.


Don't miss out!


For more information, or to register for ECOnference 2001, visit the
website
http://www.econference2001.org

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