The AWEA (American Wind Energy Association) Blog: Into the Wind Moran visits Siemens factory, pushes PTC extension Posted: 2012-02-22 Tom Gray U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kans.) visited a Siemens wind turbine manufacturing plant in Hutchinson, Kans., Monday and expressed his intention to seek an extension of the federal wind energy production tax credit (PTC) by [...]
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Senator seeking extension of federal wind energy production tax credit (PCT)
Posted in Conservation, Take Action, tagged Conservation, wind, wind power, wind turbines, windmills on February 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
* Pizza, Politics, and Preserving Lands – Feb Sierra Club Program, 2/22, 6:30 PM
Posted in Conservation, Meetings, Politics, Sierra Club on February 21, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Meeting Announcement Details: Preserving, Protecting, and Enjoying Our Vanishing Natural Spaces
* North Carolina Chapter – Footnotes Newsletter
Posted in Charlotte, Conservation, Events, Sierra Club, tagged Charlotte, Conservation, Fracking, Green Energy, public awareness campaign, Sierra Club, wind power on February 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
: You’ve heard Sierrans talking about offshore wind for over a year now. Well, the Governor’s office just heard about it from her own Scientific Advisory Panel on Offshore Energy. That’s right; the report released by the panel found that North Carolina has the best offshore wind resources on the East coast. Further, it concluded [...]
* ACT NOW – STOP THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE
Posted in Beyond Coal, Conservation, Sierra Club, Take Action on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
We have just 24 hours to send 500,000 letters and stop Keystone XL. Tell Congress: Stop any efforts to revive the dangerous tar sands pipeline. It’s time to pull out all the stops. Big Oil is asking Congress to ram through the dirty, dangerous Keystone XL tar sands pipeline — and we have just [...]
* Dumping Dioxin on Dixie and Charlotte
Posted in Charlotte, Conservation, Mecklenburg, Take Action, tagged Dioxin, Endocrine disrupters, Environmental Justice, Gerdau, public awareness campaign, Sierra Club, US EPA on February 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
New article from The Institute for Southern Studies speaks frankly about dioxin emission in the South. Please note the highlighted words, as they pertain to the Charlotte area. Based on information contained in this report, Gerdau Ameristeel is the 2nd largest emitter of air borne dioxins, the active agent in Agent Orange for which there [...]
* Frack, Baby, Frack?
Posted in Charlotte, Conservation, Politics, Sierra Club, Take Action, tagged Charlotte, Conservation, Environmental Justice, Fracking, public awareness campaign, Sierra Club on February 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Check out this EnergyVox Blog about Fracking Facts: January30 Frack, Baby, Frack? By: Allison Fisher In his State of the Union address on Tuesday night, President Barack Obama embraced the development of unconventional natural gas. In step with the theme of the address, the president highlighted both the abundance of the domestic resource and its [...]
* Read Power 2 Charlotte and Save Money
Posted in Conservation on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Are you getting the Power2Charlotte eNewsletter? It’s got a ton of information! Sign up to get your monthly email. The January issue contans information about: Project Highlight: Commercial Building Retrofit: Belvedere Family Denistry Building NEC Neighborhood Spotlight: Plaza Midwood Holiday Light Balls Apply now for the Power2 Live Green Grant Project Update: Electric Vehicles Arrive [...]
* Law gives billboard companies power to cut down trees
Posted in Conservation, Take Action, Trees on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
“Yes, I am the Lorax who speaks for the trees, which you seem to be chopping as fast as you please. I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues. And I’m asking you sir, at the top of my lungs – that thing! That horrible thing [...]
* Sustain Charlotte’s First Annual Community Sustainability Awards
Posted in Conservation, Events, Take Action on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s a chance for you to recognize local leaders who have made a difference in sustainability. The awards program on March 31 will be a great event. Order your tickets today! Here’s an announcement from Sustain Charlotte: During the month of February, we are seeking nominations for Charlotte’s top sustainability leaders. Who do you think deserves recognition as [...]
* Sierra Club Currents: News and Opportunites to Take Action
Posted in Conservation, Take Action on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Hope that you’ll take a moment and Take Action on these issues… Share: Take Action: Keep Our Rivers Scenic and Wild Legislators from Minnesota and Wisconsin are pushing a radical bill that would facilitate the construction of a $700 million bridge over a protected river. In fact, the bill would set a never-before-seen precedent, as [...]
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- Senator seeking extension of federal wind energy production tax credit (PCT)
- * Pizza, Politics, and Preserving Lands – Feb Sierra Club Program, 2/22, 6:30 PM
- * North Carolina Chapter – Footnotes Newsletter
- * We Ain’t Broke, So Let’s Fix it
- * ACT NOW – STOP THE KEYSTONE XL PIPELINE
- * Dumping Dioxin on Dixie and Charlotte
- * RibbonWalk Workday, February 4, 2012
- * Frack, Baby, Frack?
- * Read Power 2 Charlotte and Save Money
- * Law gives billboard companies power to cut down trees
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