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Faultline News May 29, 2002 Volume 2, Number 5

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NOW PLAYING AT WWW.FAULTLINE.ORG -
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     => Channel Island foxes
     => Leatherback sea turtles close to extinction
     => Why sell weeds?
     => Major wilderness bill launched
     => and more!

See "New On The Site", below editor's note

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"What scares me is living in San Francisco, driving on
Highway 17. Now that's fear."

- 82-year-old Jack English, who spent five days alone with a
broken pelvis after a fall in his Ventana Wilderness cabin,
six miles from the closest human being.

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NOTE FROM THE EDITOR
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It'll be a year in July since we launched Faultline, and
it's getting to be time to check in with our most faithful
readers: those of you who subscribe to Faultline News.

While a publication with a mission can't be a slave to focus
groups and surveys, we figure you folks are as close to our
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What articles (if any) have turned you off?

Which (if any) made you cheer?

Are there any obvious subjects we've missed?

Are there any subjects we've beaten into the ground?

What do you think of our tone of voice?

Our design? 

Our frequency of updating? (We're not satisfied with that
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What would make you come back more often?

What else would you like to tell us?

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NEW ON THE SITE
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Foxtrotting Away from the Abyss
by Erica Gies
The Channel Islands' top-level predator is the subject of a
last-ditch breeding program.

Read it: 
http://www.faultline.org/place/2002/05/gies1.html

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Losing the Leatherback
by Emily George
The world's largest living reptile may go extinct so that we
can eat swordfish.

Read it: 
http://www.faultline.org/place/2002/05/leatherback.html

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White Abalone on the Verge
by Brendan Cummings
This revered and tasty sea snail may not be around much
longer.

Read it: 
http://www.faultline.org/place/2002/05/abalone.html
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Landmark Wilderness Protection Bill Introduced
by Larry Hogue
Measure would designate 2.5 million acres as wilderness.

Read it: 
http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/05/s2535.html

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Ban the Broom!
by Chris Clarke
Why should nurseries profit from the destruction of
California's landscape?

Read it: 
http://www.faultline.org/place/2002/05/invasives.html

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Mine to Expand in the Panamints
by Tom Budlong
Cyanide leach project imperils natural and historic values
in Mojave canyon.

Read it: 
http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/05/briggs.html

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NPS Slammed for Channel Island Poison Project
Rat control attempt poisons endangered wildlife.

Read it: 
http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/05/anacapa.html
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Sierra Club Wins Tracy Lawsuit
by Eric Parfrey
San Joaquin County judge blocks development with no
water supply

Read it: 
http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/05/tracy.html

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Deadly Dust
Dirty air kills more Californians than traffic accidents,
murder and AIDS combined
                   
Read it: 
http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/05/particulate.html

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Court Victory for Ballona's Grand Canal
Superior Court judge overrules Coastal Commission on South
Coast permit

Read it: 
http://www.faultline.org/news/2002/05/ballona.html

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COMING SOON . . .
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Environmental Justice Resources
Faultline's new Intern Emily George has been hard at work
compiling a list of statewide websites dealing with race,
class and the environment. They'll be online in our
Resources section Real Soon Now.

California's Endangered Rivers
David Bolling looks at the wild - and wildly diverse -
watercourses that shaped this unique state. In some places,
they don't even have dams on them.

Going Deep
It's a place of near total darkness, enormous pressure,
and constant cold. Diane Feinstein's soul? No, it's the
Monterey Submarine Canyon. Award-winning investigative
journalist David Helvarg investigates this offshore wonder.

Bring Back The Griz!
Restoring condors and pronghorns and such is just fine, but
if we really want to put our beliefs on the line, how about
restoring a California native that can stalk and eat us?
Mark Palmer has a glimmer of an idea.

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Copyright 2002 Faultline Magazine
Faultline is a publication of the Faultline Media Project,
a project of the Earth Island Institute.

Faultline's intent is to bring Californians accurate and
compelling environmental news and information, on subjects
ranging from environmental justice to wilderness protection.
We want to foster a sense of awareness of California as a
unique place with unique issues, to accentuate and promote
the community of environmentally-aware Californians, and to
encourage ways of living that are appropriate to the state's
distinct environment and diverse cultures.


-- 
Chris Clarke             | Editor, Faultline
http://www.faultline.org | California's Environmental Magazine