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Take Your Pick Environmentalists pick their sides in key Senate races	Amanda Griscom Little	14 Sep 2006	Muckraker
It's a rare political event that can draw applause from both the White House and environmental groups, but Lincoln Chafee's victory in the Rhode Island Republican primary on Tuesday was just that. Lincoln Chafee. The Bush administration reasons that Chafee -- the most liberal Republican in the Senate, and frequently at odds with Bush on hot-button issues from Iraq to tax cuts -- is their on ...
Topics: elections, League of Conservation Voters, Missouri, Montana, Muckraker, Pennsylvania, politics, Rhode Island, Sierra Club, US Senate, Washington (all these topics)

March Today, Vote Tomorrow A dispatch from environment day at the Latino Congreso		08 Sep 2006	Dispatches
Oliver Bernstein is the deputy press secretary for diversity programs for the Sierra Club. He represented the Sierra Club at the Latino Congreso in Los Angeles. Friday, 08 Sep 2006 LOS ANGELES, Calif. "The environment? What's up with that?" This used to be the reaction of many Latinos to hearing about environmental issues, says Roger Rivera, president of the National Hispanic Environmental Council. They ...
Topics: California, Dispatches, elections, environmental justice, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Better Off Ned? Enviros are split over Lieberman vs. Lamont	Amanda Griscom Little	01 Sep 2006	Muckraker
Progressives around the country cheered when Ned Lamont knocked out Sen. Joe Lieberman in Connecticut's Democratic primary last month, but some enviros held their applause. Joe Lieberman. Photo: Paul Morigi/ WireImage Lieberman -- now running as an independent in an effort to hold onto his seat -- has, by most accounts, been a standout leader on environmental protection during his 18 years in the Sen ...
Topics: Connecticut, elections, League of Conservation Voters, Muckraker, politics, Sierra Club, state politics (all these topics)

Gator Aid Florida's biggest conservation land buy also opens way for new development		01 Aug 2006	Daily Grist
Gator Aid Florida's biggest conservation land buy also opens way for new development Florida's biggest-ever land purchase, 74,000 acres of wild land bought by the state for over $350 million, comes with a catch -- 17,000 acres of adjoining property will belong to developer Syd Kitson, who plans to build a new city. Some environmental groups applaud the deal: The purchase will preserve as wilderness about 80 percent of ...
Topics: Florida, news, Sierra Club, wildlife (all these topics)

The Death of Integrity In working with Wal-Mart, activist Adam Werbach is abandoning his principles	John Sellers, Barbara Dudley	19 Jul 2006	Soapbox
By John Sellers and Barbara Dudley 19 Jul 2006 In late 2004, Adam Werbach proclaimed that environmentalism was dead due to the movement's unwillingness to connect with ordinary working people and its inability to effectively grapple with the most profound problem the earth has ever faced, climate change. His diagnosis was clear: In order to build the next liberal majority in this country, environ ...
Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, Sierra Club, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

Club Afoot Sierra Club sues Pentagon for holding up new wind farms		29 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Club Afoot Sierra Club sues Pentagon for holding up new wind farms The Sierra Club is suing the Defense Department for effectively halting new development of wind farms in the name of homeland security. The suit charges that the department failed to complete a congressionally mandated study on how wind turbines affect military radar by a May 8 deadline; at least 15 new wind projects await comp ...
Topics: Department of Defense, energy, news, Sierra Club, wind power (all these topics)

If You Can't Beat 'Em, Coin 'Em Sierra Club will focus more funds on state and local political races		23 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
If You Can't Beat 'Em, Coin 'Em Sierra Club will focus more funds on state and local political races The Sierra Club plans to substantially boost the amount of money it spends on state and local races this year -- a tacit acknowledgement that the current federal government is a lost cause. Whereas in past years the club put about 5 percent of its campaign funding toward state races, this year state and local races w ...
Topics: elections, news, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Step One: Get a Job With Better Health-Care Coverage Wal-Mart to educate employees on environment and health		22 Jun 2006	Daily Grist
Step One: Get a Job With Better Health-Care Coverage Wal-Mart to educate employees on environment and health Retail leviathan Wal-Mart, anxious to be the eco-friendliest big-box chain around, is developing a program to teach employees how to care for themselves and the environment. Anonymous sources say the as-yet-unveiled plan, tentatively named the Environmental Health and Wellness Program, will give ...
Topics: business, green living, news, Sierra Club, Wal-Mart (all these topics)

