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

[Ann Garrison]

Just checked; you're right.  Obama (D-IL) joined Bunning (R-KY) in  
introducing the Coal to Liquid Transportation Fuel Promotion Act of  
2007.

On Apr 8, 2007, at 6:07 PM, Richard A. Knee wrote:

> For what it's worth, Bunning is a Republican, unless he's switched  
> parties.
>
>
> On Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:34:40 -0700, Ann Garrison  
> <anniegarrison at mac.com>
> wrote:
>
>> OK; this does seem important.  Obama introduced the Coal to Liquid
>> Fuel Transportation Promotion Act of 2007, with Jim Bunning (D-KY),
>> on January 4th, 2007.  This is one of those bills that's absolutely
>> lethal for the native Four Corners.
>>
>> It hasn't come to a vote on the Senate floor yet.  Barbara Barbara
>> Boxer and Nancy Pelosi both seem to support it, though they refuse to
>> respond to my letters.  Di-Fi finally wrote to say she'd take my
>> concerns into consideration should it reach a full vote on the Senate
>> floor.
>>
>> Again, not trying to start a bitter argument.  Just looking for
>> clarity.   I did some studying and found that Obama's daughter has
>> asthma and that, in the past, he did make some effort to fight coal-
>> fired power in Illinois.  But it seems that, now that he's running
>> for president, he has debts to pay to mighty Peabody Coal.   ---A.
>>
>>
>> On Apr 8, 2007, at 2:58 PM, vicki leidner wrote:
>>
>>> obama got the sierra club endorsement in illinois.  coal and all.
>>> v
>>>
>>> Ann Garrison wrote:
>>>> 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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