[Sustain] [SFGP-A] Fwd: SF Dept. of Environment Giving Away Free Canvass Bags

[Ann Garrison]

May I forward this to Mary Ratcliff and Dr. Ahimsa Porter-Sumchai,  
not to start a fight, but just because they have a very different  
view of the local Sierra Club.  I believe Ahimsa joined the Board to  
try to influence it, but don't quote me on that.

I did indeed find a local Sierra chapter on one of the Great Lakes,  
which had chosen "clean coal" as its solution, but you gotta remember  
that's Obama's state.

And, like I said, they seem to be doing very well at working with the  
natives in the Four Corners.

I also just looked up Sierra Club and Kyoto and found Karl Pope's  
article, "The Problem with Kyoto," much of which I agree with:

http://www.sierraclub.org/carlpope/2007/03/trouble-with-kyoto.asp

There seems to be quite a bit of variance between one Sierra Club and  
another, and they're certainly nothing, nothing like that despicable  
Apollo Alliance.

			R&R for one'n all---A.G.





On Apr 8, 2007, at 1:46 PM, John Rizzo wrote:

>
> Two statements that I must take issue with:
>
>> The Sierra Club seems sorta
>> kinda OK there, in the native Four Corners, but here, Mary R. says
>> they promoted Lennar's development in the shipyard.
>
> This is a false statement. We absolutely do not support or promote
> Lennar.
>
>> And, in Obama's
>> Illinois, around the Great Lakes, some local Sierra Club chose "clean
>> coal" as their greenhouse gas limiting solution.
>
> I don't know of ANY organization that has put more staff time,  
> volunteer
> time, and money into fighting coal nationwide than the Sierra Club.  
> This
> includes Illinois. Here are some Illinois victories against coal:
>
> http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp#
> IllinoisTaylorvilleEnergyCenter
>
> The Sierra Club spends a lot of resources and effort fighting new coal
> plants and the myth of "clean coal." Coal is also tied to the Sierra
> Club's Mercury and Clean Water campaigns.
>
> See this web site for a great deal of information about coal and Club
> efforts:
>
> http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/
>
> One of the Sierra Club's campaigns is called "Stopping the Coal Rush"
> led by the Club's Environmental Law Program.
>
> At the web site, be sure to sign the petition to end mountaintop coal
> mining that is literally destroying Appalachia.
>
> John Rizzo
>
> PS. For the past three years, the local Bay Area chapter has been
> expending a lot of staff and volunteer to pass CCA (Tom and Ross), 360
> MW renewable energy. It will finally be introduced at the Board of
> Supervisors on Tuesday. We are also working to get CCA implemented in
> other cities across California.
>
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