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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 ... |
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| Topics: placemaking, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Character Building
Sierra Club celebrates eco-friendly building projects in new report |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: news, Oregon, placemaking, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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One Tree Shill
Sierra Club touts new Ford hybrid SUV |
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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 ... |
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| Topics: business, news, placemaking, renewable energy, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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A More Perfect Union
Sierra Club and Auto Workers Unite Against Bush Fuel-Economy Plan |
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20 Feb 2004 |
Daily Grist |
| A More Perfect Union Sierra Club and Auto Workers Unite Against Bush Fuel-Economy Plan Bush's new fuel-economy plan is even ticking off the United Auto Workers union. The UAW has often been at odds with enviros over auto efficiency standards, but now it's teaming up with the Sierra Club to fight the administration's proposal. In a ... |
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| Topics: business, climate, commercial and industry organizations, energy, placemaking, politics, pollution and waste, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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L'enfant, Terrible!
Truck Pollution at U.S.-Mexico Border Is Killing Kids, Study Says |
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11 Nov 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| L'enfant, Terrible! Truck Pollution at U.S.-Mexico Border Is Killing Kids, Study Says Hundreds of kids have died and tens of thousands have been hospitalized in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, just south of the U.S. border, because of respiratory illnesses seemingly caused by air pollution, according to a five-year study released yesterday by th ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, Canada, globalization, health, Mexico, placemaking, pollution and waste, Sierra Club, United States (all these topics) |
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Tunnel at the End of the Tunnel
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04 Jun 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Tunnel at the End of the Tunnel A coalition that includes the Sierra Club, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and the Abyssinian Baptist Church is backing a project to build a new tunnel under New York Harbor to reduce truck traffic in the city. The proposed rail freight tunnel would divert almost a million truck-trips per year away from the George Washington Bridge; it is supported by business, l ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, health, New York, placemaking, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Throwing It in Reverse
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18 Apr 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Throwing It in Reverse Ford Motor Company backpedaled yesterday on its promise to increase the fuel economy of sport utility vehicles 25 percent by 2020. It now says it will continue to try to improve gas mileage but will not set a fixed deadline for reaching the 25-percent goal. The company chalked up the change in plan to technological difficulties and the lack of federa ... |
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| Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, energy, placemaking, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Dumb and Hummer
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07 Apr 2003 |
Daily Grist |
| Dumb and Hummer While sales of many big SUVs are dipping, Hummers are rumbling out of showrooms at a rate of 3,000 per month, topping the list of best-selling large luxury SUVs in the U.S., despite a starting price of $50,000. Some buyers say they feel patriotic in a massive Hummer H2, the civilian sibling of the military Humvees now doing active duty in Iraq, and Hummer dealers report that sales have risen with the war. ... |
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| Topics: business, placemaking, Sierra Club (all these topics) |
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Environmental Quality Is Job One
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13 Jun 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Environmental Quality Is Job One A new TV and radio advertising campaign by the Sierra Club calls on the automobile industry to cut its oil use as an act of patriotism -- and singles out Ford Motor Company CEO William Clay Ford, Jr., to lead the way. The great-grandson of Henry Ford, William Ford used to be seen as an auto industry iconoclast, conversant on climate change and critical of profligate oi ... |
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| Topics: green living, placemaking, Sierra Club, United States (all these topics) |
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Sprawl Brawl
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Ben White |
28 Apr 1999 |
Muckraker |
| The Sierra Club released poll numbers recently indicating that 47 percent of voters would be more likely to support a presidential candidate prepared to aggressively attack the problem of urban sprawl. Most people associate VP Al Gore with that issue, but Seattle Mayor Paul Schell has his own ideas. Schell jumped on Bill Bradley's presidential bandwagon last week and told this reporter a large part of the reason was the former New Jersey senator and hoop ... |
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| Topics: air pollution, environmental non-government organizations, Muckraker, non-government organizations, placemaking, politics, renewable energy, Seattle, Sierra Club, Texas, United States, Washington (all these topics) |
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