Tag: Sierra Club
The Green Buzz: Wednesday, February 13
Written by Megan Sheehan | February 13th, 2013
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The Green Buzz this morning is fuel, fuel and more fuel.
- The Sierra Club’s board of directors has approved civil disobedience for the first time in its 120-year history to help oppose the Keystone XL Pipeline. (Huffington Post)
- This small New York town banned all public discussions on fracking, and now they’re being sued for it. (Green)
- And while we’re on that topic, some New York breweries are concerned that fracking will dry them up. (Times Union)
- So you’ve heard that the USPS will end Saturday delivery, but how much fuel will they save? (Christian Science Monitor)
- In the SOTU last night, President Obama pledged action on climate change, with or without Congress. (National Geographic)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, November 21
Written by Madeline Breen | November 21st, 2011
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Happy Monday! Here’s your green news.
- Baltimore, Maryland takes a can-do approach to food justice. (Grist)
- A self-contained farming community in Indonesia schools us on eating local. (TreeHugger)
- Ocean robots set off on a 300-day transpacific voyage. (Forbes)
- Sierra Club is hiring: Chairman Carl Pope has stepped down (Green).
- Scientists unearth bus-sized whales in a mysterious graveyard in Chile’s Atacama Desert. (NPR)
Cool Green Morning: Monday, August 16
Written by Nicole Levins | August 16th, 2010
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It’s the start of another cool green week:
- Sad news for the Rothschild’s giraffe– it’s officially endangered. (Mongabay)
- Ask Umbra explores the ecological impact of milk. (Grist)
- Will this summer’s crazy weather spur the world to action on climate change? (Guardian Eco)
- If you live in New Jersey (this writer’s home state, and arguably the greatest state in the entire United States), a solar roof could earn you cold, hard cash. (CleanTechnica)
- The Sierra Club ranked the nation’s greenest college campuses– did yours make the list? (Green)
