FA Note: The following Alameda County Republican Party Platform banning Agenda 21 was drafted by Freedom Advocates and is intended for use by Democrat and Republican Central Committees around the country. Is your county’s political activism committed to America or to political globalism? Democrats and Republicans most likely will answer that question similarly! Both parties […]
House Bill Would Give Land Trusts Power Over Private Forestlands
Posted on April 12, 2015 Written by
Unsuspecting property owners may find themselves on the outside looking in A seemingly innocuous, bipartisan House bill introduced in late March could subject unsuspecting landowners to the whims of power-hungry environmental groups, eager to usurp the property rights of those who fall into their clutches. At risk are owners of private forestlands, who may soon […]
Shakeup at Virginia Land Trust Makes Waves
Posted on April 12, 2015 Written by
Now the fox is in charge of the henhouse! The abrupt departure of a high-ranking official from the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) is fueling speculation that the controversial land trust is feeling the heat from revelations of its transgressions against a Virginia farmer. Heather Richards joined the PEC in September 2006, initially serving as director […]
Using the Global Warming Hoax to Destroy America
Posted on April 12, 2015 Written by
When President Obama announced on March 31 that he intends to ensure that the U.S. will slash its “greenhouse gas emissions” 26% below 2005 emissions levels by 2025 in order to keep pledges made to fulfill the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, he failed to mention that such levels would be comparable to what […]
Seed Laws that Criminalise Farmers: Resistance and Fightback
Posted on April 10, 2015 Written by
Peasant seeds – the pillar of food production – are under attack everywhere. Under corporate pressure, laws in many countries increasingly limit what farmers can do with their seeds. Seed saving, which has been the basis of farming for thousands of years, is quickly being criminalised. What can we do? A new booklet and poster […]
US Agribusiness, GMOs and The Plundering Of The Planet
Posted on April 10, 2015 Written by
Small family/peasant farms produce most of the world’s food. They form the bedrock of global food production. Yet they are being squeezed onto less than a quarter of the planet’s farmland. The world is fast losing farms and farmers through the concentration of land into the hands of rich and powerful land speculators and agribusiness corporations. […]
Federal Land Management Not a Good Deal for Americans
Posted on April 4, 2015 Written by
“By nearly all accounts, our federal lands are in trouble, both in terms of fiscal performance and environmental stewardship.” That was an assertion made earlier this month in a study released by the Property and Environment Research Center (PERC). The study focused on the difference between state-managed public lands and federally managed public lands. The […]
EIA: 13 Gigawatts of Coal Capacity to Retire in 2015 Due to EPA Regulation
Posted on March 14, 2015 Written by
From data reports provided to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), about 16 gigawatts of generating capacity will be retired in 2015, of which nearly 13 gigawatts is coal-fired. The coal-fired capacity will be retired primarily because of EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), which requires coal- and oil-fired electric generators to meet stricter emissions […]
