USDA Sets the Table for GMO Food

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View Online        Home      Take Action      Donate January 2014         Nationwide USDA to Green Light Next-Gen GMOs? Stocking your cupboard with food that isn't genetically engineered won't get easier anytime soon. The USDA recently gave the go-ahead to a new generation of modified corn and soy, dismissing the significant harms posed by them and the toxic herbicide they were manufactured to resist.    Continue Reading »    Engineering an Environmental Disaster Listen to Paul Achitoff discuss the environmental impacts of GMOs in our latest podcast. Trip's Column A Letter to President Obama President Obama is fighting and feeding climate change with an "all of the above" energy policy, warns Earthjustice President Trip Van Noppen. In a letter to the president, Trip and other environmental leaders urge Obama to choose clean energy over fossil fuels that condemn future generations to climate consequences.     Continue Reading »      In The News Pacific Ocean Navy Training Plans Threaten Marine Animals The National Marine Fisheries Service has okayed Navy training exercises near Hawaiʻi and Southern California that would, by the agency's own estimate, cause nearly 9.6 million instances of harm to whales, dolphins, turtles and other marine mammals—including 155 marine mammal deaths and more than 2,000 permanent injuries. Earthjustice has sued both the agency and the Navy, demanding that they explore ways to reduce the damage.    Continue Reading »    The law requires the Fisheries Service to protect marine mammals and imperiled sea turtles, not force them to play Russian roulette. – David Henkin, Staff Attorney Idaho Wolf Pack Extermination Under Way in Wilderness A hunter-trapper hired by the State of Idaho has been exterminating two wolf packs within the 2.4-million-acre Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness. Instead of protecting the wilderness, the U.S. Forest Service is assisting Idaho's killing program.    Continue Reading »    Pennsylvania PA Court Decision Upholds Local Limits on Fracking The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently struck down a state law that ran roughshod over community efforts to protect themselves from fracking for oil and gas. Earthjustice participated in the Pennsylvania case, and is currently defending similar efforts in Ohio and New York.    Continue Reading »    Washington Washington County to Revive Salmon Streams In one of the largest settlements of its kind, Washington County has agreed to put $3 million of funding into stream restoration and pollution reduction that will protect Columbia River salmon. The settlement comes after years of Earthjustice litigation and several court findings that the County was violating the law by failing to reduce stormwater runoff.    Continue Reading »      Special Report on the West Virginia Spill Lisa Evans Sr. Administrative Counsel Overdue rules could ensure polluters pay.     Read Blog Post »    Jennifer Chavez Attorney, Washington, D.C. "Freedom Zones" could cripple EPA.     Read Blog Post »    Ted Zukoski Attorney, Rocky Mountain Coal's costs just keeping piling up.     Read Blog Post »    In Memory of Fred Meyer, 1931-2013 Earthjustice is deeply saddened by the passing of its longtime friend and trustee, Fred Meyer, who served and supported us for more than a decade.    Continue Reading »    What is Earthjustice Planning for 2014? Thanks to the generosity of our many supporters, we provide expert legal support free of charge to groups large and small. The 2014 Legal Docket outlines some of the most important legal battles coming up. View it at earthjustice.org/docket.    View Our Docket  »    Receive e.Brief in Large Print We hope you have enjoyed this issue of e.Brief. If the text was too difficult to read, try out our large print version. It's the same great content every month, now in easy-to-read, larger type.     Sign Up Today »    You've been reading e.Brief, Earthjustice's monthly e-newsletter. 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Leaked documents confirm the worst.

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From: "Phil Aroneanu - 350.org" <350@350.org>
Date: Jan 18, 2014 3:18 PM
Subject: Leaked documents confirm the worst.
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Friends,

A confession: I hesitated to even send this email. 

The thing I'm writing about today -- a trade agreement called the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP -- is a bit outside 350.org's wheelhouse. When it came down to it though, I couldn't NOT send this email, since the TPP is shaping up to be the worst kind of corporate power grab.

