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Support USMC K-9 Combat Veteran MWD Sgt Beyco

SUPPORT Sgt Beyco by submitting your VOTE at www.herodogawards.org for BEYCO. Sgt Beyco is listed in the Military Dog Category.

(LOUISVILLE, KY) - Marine Corps MP Explosive Detection Dog and Military Working Dog Sgt Beyco, a K-9 Combat Veteran, has entered the 2012 American Humane Association Hero Dog Awards Contest and needs your support and VOTES.

MWD Beyco worked and gave her whole life to the MARINE CORPS and was honored to be a MWD MARINE. She retired November 10, 2011 at Cherry Point, North Carolina.

Dow Chemical Greenwashing Exposed

Dow's PR folks got a big surprise with this one...

(CAMBRIDGE, MASS) - When a Dow Chemical PR firm asked "green" author Anna Lappé to contribute a video about the future of water for Dow's greenwashing effort, she provided what they had asked for.

In her 60-second submission, Lappé stressed that toxic chemicals are one of the biggest global threats to water and people, and that Dow itself is one of the biggest sources of such threats.

AN OPEN LETTER: To Mr Nguyen Danh Thai, Chairman and members of the Olympic & Paralympic Committee of Vietnam

Why has the Olympic Committee of Vietnam remained silent on the issue of Dow Chemicals involvement with the Olympics?

(LONDON) - Nobody should forget the devastating effect of 80 million litres of Agent Orange/Dioxin sprayed on Southern Vietnam during the U.S. war.

Tim DeChristopher Summarily Placed in Isolated Confinement

Peaceful Uprising Issues a National Call to Action.

(HERLONG, CA) - Climate activist Tim DeChristopher, currently serving two years for outbidding oil and gas companies at an illegitimate BLM auction in 2008, was removed from minimum security where he was held since September 2011, and moved into the FCI Herlong’s Special Housing Unit.

Tim was informed that he was being moved to the SHU because an unidentified congressman had called from Washington DC, complaining of an email that Tim had sent to a friend.

Sea Shepherd Calls For the Removal of Dr Giam Choo-Hoo From the United Nations CITES Committee

An Investigative Report Claims He is a Lobbyist for the Shark Fin Trade.

(GIG HARBOR, WA) - Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has called for and demanded the immediate removal of Dr Giam Choo-Hoo from the UN’s Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.

Dr. Giam, a key member of the UN body that helps regulates trade in endangered animals has been accused of being a representative of the shark fin industry, which is driving some species of the fish towards extinction.

Help Polish Minister Ban MON810 in Poland

Strong Beekeepers Protest and motion for a ban of the GM maize MON810 in Poland!

(WARSAW) - A powerful symbolic drama was staged by members of The Coalition for a GMO Free Poland in which thousands of dead bees were laid out on the Ministry steps.

The Minister of Agriculture, Mr Sawicki, never appeared. However he later saw a delegation in his office and, during a public broadcast, announced that he had set in motion a ban of the GM maize MON810.

Volunteer-Built Rescue Vessel Ready to Launch for South China Seas

The group is taking action to save lives after coastal disasters.

(ALAMEDA, CA) - The rescue boat “T2” that will provide first-line support and humanitarian aid to disaster-hit people is ready to hit the open seas. The boat is the first of a group that will deliver food, fresh water and medical supplies to help coastal communities until governmental or large-scale relief arrives.

International Rescue Group is a 501(c) (3) California Public Benefit Corporation.

75-150 Pheasants Liberated in Oregon by Animal Liberation Front

The ALF issues claim about release of birds from property in Scio, Oregon.

(LOS ANGELES) - On the night of March 14th, we infiltrated the property Queener Ridge Pheasant Company, which breeds ringneck pheasants primarily to be murdered in commercial canned hunts.

After jumping a barbed wire fence, we made our way to the main breeding facility where we dismantled a huge section of an aviary that held between 75-150 pheasants; liberating them into the night sky.

Feds to Allow Sea Lion Killings in Oregon

The agency pegged the current West Coast population of California sea lions at nearly 300,000

(SEATTLE LID) - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has granted a five-year permit for the killing of California sea lions that are eating threatened salmon and steelhead near Bonneville Dam in northwest Oregon.

Oregon, Washington and Idaho may each year kill up to 92 sea lions that have a “significant negative impact” on at-risk salmon and steelhead runs on the Columbia River.

Radiation Risk to El Toro Marine Veterans

Marines may have unknowingly been exposed to radiation in Hangar 296 at closed California base.

(IRVINE, CA) - The former Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) El Toro, California is an EPA Superfund, closed by the Marine Corps in 1999 and most of the former base sold at a public auction in 2005.

There may have been as many as 300 Marines and more unknowingly exposed to radiation from 1969 to 1999 in the Wing Supply Support Division attached to MWSG-37, MCAS El Toro.