Global Warming Action Rally tomorrow at the Gallivan Plaza from 10 am to 12 pm.

"Doubt is our product, since it is the best means of competing with the 'body of fact' that exists in the mind of the general public. It is also the means of establishing a controversy...if we are successful in establishing a controversy at the public level, there is an opportunity to put across the real facts about smoking and health."

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Darfur Rally, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 30, 2006

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So word is just barely out that there will be a hearing on the controversial S.B. 70 by the Senate Natural Resources committee early tomorrow morning.

This is the bill that would allow the legislature to overturn a veto from the governor on the issue of Envirocare's proposed expansion of their nuclear waste dump.

It's controversial because Senator ( Read more... )

Every so often (and getting more frequent), I have to write letters and emails to save organic standards. Sadly, it's time to do this again. Here's the latest attack on our right to organic food and something you can do about it.

Having to go through this effort every few years to fight the corporate food producing giants' attack on my food options ( Read more... )

Received this in an email today, and it goes along with my latest post, so I wanted to put it out there.

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Tomorrow in Salt Lake we'll have our own peace rally in solidarity with the actions in D.C. and San Francisco.

There are actions planned around the county for those who don't live here. You can find many of them listed on the United for Peace and Justice website.

We're meeting at Pioneer Park (300 W 400 S) to start and marching to the City-County ( Read more... )

shamelessly stolen from revolutionnow05 in the americandissent LJ community:

What will FEMA block next??
FEMA won't accept Amtrak's help in evacuations
FEMA turns away experienced firefighters
FEMA turns back Wal-Mart supply trucks
FEMA prevents Coast Guard from delivering diesel fuel
FEMA won't let Red Cross deliver food
FEMA bars morticians from entering New Orleans
FEMA blocks 500 ( Read more... )

Can't skip over this topic. Trying to find different ways to help, I came across the following:

Craiglist of resources is here.

The Green Party of Utah has set up an emergency board to help with assistance here.