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• New Reno Arch light bulbs just the start of energy saving plan

  
  Nevada's Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology - Nevada's Business Starts Here — Authority: 138
  The Reno Arch became a symbol of the city’s $20 million commitment to energy conservation Tuesday night when the switch was flipped on 2,076 energy-efficient light bulbs. “This is super. This is super,” Mayor Bob Cashell, who changed the last bulb, told about 200 people at a ceremony to spark the new ...
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• UMO system pres pans climate change bills; enviros irked

  
  Political Fix — Authority: 614
  Forsee WASHINGTON — In the climate change battle in Washington pitting region against region, the often skeptical Midwest has acquired a new ally: University of Missouri System President Gary Forsee . In a letter written to Missourians in Congress, Forsee declared that the University…
  5 days ago

• Surviving Thanksgiving Dinner with (Not-So-Green) Family

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 700
  Thanksgiving -- its the best of times, its the worst of times. Like most Americans, I look forward to Thanksgiving every year. Theres the great food, the family traditions, and the fact that its all about community and being thankful rather than about how much stuff you can buy (thats the day after Thanksgiving). ...
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• Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...
  6 days ago

• Hundreds Speak Out In Support of EPA Global Warming Rule

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 700
  Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope (left) testifies at the Arlington EPA hearing as APIs Howard Feldman looks on. This week we saw some amazing public action as part of the two Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) hearings on its proposed tailoring rule , which we call the "Big Polluters" rule.Right now only ...
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• Sierra missed

  
  Blogging Bayport Alameda — Authority: 125
  Normally I wouldn’t get involved in the private business of the executive committee of an advocacy organization, but since one of the members invited comment on the decision making process for the Sierra Club around the issue of the Alameda Point Revitalization Initiative, and invited members of the public to ...
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• Eco-nuts kill proposed NJ biomass power plant

  
  WyBlog — Authority: 119
  Same song, different verse. Somebody wants to "go green" and build a renewable energy power plant. The ecowarriors swarm and find somethingto nitpick about, and poof! the plans go down in flames. This time its the Mount Hope Biomass Power Plant, torpedoed by the luddites at the Sierra Club . The Mt. Hope ...
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• California City’s Green Building Ordinance Applies to Commercial Buildings

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 615
  New commercial buildings in San Mateo, Calif., will have to be constructed to minimum environmental standards now that a previously voluntary green building ordinance has become mandatory.The new standards take effect Jan. 1, reports the San Jose Mercury News. They had been voluntary for more than a year.The law ...
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• Someday, this could all be ours...

  
  Accidental Deliberations — Authority: 506
  The Leader-Post : Nuclear facilities and power plants are contaminating local Canadian food and water with radioactive waste that increases risks of cancer and birth defects, says a new report to be released on Friday. The report, Tritium on Tap, produced by the Sierra Club of Canada, warned that radioactive ...
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• Delaware deepening twice challenged in Court by Citizen Environmental Organizations

  
  Courier Times Now — Authority: 543
  Trenton, NJ - Five environmental organizations filed twice today to challenge the Army Corps proposed Delaware River deepening project - the organizations filed their own independent legal challenge in New Jersey Federal District Court and filed to intervene in the legal action brought against the deepening project ...
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• Sierra Club targets Bachmann’s oil ties in ‘Stain’ ad

  
  Minnesota Independent: News. Politics. Media. — Authority: 659
  The national chapter of the Sierra Club has launched an ad attacking Rep. Michele Bachmann for what the group says are close ties to the oil industry. The ads are in their second week of a two-week run on television stations in Bachmann’s district, according to Sierra Club Action, the political wing of the ...
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• Time to Speak Out Against the Biggest Polluters

  
  Compass — Authority: 127
  This is the weekly post from Bruce Nilles, director of Sierra Clubs Beyond Coal Campaign . Wednesday and Thursday of this week are big days if you live in Arlington, Virginia, or Chicago, Illinois. Those are the two days of public hearings on the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Big Polluters” rule. ...
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• You Be the Judge: Which Orange is Best?

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 700
  Photo by Adrian Cotter Over the past two weeks, photographers of all abilities have been submitting entries to a new monthly contest on Sierra Club Trails. The theme of "Orange" has drawn a crazy array of images -- from sunsets, butterflies, fall leaves, to kayaks, cows and centipedes. Now the community is voting ...
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• You Be the Judge: Which Orange is Best?

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 700
  Photo by Adrian Cotter Over the past two weeks, photographers of all abilities have been submitting entries to a new monthly contest on Sierra Club Trails. The theme of "Orange" has drawn a crazy array of images -- from sunsets, butterflies, fall leaves, to kayaks, cows and centipedes. Now the community is voting ...
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• National Briefing | Southwest: Arizona: Suit Over Mine Near Canyon

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  Environmental groups are suing the Bureau of Land Management over its decision to allow a uranium mine to reopen north of the Grand Canyon.
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• Hold Big Polluters Accountable - National Sierra Club

  
  Lost in the Ozone... — Authority: 140
  Right now only a handful of sources, including coal power plants, are responsible for more than half of all the global warming pollution in the United States. Its time to hold these mega-polluters responsible for their share of the dirty air. The EPA is proposing The Big Polluters Rule to crack down on the worst ...
  2 weeks ago

• OPINION:Female? Here’s How to Bike More

  
  Cooler Choice — Authority: 158
  By Sierra Club – Explore, Enjoy and Protect the Planet By Jennifer Waggoner If you look around at the cyclists in your city or town, most likely most … Read more: OPINION:Female? Here’s How to Bike More Please Share or Bookmark this post
  2 weeks ago

• November 14, 2009 – Environmental Law Settlements, Decisions, Regulatory Actions and Lawsuit Filings

  
  Environmental Law & Climate Change Law Blog — Authority: 411
  November 14,  2009 – A summary review of environmental law settlements, decisions, regulatory actions and lawsuits filed during the past week.  These were all first posted, in abbreviated form, on http://twitter.com/smtaber .  If you would like to receive this update in an e-mail delivered to your inbox every ...
  2 weeks ago

• Exploring Patagonia

  
  Fresno Famous - Discover local life — Authority: 435
  Start: 2009 Dec 16 - 7:00pm End: 2009 Dec 16 - 8:30pm
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• Greenbuild Conference News Roundup: Day 3

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 615
  As the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo wraps up, more than 30,000 attendees are estimated to have attended the job fair or any one of more than 100 educational seminars, 800 exhibitors’ booths or green building tours of Phoenix, reports The Independent. Here are some more highlights from the show.The ...
  2 weeks ago

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