Rights of Nature

‘Frightening’ New Data Shows Humanity Has Degraded or Destroyed Two-Thirds of World’s Rainforest

‘Frightening’ New Data Shows Humanity Has Degraded or Destroyed Two-Thirds of World’s Rainforest We need to stop destroying forests and other nature, for the sake of our health, biodiversity, and climate.” by Jessica Corbett, staff writer A fire burns trees next to grazing land in the Amazon basin in Ze Doca, Brazil. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty …

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Silver Estates Update: Guerneville Forest Coalition

Silver Estates Update: Guerneville Forest Coalition Cal Fire Decision Postponed Again This is just a quick update to inform you that Cal Fire has once again postponed its decision regarding the Silver Estates logging plan near Guerneville. According to an online status update posted on Friday, Cal Fire’s decision whether to approve the plan will …

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A Sonoma County Treasure Lost?

From one of our favorite environmentalists in Sonoma County, Moira Sullivan who is working to save Petaluma wetlands for future generations. See previous post and the website: Petaluma Alert: Sid Commons development http://takeactionpetaluma.com/action/ Click on link to take action This is Audubon’s North American Grasslands and Bird Report. It shows that,” Formerly comprised of a wide …

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Petaluma Alert: Sid Commons development

“We are in need of strong letters of support (and funding, where the Open Space District provides only a portion of a project’s cost) emphasizing the importance of this project and the fact that, if these public trust values are not now protected, the opportunity to save them, and our river, will be lost.” Petaluma …

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The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) is hiring an Environmental Scientist

The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) is hiring an Environmental Scientist The California Ocean Protection Council (OPC) is hiring an Environmental Scientist to help advance its strategic priorities related to safeguarding coastal and marine ecosystems and communities in the face of climate change.  The Environmental Scientist will support the work of OPC’s Climate Change program, …

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After months of border wall construction, a look at the damage done

Ecocide Crimes against nature: “..construction crews have been dynamiting, drilling, pumping, excavating and clear-cutting public land. In places like Guadalupe Canyon in far eastern Arizona, simply building roads to bring in construction equipment involved blasting mountainsides and sending the rubble down to clog drainages. Previously wide-open landscapes where wildlife and water could move freely have …

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