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* Green Fire – Aldo Leopold and a Land Ethic for Our Time

Posted in Conservation, Events, Sierra Club on February 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

The Green Fire Story “We reached the old wolf in time to watch a fierce green fire dying in her eyes. I realized then, and have known ever since, that there was something new to me in those eyes—something known only to her and to the mountain. I was young then, and full of trigger-itch; [...]

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* Keystone XL – It’s not over yet!

Posted in Conservation, Politics, Sierra Club, Take Action, tagged , , , , , on February 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 27, 2012 Contact:  Eddie Scher, 415-977-5758 Maggie Kao, 202-675-2384 TransCanada Announces Plan to Circumvent Environmental Review to Build Rejected Tar Sands Pipeline in US WASHINGTON, DC – TransCanada, the company behind the rejected Keystone XL tar sands pipeline today sent a letter to the US State Department announcing its intention to [...]

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* February Sierra Club Meeting Presentations

Posted in Beyond Coal, Coal, Conservation, Meetings, Nuclear, Outings, Politics, Sierra Club, Trees on February 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

We had a great turn out with some visitors and potential new members. We’re glad that you joined us! Special thanks to our speakers: Travis Hargett, Sierra Club Organizer, from the NC Chapter in Raleigh and Tom Okel, Executive Director of the Catawba Land Conservancy. Below are the presentations from the meeting (click on image). If [...]

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* FrackUpdate 2/22 – NY Ordinance, Leaks, Pipeline

Posted in Charlotte, Conservation, Sierra Club, Take Action, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

FrackUpdates Feb.16-22 No Votes Taken in Special Session  Thanks to all of you who contacted your Representatives to ask them to vote against a resolution to override the veto of Senate Bill 709! (The Senate has already voted to override last year, but it takes BOTH chambers overriding with 60% vote in order to make [...]

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* 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

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* North Carolina Chapter – Footnotes Newsletter

Posted in Charlotte, Conservation, Events, Sierra Club, tagged , , , , , , 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 [...]

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* 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 [...]

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* Frack, Baby, Frack?

Posted in Charlotte, Conservation, Politics, Sierra Club, Take Action, tagged , , , , , 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 [...]

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* NC Sierra Club Political Training – Feb 18, Raleigh

Posted in Events, Politics, Sierra Club, Volunteer on February 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

2012 is going to be a crtical year in NC politics and NC will be a pivitoal state in the federal elctions. Would you like to learn more about how the system works and how to become more effective to create change? If so, then make plans to join us for a very informative and fun [...]

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* “State of the Environment in Charlotte”, Jan 25th at 7:00 PM

Posted in Conservation, Meetings, Sierra Club on January 23, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

“Charlotte will become a national leader in environmental and energy sustainability, preserving our natural resources while balancing growth with sound fiscal policy.” ~ 2012 Environment Strategic Focus Area Plan Charlotte has many environmental and sustainability challenges facing us – our air, our water, our traffic, our development and more. With the development of the City [...]

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