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RAN Activists Block Weyerhauser Shareholders Meeting

By postMigrator April 18, 2008 April 18, 2008 RT Newswire

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 2008
2:14 PM

CONTACT: Rainforest Action Network
Sam Haswell, Communications Director
(415) 659-0519

Activists With Rainforest Action Network Block Entry to Weyerhaeuser Shareholder Meeting

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – April 17 – Several activists with Rainforest Action Network (RAN) were arrested today after chaining themselves to the main entrance to Weyerhaeuser Corp.’s annual shareholder meeting to protest the company’s contract to buy wood logged without consent from the territory of a Canadian First Nation.
The activists were demanding that Weyerhaeuser stop buying wood clear-cut from the northwestern Ontario traditional territory of the Grassy Narrows First Nation, which has declared a moratorium on all industrial activities on its land. Last week, RAN issued a letter to Weyerhaeuser CEO Steve Rogel demanding that the company follow the lead of its competitor Boise Inc., which in February announced that it would suspend its contract for wood obtained from the conflict region unless community consent can be established. Several proxies and shareholders inside the meeting are also raising the issue.

Vanishing Glacial Lakes in Greenland

By postMigrator April 18, 2008 April 18, 2008 RT Newswire

Greenland glacial lake vanishes in warming drama
Thu Apr 17, 2008 8:50 PM EDT
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By Will Dunham

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Surface melting fueled by climate warming can trigger dramatic events on the vast Greenland ice sheet such as a lake suddenly vanishing through a crack with force of Niagara Falls, experts said on Thursday.

Rising global temperatures are expected to cause an increase in meltwater in frozen expanses like the Greenland ice sheet, and this meltwater often forms sizable lakes.

Scientists have worried that when this increase in meltwater reaches the base of the Greenland ice sheet, it could further lubricate its slide over bedrock toward the sea, causing it to shrink more quickly than expected.

Global Warming Places U.S. Rivers at Risk

By postMigrator April 18, 2008 April 18, 2008 Uncategorized

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 17, 2008
1:45 PM

CONTACT: American Rivers
Garrett Russo, American Rivers, (202) 423-9494;
Amy Kober, American Rivers, (206) 213-0330 x 23

Global Warming Places Rivers Across the Nation at Risk
America’s Most Endangered RiversTM: 2008 Edition

WASHINGTON, DC – April 17 – From water mismanagement in the southeast and southwest, to ill-advised projects in the gulf coast and the nation’s heartland, across the country our nation’s rivers and fresh water resources are at risk. Those risks are only exacerbated by the problems created by global warming. The release of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™: 2008 Edition shows how a collection of backwards looking decision makers all across the country are using 19th century thinking, in a misguided attempt to solve the 21st century problems we are facing as a nation.

“Water will be the oil of the 21st century,” said Rebecca Wodder, President of American Rivers. “Yet all across the country, water mismanagement is on full display as politicians resort to placing another straw in their rivers, or outright stealing water from their neighbors, instead of adopting water policies that will make our communities more resilient in the face of global warming.”

Being named as one of America’s Most Endangered Rivers™ is not an end for the river, but rather a beginning. With the listing comes a national spotlight and action from thousands of activists across the country. These ten rivers have a chance to be reborn, and to serve as models for other rivers all across America.

Climate and Dry-Forest Wildfires

By postMigrator April 18, 2008 April 18, 2008 Uncategorized

Science Spotlight

Every month the WildWest Institute in Missoula, MT highlights new scientific research and findings as part of the WildWest Institute’s on-going efforts to ensure that science guides the management of our public lands.

April Spotlight: Multi-Season Climate Synchronized Historical Fires in Dry Forests (1650-1900), Northern Rockies, USA – read the full report at:

http://www.wildwestinstitute.org/programs/science_spotlight.html.

and:

http://www.wildwestinstitute.org/pdf/Morgan_et_al_2008.pdf

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