Labor Gains New green/labor alliance brings Sierra Club and Steelworkers together	Amanda Griscom Little	16 Jun 2006	Muckraker
Organized labor and environmentalists -- engaged in an on-again-off-again flirtation for years -- may finally be getting to third base. Greens and blues are shaking things up. Photo: iStockphoto. Last week, Carl Pope, head of the Sierra Club, and Leo Gerard, president of the United Steelworkers (USW) union, announced the formation of the Blue/Green Alliance, linking the nation's ...
Topics: business, Muckraker, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Chafee Klatch Green groups endorse Republican Lincoln Chafee; activists cry foul	Amanda Griscom Little	27 Apr 2006	Muckraker
The reelection campaign of Rhode Island Sen. Lincoln Chafee, widely considered one of the most vulnerable Republicans in Congress this year, has prompted a verbal blitzkrieg from progressive activists -- not aimed at the candidate, but at the Sierra Club and League of Conservation Voters, two green groups that have endorsed him. "This may very well be the most moronic mo ...
Topics: elections, League of Conservation Voters, Muckraker, politics, Rhode Island, Sierra Club, state politics (all these topics)

Walking the Line What Mexican activists can teach the U.S. about poverty and the planet	Oliver Bernstein	07 Mar 2006	Soapbox
As the border organizer for Sierra Club's Environmental Justice program, I bounce back and forth across the U.S.-Mexico border supporting grassroots environmental activists. More than the food, language, or currency, the biggest difference from one side to the other is what issues are considered "environmental." Perhaps nowhere else on earth is there such a long borde ...
Topics: environmental justice, health, Mexico, politics, population, Poverty and the Environment, Sierra Club, sprawl, United States, waste, water conflicts (all these topics)

A Woman Needs a Fish Like a Bicycle Needs ... Oh, Never Mind One in five U.S. women have high mercury levels, suggests new report		09 Feb 2006	Daily Grist
A Woman Needs a Fish Like a Bicycle Needs ... Oh, Never Mind One in five U.S. women have high mercury levels, suggests new report You weren't thinking of having children, were you? Good: One in five American women of childbearing age may have unsafe levels of mercury in their bodies, according to a new report by the Environmental Quality Institute at University of North Carolina-Asheville. In the largest test of mer ...
Topics: Greenpeace, news, Sierra Club, toxics (all these topics)

McKibben and Sierra Magazine	David Roberts	27 Dec 2005	Gristmill
Every column Bill McKibben writes on climate change becomes more dread-laden and portentous, but I never stop enjoying them. His latest is "Year One" in Sierra Magazine. The money clip: We will soon learn, for example, that what we've been calling 'global warming' is better thought of as excess energy trapped in the atmosphere, which will express itself in every possible way. Like the Bush administration's energy bill, these manifestations will also be ...
Topics: Bill McKibben, climate, Sierra Club (all these topics)

A Second Ganz Enviros need to get social, says activist-turned-sociologist Marshall Ganz	Gregory Dicum	02 Dec 2005	Main Dish
Most of us can probably name a grandfather or great-aunt who was active in a chapter of a national association. My own uncle was a member of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks. Yet how many of us can say the same about ourselves? Marshall Ganz. Photo: Harvard University/Justin Ide. As voluntary associations fade from our cultural landscape, political participation is thr ...
Topics: placemaking, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Character Building Sierra Club celebrates eco-friendly building projects in new report		01 Dec 2005	Daily Grist
Character Building Sierra Club celebrates eco-friendly building projects in new report The Sierra Club has often gone to court to stop bad development schemes, but now the venerable green group is trying the carrot instead of the stick. The group has released its first "Guide to America's Best New Development Projects," which gives kudos to builders putting up environmentally sound mixed-use projects aroun ...
Topics: news, Oregon, placemaking, Sierra Club (all these topics)

One Tree Shill Sierra Club touts new Ford hybrid SUV		13 Jul 2005	Daily Grist
One Tree Shill Sierra Club touts new Ford hybrid SUV The Sierra Club has long criticized Ford Motor Co. for its environmental offenses, primarily the industry-worst average fuel economy of its fleet. So members may be surprised when Ford's hybrid Mercury Mariner SUV is prominently featured in an upcoming club newsletter and on SierraClub.org. When the green group first offered to promote a Ford ...
Topics: business, news, placemaking, renewable energy, Sierra Club (all these topics)