This week, Wikileaks released newly leaked documents that confirm the worst: the United States' TPP negotiating team is walking away from supporting strong environmental safeguards. Without protections for land use, logging, and climate pollution, the TPP has gone from a bad deal to a disastrous one. It's time to take action:

Click here to tell your Members of Congress to reject the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

The TPP is an expansive, highly secretive international free trade agreement. It's being negotiated by delegates from twelve Pacific Rim countries, including the United States, along with hundreds of industry leaders. Elected officials, civil society, and the press have largely been shut out of negotiations, but these leaked documents reveal disturbing provisions.

The TPP would empower corporations to directly sue governments over laws and policies that they claim reduce their profits. Legislation designed to address climate change, curb fossil fuel expansion, and reduce air pollution could all be subject to attack as a result of the TPP.

Right now, our best chance to stop this train wreck is to stop Congress from giving "fast-track" authority to President Obama, allowing him to push the agreement through without a public debate.

Click here to tell your Congressional representatives to reject "fast track" and the Trans-Pacific Partnership.

In Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore, and here in the U.S., citizens have taken to the streets in mass protest. Last year, 130 members of Congress voiced concerns about the TPP, and opposition is growing now that a fast-track bill has been introduced in the Senate. Let's make sure those Senators and Representaives who may be on the fence get our message loud and clear:

We oppose the "fast-track" bill, and we reject the TPP.

Any trade agreement that gives corporations unfettered power is a bad one, but a trade agreement like this would be a disaster for people and the planet.

Onward,

Phil

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Researchers confirm: Warmer Pacific Ocean has increased cyclone risk for China, Japan and Korea | The Raw Story

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West Virginia Chemical Spill: When Small Government Doesn't Work

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Protests Grow in Japan: "We Want to Bring Our Message to the World to Stop Nuclear Power Plants"

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Utica Mine Update

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Hello to all my petition signers out there, Ashley Williams here again! I wanted to deliver an update regarding the Aramoni LLC annexation hearing for the proposed frac sand mine in North Utica known as Ancell Sands.

I included two links below from The Times and News Tribune documenting Wednesday's hearing. First and foremost, I must extend a special thank you to Dr. Crispin Pierce and Dr. Ron Koshoshek for coming all the way from Wisconsin to testify before the Village Board on Wednesday. Though no decision has yet been reached, we are certainly not forfeiting to Aramoni anytime soon! We will keep fighting to preserve the health and well being of the community for as long as it takes! The hearing will reconvene on Tuesday, January 28th at 6 pm at Grand Bear Lodge for a fifth night. First on the agenda is the rebuttal from the petitioner, followed by closing arguments from each side's attorney. Furthermore, thank you to everyone that came out for the hearing. I am deeply grateful for all the love and support that you have provided to our cause to stop the proliferation of frac sand mining in LaSalle County.

 

http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/citizen-group-prepares-for-upcoming-utica-sand-hearing/article_9a49bef0-cf82-5f68-a389-57c7885c8314.html

 

http://newstrib.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=27&ArticleID=34050

 

 

Best wishes always, your fellow fracktivist and fracsandtivist,
 

Ashley Williams

http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/governor-quinn-stop-the-1?mailing_id=18540&source=s.icn.em.cr&r_by=1415825

P.S. We have a Facebook page! Please visit https://www.facebook.com/pages/Protect-Starved-Rock-and-the-Illinois-Valley-from-Fracking/563346543755310 for more info.

 

 

 

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Google Doubles Down On Texas Wind; Polar Vortex Brings Grid Reliability Into Question

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WikiLeaks Exposes What Obama's Secret Trade Deal Would Do to the Environment | Mother Jones

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World Economic Forum warns of dangers in growing inequality, extreme weather

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Google Alert - hydrogen, wind, power

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Hydrogenics Awarded CAD$3.8 Million Energy Storage Contract Wall Street Journal This energy storage project will store surplus wind energy as hydrogen using a Hydrogenics HySTAT60(TM) electrolyzer operating at 320 kW of ... See all stories on this topic »