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Coal Country film screening and discussion

The next Living in Harmony meeting will be Tuesday, May 11, from 7 pm – 9 pm, Henrietta United Church of Christ, 1400 Lehigh Station Road. A new documentary about coal mining, titled “Coal Country” (www.coalcountrythemovie.com) will be shown. Most Americans are shocked to learn that nearly half of the electricity used in the United States today is produced by coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel.

6th Annual Mountain Justice Training Camp May 27- June 6, 2010 Kentucky

Mountain Justice Training Camp
Location: Wiley’s Last Resort in Letcher County, Kentucky
May 27th through June 6, 2010

Fossil Fools Day Critical Mass Ride TOMORROW!

Tomorrow (thursday april 1st) Genesse Valley Earth first is planning a mass bike ride for Fossils fools day (info about Fossil fools day is below.)
It will be at 6pm and we will be meeting at the liberty pole. Hope to see you there!

Fossil Fool's Day! April 1st, 2010

The fossil fools ain't no joke - but that doesn't mean we can't fight them with one!

The Fossil Fuel Empire is real and it's here.

In Bath, NY: The Technology and Impact of High-pressure, Horizontal, Hydraulic Fracturing of Marcellus Shale & What We Can Do About It

Learn more now about the most important issue facing our region!
Natural gas companies are ready to set up thousands of gas wells in
our rural area.

We need to consider all the effects of using hydraulic fracturing to
extract natural gas from the Marcellus Shale. The scale of
development being considered can have a profoundly negative effect on
our economy, environment, health and quality of life.

Please bring a friend, neighbor, or co-worker to attend this talk with
you.

Environmental Groups "Get Personal" to Protect Environment in Rochester

In response to Governor David Paterson’s proposal to slash New York State’s environmental trust fund by more than a third, dozens of conservation, environmental, public health, historic and farmland preservation, zoos, botanical gardens and aquaria groups, and others, decided to get personal with state legislators.

In Boston: Activists Disrupt Natural Gas Lecture

Chesapeake Energy CEO Aubrey McClendon Not Welcome

Chesapeake Energy has been called the 2nd largest producer of natural gas in the United States. While CEO of Chesapeake Aubrey McClendon sells natural gas as the key to “fueling America’s clean energy future,” the residents of Marcellus Shale-rich areas tell a different story: poisoned groundwater, toxic waste, and rural communities that have seen their once pristine air now contaminated with higher levels of o-zone than Los Angeles.

Indy TV #33: Community Education Task Force on Proposed Mayoral Takeover of Schools

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 2010-02-16 23:17

Indy TV #33Indy TV #33 deals with the issue of the proposed Mayoral Takeover of the Rochester city schools. Our roundtable consists of members of Community Education Task Force, which formed to oppose Mayoral Control and to put forward alternatives. Dan DiClemente is president of the Union BENTE (Board of Education Non-Teaching Employees. Ryan Acuff is with Rochester Students for a Democratic Society.

2010 Upstate NY Permaculture Gathering

***2010 Upstate NY Permaculture Gathering***
Saturday March 13, 2010 - 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
@ The Gear Factory
200 South Geddes St, Syracuse, NY

PRESIDENT'S HUGO CHAVEZ AND BILL CLINTON'S DESTINY FOR AMERICA~S.......

THE AMERICA~S PRESIDENTIAL BILLIONAIRE POSSE'S DEPUTY

FROM... CANADA...via...USA...via...MEXICO...

VISITS PRESIDENT HUGO CHAVEZ OF VENEZUELA ???

OIympic torch protests: challenging a deceitful tradition

In December, members of Genesee Valley Earth First! and others from Rochester participated in demonstrations against the Olympic torch relay in Canada. We did so because environmental destruction knows no borders, and the games have a sordid history of displacing the poor while legitimizing colonialism and authoritarianism. The torch relay itself was born in Nazi Germany to spotlight the fascist government’s supremacist propaganda.

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