Event:Party with Sierra Club Candidates! Sept. 20

From Sierra Club WA Chapter:
This November is the Sierra Club’s best opportunity yet to bring you true environmental leadership.  With two former leaders of the Cascade Chapter in the running for major City offices, and the threat of climate change on our doorstep, there has never been a better time to get involved with the [...]

Event: Resilient Habitats, July 27

From Sierra Club
Have you ever wondered what will happen to the Northwest’s wildlife in a time of significant climate change?
You are invited to a special multimedia presentation…
Resilient Habitats:
Protecting Wildlife and Wild Places in a Changing Climate
WHO: Sierra Club’s Associate Executive Director, Bruce Hamilton
WHAT: A multimedia presentation focused on how the Sierra Club is working both [...]

Conservative Jokers Attack ACES

[REPOST from Sierra Club RAW photo credit]
Issue #288
July 10, 2009
Conservative Jokers Attack ACES
Josh Dorner
In the two weeks after the historic House vote on a comprehensive clean energy and climate plan, conservatives and the far-right tea bag set have nearly self-immolated over what they see as the latest socialist plot to destroy America, one wind turbine [...]

Today Marks Our 100th Coal Plant Unplugged!

http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/100plants/

Sign our Petition: Help Save the Florida Panther from Extinction

From Sierra Club:
Now is the time to help protect one of our most iconic wildlife species - the Florida panther – from dying out. Fewer than 100 panthers remain in Florida today, and already five panthers have been killed on south Florida highways this year, with an additional 24 panthers killed by vehicles in the preceding [...]

Lights, Camera, Inaction!

REPOST from Sierra Club [photo credit]
Issue #284
May 1, 2009
Lights, Camera, Inaction!
Josh Dorner
It would truly take a production worthy of Broadway to convince the public that what we heard from House conservatives (and Newt Gingrich) last week was anything but a re-tread of the failed Dick Cheney/drill, baby, drill energy non-solutions they’ve been pushing for at [...]

Newt King Coal & Other Big Oil Buffoons

REPOST from Sierra Club [photo credit]
Issue #283
April 24, 2009
Newt King Coal & Other Big Oil Buffoons
Josh Dorner
This week, the defenders of dirty energy really, really outdid themselves in their efforts to try and derail the clean energy jobs plan currently starting to wend its way through the House of Representatives. The House Energy & Commerce [...]

Seattle Event: Sierra Club’s Coal Free Northwest Forum

REPOST from Sierra Club
Sierra Club’s Coal Free Northwest Forum
Monday, April 27th
Doors open at 6:45 pm.
This is the FIRST forum in the 2009 series… don’t miss it!
RSVP to JP Kemmick at JP.Kemmick@SierraClub.org
Beyond Coal: How to Create a Coal Free Northwest
Coal fired power plants are one of the leading causes of global warming pollution.  Leading [...]

Stop the Coal Industry’s Sweetheart Deal: Write Gov. Gregoire Today!

REPOST from Sierra Club
Coal is so last century. Coal mining destroys mountains and prairies. Coal creates more global warming pollution than any other energy source. Coal spews toxins into our air, water, and communities. In Washington State, we still use dirty coal.

Washington State can move beyond coal with your help.
Send a message to Governor Gregoire asking [...]

Sign our Petition: Help save Grand Canyon

REPOST from Sierra Club
You would think it’s a no-brainer. Do not expose the Grand Canyon or the Colorado River to radiation contamination.
Yet today, there are more than 1,000 uranium mining claims within five miles of Grand Canyon National Park.
Please sign our petition and help ensure these disastrous plans are never put into action.
Mining for [...]