Environmental Issues
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Save the Stadium Oaks The University of California Berkeley wants to kill a 200+ year old Coast Live Oak tree along with many others. UCB would destroy a thriving Oak Woodland to build a new sports training facility. More Stadium Oak Grove video see... bcitizen@YouTube
Silent Walking Vigil to Save the Stadium Oak Grove: A one-hour walk through the UC campus to mark the day the Regents will be voting on UC’s plan to cut down the oak trees at Memorial Stadium. More Stadium Oak Grove video
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Traffic in Transit ...a west Berkeley neighborhood traffic plan for the SUDS area, (Sacramento Street, University Avenue, Dwight Way and San Pablo Avenue) (1995) 12:00 TRT Transportation plan for Berkeley's Corporation Yard, Public Works' fleet operations, and trip reduction. Examines the existing burden on the surrounding neighborhood of 450 vehicles fueling at the Corp Yard and the high cost of such a policy.

Radioactive Berkeley: No Safe Dose (1996) 14:12 TRT...a discussion of health and safety issues associated to low level radiation exposure and the emissions from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. youtube

Radioactive Berkeley: Pathway To Exposure (1998) 10:00 TRT...a citizen's view of the impacts of low level radiation exposure from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on the surrounding community.youtube

Don't Let Shell Kill Again (1997) 13:39 TRT...this video was edited from two films to support the City of Berkeley’s boycott of Shell Oil Company because of its impact on Nigeria and the death of Ken Saro-Wiwa with eight other environmental activists.

Campus Chemical Waste: Disaster in the Planning (1994) 13:00 TRT ...about the University of California Berkeley's hazardous waste handling facility, "Acid House" relocation out of the Strawberry Canyon. youtube

Tritium Trickle Down (1998) Demonstration on UC campus with community speakers addressing Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's Tritium facility and its emissions. Includes LBNL's open house activities.
Earth day 1999: Tritium Press Conference (1999)...Community Withdraws From Tritium Issues Work Group

Save the Strawberry Creek Watershed (2004) 14 :00 TRT...the Berkeley community speaks out on Nano Technology at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. youtube

Campus Bay - Wake Up Call ! (2005)
Richmond, CA, Richmond Progressive Alliance – West County Toxics Coalition- Bay Area Residents for Responsible Development youtube

Berkeley's Storm Drain System: Portal to the Bay (1992) 8:30 TRT...on the impact of the City of Berkeley Public Works street sweeper operations on storm drains, urban runoff pollution and the San Francisco Bay.

Save the University Albany Village (married student housing) Community Garden (2001) 14:39
Hot Stuff ...LBNL Sampling Project Task Force: Tritium Protest (2000) community demonstration at the North Berkeley Senior Center with speakers. Music by the Funky Nixons and Carol Denney
Berkeley Public Works: Moving into the Twenty-First Century ...chronicles the growth and development of Berkeley's Public Works Department over the last century including fleet management, the municipal workforce and land use issues..." (1997) 12:40 TRT youtube
Conversations About Watersheds 2005 ...about the health of our watersheds. A discussion of the obstacles and opportunities for Volunteer Stewardship in the East Bay and beyond. Viewed on cable access in Berkeley.
Excerpts from Witness Testimony, (1999) Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Public Hearing(s) on the Unconditional Order of Abatement for Pacific Steel Castings (PSC) in Berkeley...including BAAQMD Inspector Ron Locatelli and Christina Chan, Environmental Manager for PSC. (7 hearings from 1999-2000)
Codornices Creek Restoration Project (2000)...a presentation to the Berkeley Parks and Recreation Commission by the City of Berkeley's engineering and Waterways Restoration Institute. Viewed on cable access in Berkeley.
EH&S Hazardous Waste Handling Facility: Acid House, Public Hearing at the International House (September 1994) University of California, Berkeley regarding the construction of a new chemical waste facility in the Strawberry Canyon just above the university central campus.
Dioxin, US EPA Region 9 Workshop held at the Federal Building, downtown Oakland
San Francisco Regional Water Board (April 19, 2000)...a public hearing on Groundwater Amendments to the SF Bay Basin Plan, held at the State building in Oakland, CA
Nigeria Divestment (September 30, 1997) Alameda County Meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Video includes comments from county officials and the public. Event supported, in part, by the Free Nigeria Movement
Campus Chemical Waste: Disaster In the Planning, (September 27, 1994) Footage of Berkeley City Council video presentation and comments by city officials and public.
"Clowning Around With Radioactivity" (September 1994), Footage of the rally/interviews and demonstration on upper Sproul Plaza to protest the location of the new University of California Berkeley's "Acid House" hazardous waste facility in the historic Strawberry Canyon.
Campus Chemical Waste: Disaster In the Planning, (September 1994) 30 min. TRT... Video kickoff and protest of the replacement of the University of California Berkeley's "Acid House" hazardous waste facility in Strawberry Canyon.
Berkeley Earth Day (2000) Ralph Nader, Julia "Butterfly" Hill, Medea Benjamin Viewed on cable access in Berkeley.
Berkeley Endorsement of Kyoto Protocol (2005)...press conference held on Valentine's Day 2005 with His Excellency, Enele Sopoaga, Tuvalu’s Ambassador to the United Nations, speaking of the importance of Berkeley signing on to the Kyoto Protocol.
Baby Tooth Study Press Conference...Hunter's Point, S.F....study will gather the necessary clinical evidence to determine whether nuclear weapons fallout and power reactors are affecting our public health and contributing to America's cancer epidemic...impacting the health and mortality of newborn children and damaging future generations.
On Berkeley Soil (1996) 13:48 TRT...a look at groundwater beneficial uses, the State of California's efforts at deregulation, SB 92-49 and its "containment zone" and "brownfields" policies.


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