We Can't Handle the Truth Court rules that Cheney may keep task-force deliberations secret		11 May 2005	Daily Grist
We Can't Handle the Truth Court rules that Cheney may keep task-force deliberations secret In a major political and legal victory for the Bush administration, a federal appeals court has ruled that Vice President Dick Cheney is not obliged to release records on his secretive 2001 energy task-force meetings, effectively ending the long-running legal challenge brought by the Sierra Club and open-government advocate Judicial Watch ...
Topics: news, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Dearth Day Earth Day goings-on don't measure up to dark drama on Capitol Hill	Amanda Griscom Little	21 Apr 2005	Muckraker
Today, on the eve of the 35th anniversary of the first Earth Day, the House of Representatives is voting on, and widely expected to pass, a grossly porkified energy bill that would dole out billions in subsidies to fossil-fuel industries, shortchange alternative-energy and efficiency initiatives, and indemnify makers of the gasoline additive MTBE against liability for groundwater co ...
Topics: climate, energy, League of Conservation Voters, Muckraker, NRDC, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Sierra Club immigration skirmish -- again Battle over immigration policy returns in this month's board election	Lisa Hymas	12 Apr 2005	Gristmill
They're back! Rabble-rousing advocates of immigration restrictions are once again ruffling feathers at the Sierra Club. With the group's 750,000 members now voting in their annual election (polls close April 25; members go here to vote), the immigration critics are pushing a slate of four like-minded board candidates and a 'yes' vote on a population ballot measure, which reads: Shall the Sierra Club policy on immigration, adopted by the Board of Directors in 1999 and r ...
Topics: politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Reflections on Sustainability and Universities and Whether Environmentalism Has Died	Martin S. Kaplan	01 Apr 2005	Soapbox
This speech was given at the Alliance for Global Sustainability annual meeting, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass., March 22, 2005. The environmental community in this country is presently in turmoil over the challenging paper entitled "The Death of Environmentalism," an essay by Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus, which was released at the Oct ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, environmental justice, environmental movement, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Quitters Never Win Civil-rights, suffrage activists didn't give up, and neither should environmentalists	Martin S. Kaplan	01 Apr 2005	Soapbox
This piece is adapted from a speech given before the Alliance for Global Sustainability last month at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Mass. The full speech -- "Reflections on Sustainability and Universities and Whether Environmentalism Has Died" -- can be found here. Are the reapers quitting too soon? The environmental communit ...
Topics: Death of Environmentalism, environmental justice, environmental movement, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Don't Think of the Environment Enviros recruit Lakoff for reframing project, but concerns mount that he might leave them in the lurch	Amanda Griscom Little	29 Mar 2005	Muckraker
George Lakoff may be the new darling of the Democratic Party, but how sweet is he on the environmental movement? George Lakoff. Photo: Bonnie Azab Powell, U.C. Berkeley. A onetime adviser to Howard Dean, who hails him as "one of the most influential political thinkers of the progressive movement," Lakoff is author of ...
Topics: education, Muckraker, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Panel Surfing Enviro-justice activists send a dispatch from a panel with The Reapers		03 Mar 2005	Dispatches
Vivian Chang and Manami Kano are executive director and development director, respectively, of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network, an environmental-justice organization that builds grassroots leadership in immigrant Asian communities and works in multi-racial and multi-issue alliances to build progressive power for equity, sustainability, and justice. Thursday, 03 Mar 2005 SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. The Asian ...
Topics: Asia, Death of Environmentalism, Dispatches, environmental justice, environmental movement, grassroots activism, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

Class Action Dismissed Enviros join chorus against class-action bill, but measure still likely to pass	Amanda Griscom Little	10 Feb 2005	Muckraker
Will class-action plaintiffs still get their day in court? The Erin Brockoviches of America could have a much tougher time going after polluters if the Class Action Fairness Act -- which the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to approve last week -- is signed into law. The bill, which will be put to a full Senate vote today, would move most major class-acti ...
Topics: Earthjustice, environmental justice, legislation, Muckraker, non-government organizations, NRDC, politics, Sierra Club, water pollution (all these topics)

Duck Blind Scalia denies bias in Cheney case, but enviros say he looks as guilty as ever	Amanda Griscom	23 Mar 2004	Muckraker
Back on the Cheney gang. According to Sierra Club lawyers, Vice President Dick Cheney has been exceeding the recommended dosage of political Viagra. Last year, they sued him for metaphorically bedding the energy executives whom critics charge all but wrote the Bush administration's energy policy. Now they say he's been romancing Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who will ...
Topics: litigation, Muckraker, politics, Sierra Club (all these topics)

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