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

[John Rizzo]

If there's a chapter promoting clean coal, it is violating national
Sierra Club energy policy, which could threaten its charter.

Here is the Illinois Chapter opposing two pro-clean-coal bills from last
month:
http://illinois.sierraclub.org/legislation/HB3672.html
http://illinois.sierraclub.org/legislation/HB3733.html

Previous links:
http://www.sierraclub.org/coal/
http://www.sierraclub.org/environmentallaw/coal/plantlist.asp#
IllinoisTaylorvilleEnergyCenter

Please forward to whoever you like.

I certainly joined to try to influence it. (FYI, Sue Vaughan is also on
the SF board.) There is much I don't agree with, but the fight against
coal is a worthy and significant effort.

Cheers,
John

>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.
>
>
>
>
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>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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