Monthly Archives: August 2007

Indiana Focuses on BP Dumping Plan

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Statesman

Right now, the Hoosier Environmental Council, as with many environmental organizations in the Great Lakes region, has been focused on the attempt by BP to get permission to dump noxious chemicals in Lake Michigan. Now, there’s news about BP’s attempt … Continue reading →

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Mike Ferner Goes On Trial for Covering AntiWar Protest

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Statesman

Voices for Creative Nonviolence reports that independent journalist Mike Ferner will stand trial today at the Lake County Courthouse for trespass, obstruction and resisting arrest charges related to his coverage of a nonviolent civil disobediance protest on July 5 at … Continue reading →

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Idaho Acts Up For Peace

Posted on August 29, 2007 by Statesman

You might think from the coverage of the unfolding Larry Craig debacle that Idaho is simply filled with angry right-wing white men who furtively meet in bathroom stalls. But Idaho is, and always has been, more complicated than that. New … Continue reading →

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Has the Green Party of New Hampshire Gone Under?

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Statesman

They used to be over at NHGreens.org, and we were happy to provide them a link over at our progressive directory of New Hampshire, but now it seems that the New Hampshire Green Party has gone under, online at least. … Continue reading →

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Leader in Coral Reef Restoration Dies

Posted on August 26, 2007 by Statesman

The following message comes from the Global Coral Reef Alliance, established in 1990 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts: “It is with great sadness that I must tell you that our dear colleague and leader, Wolf Hilbertz, died on August 11 … Continue reading →

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Western States Take The First Step Against Global Warming

Posted on August 24, 2007 by Statesman

This week, the following states, along with the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Manitoba, announced the formation of the cross-border Western Climate Initiative, in which the member states and provinces agree to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 15 … Continue reading →

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Tennessee Broils Under Climate Change

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Statesman

It’s a bitter irony this summer that many of the Republican politicians who have been the most stubborn opponents of the idea have come from the South and the Midwest, and those same regions have been hit this summer by … Continue reading →

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AntiBush Kennebunkport Protest This Weekend

Posted on August 22, 2007 by Statesman

This Saturday, August 25th, starting at 10:30 AM, there will be a rally and march for peace in Kennebunkport, Maine, the town where the Bush family, including President George W. Bush, “summers”. That’s an upper class term for having a … Continue reading →

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Hawaii Humanists To Discuss Repressed Assumptions

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Statesman

The next meeting of Humanists Hawaii will be on Sunday, August 26th, at 10:30 AM, in the room 112 of Krauss Hall at the University of Hawaii in Honolulu. At the meeting, speaker Jim Lomont will encourage the examination of … Continue reading →

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Why Did Inouye Help Alberto Gonzales?

Posted on August 21, 2007 by Statesman

This August, Hawaiians are scratching their heads, trying to figure out what Senator Daniel Inouye was thinking. In the last hours before the United States Senate’s summer vacation, Senator Inouye abandoned the Democratic majority in order to join the Republican … Continue reading →

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