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IN THE SPOTLIGHT
SalmonAID Salmon Month September 2010 is Salmon Month at San Francisco’s Aquarium of the Bay. Sponsored by the SalmonAID coalition — of which the Center is a member — Salmon Month will feature information and exhibits every day, as well as the following special events:
The SalmonAID coalition brings together more than two dozen conservation, commercial and sportfishing organizations as well as the West Coast’s best restaurants in order to educate the public about wild salmon and the perils they face across our coast. This wide-ranging coalition motivates citizens to take actions to protect our amazing wild salmon and the rivers they call home. Join us during Salmon Month to help support restoration of wild salmon and wild rivers. Download a discount coupon to get into the aquarium. For more information about Salmon Month and the SalmonAID coalition, visit www.salmonaid.org. Learn more about the Center’s campaigns to save endangered fish. |
• Clean Energy Jobs Rally Clean Energy Jobs Rally Just before they attend Nevada’s National Clean Energy Summit 3.0: Investing in American Jobs, national and local environment, labor and business leaders will appear at the “Blue-Green Rally for Clean Energy” to promote clean energy and its ability to help America through providing green jobs. The Center’s Nevada Conservation Advocate Rob Mrowka will speak at the rally on necessary goals for saving the planet from dirty energy development, including reducing atmospheric CO2 to 350 parts per million and ending offshore oil drilling. Attendees can receive free donuts, T-shirts and green hardhats while supplies last. When: 7:30 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 7 View the event flyer, learn about the Center’s climate work and contact Rob Mrowka for more information on the event. Lecture: Protecting Desert Biodiversity In “Protecting Desert Biodiversity,” Center Conservation Advocate Rob Mrowka will discuss how he and his team of biologists are protecting a range of Nevada endangered species from the improper siting of large projects — such as the Large Solar Thermal Array south of Las Vegas — on their habitats. The general public is welcome to attend. When: 7:30 p.m. Email Rob Mrowka for more information. Appalachia Rising Mountaintop-removal Conference and Day of Action Mountaintop-removal coal mining destroys Appalachia’s mountains, pollutes streams, poisons water supplies and obliterates habitat for numerous endangered species. Appalachia Rising, endorsed by the Center, strives to unite coalfield residents, grassroots groups, individuals and national organizations to call for the abolition of mountaintop removal and the protection of America’s water from all forms of surface mining. Appalachia Rising will consist of two events. First, there will be a weekend conference on September 25-26, called “Appalachia Rising: Voices From the Mountains,” which will provide an opportunity to help build the movement for justice in Appalachia through strategy discussions and knowledge sharing across generational lines. The second event, the Appalachia Rising Day of Action on September 27, will unify thousands in calling for an end to mountaintop removal and all forms of steep-slope surface mining through a vibrant march and rally. Center staff will attend the Appalachia Rising conference. Get details on the events, register for the conference and watch a video about Appalachia Rising at www.appalachiarising.org. Learn more about the Center’s campaign to end mountaintop-removal mining. Lecture: Navigating the Climate Conflict The Center for Biological Diversity and Clean Wisconsin invite you to hear the Center’s Climate Law Institute Director Kassie Siegel kick off the Doug La Follette Environmental Speakers Program. Siegel’s talk, “Navigating the Climate Conflict: Today's Hottest Battles and Your Role in the Fight,” will focus on what’s at stake in some of today’s hottest climate battles, from the fight to save the polar bear to climate legislation and the showdown over Clean Air Act implementation for greenhouse gases — and how you can help save the planet before it’s too late. The event will be held at the University of Wisconsin’s Pyle Center, Room 325/326, 702 Langdon St., and is free and open to the public. A reception will begin at 6 p.m., with the talk at 7 p.m. Email Rose Braz for more information and learn more about our Climate Law Institute. Climate Change Town Hall Meeting The Center’s Climate Campaign Director Rose Braz will join California State Senator Fran Pavley, Don Price of the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District and a representative of Southern California Edison in a Climate Change town hall hosted by Ventura County Supervisor John Zaragoza. Come learn what’s happening at the local, state and federal levels to curb carbon pollution and find out how to overcome the obstacles in our way. The meeting will take place from 7 to 10 p.m. Exact location to be announced. Email Rose Braz for more information and learn more about our Climate Law Institute. After growing up amongst Louisiana's oil refineries and watching his own family suffer from pollution-related cancers, in 1997 activist and filmmaker Josh Tickell took off in his biodiesel-powered "Veggie Van" on an epic road trip to make the film that would win the 2008 Sundance Film Festival's Audience Award for Best Documentary. FUEL, with appearances by a huge cast of notables including Jimmy Carter, Willie Nelson, Julia Roberts, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., tracks the rise of Big Oil from Rockefeller's strategy to halt Ford's first ethanol cars to Dick Cheney's petrochemical company-sponsored legislation. But FUEL not only exposes America's debilitating addiction to oil — it also describes a gamut of intriguing solutions to "repower America," offering hope for a sustainable, oil-independent future. It received 11 standing ovations at Sundance, was shortlisted for the Oscars, and earned the Writers Guild of America's nomination for best documentary writing. |
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Penguin photo by Michael Van Woert, NOAA; coho salmon courtesy NOAA |
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