2008 Archives
May 28, 2008
Mahlon Adams
Pavilion at
Freedom Park,
7:00PM
Join us
for a
discussion
of
legislative
priorities
for
2008,
both NC
and
Federal.
March 26th,
2008
Central Piedmont Group meeting, 7pm, Great Outdoor
Provision
Local outdoor enthusiasts, adventurers, and GOPC
employees Rudy Hayden and Paul Harmon will host a
special presentation to wet your appetite and get
OUTSIDE! They will provide information about the
GOPC mission, philosophy, and special services to
our patrons.
They will discuss important safety and preparation
guidelines to have a safe and comfortable trip in
the outdoors. This will include proper boot, tent,
pack, and other special fit characteristics
essential to staying safe and comfortable in your
outdoor pursuits.
Come with your best fishing, paddling, climbing,
hiking, and travel questions as there will be a
question and answer session followed by a special
stove and food demo on our front porch
Great Outdoor Provision Company is located at 4341
Park Road in Park Road Shopping Center near the
intersection of Park Road and Woodlawn Road. Call
(704) 523-1089 or click here MAP IT for directions.
You can visit their website for more information
about the company.
February
27th, 2008
Central
Piedmont Group
meeting, 7pm,
Freedom Park
Pavilion
Restoring the American Chestnut Tree with Steve
Barilovits III
January 23rd
Central Piedmont
Group meeting, 7pm, Freedom Park Pavilion
Join us
as we
welcome
noted
architect,
Tom Low,
director
of Duany
Plater-Zyberk's
Charlotte
office
who will
enlighten
us on
new
urbanism
and some
of the
many
sustainable
projects
DPZ has
pioneered.
2007 Archives
November 28th
Central
Piedmont Group
meeting, 7pm,
Freedom Park
Pavilion
We will
have a
CLIFFSIDE
UPDATE
given by
Beth
Henry
and
Catawba
Riverkeeper,
Donna
Lisenby.
This
overview
will
discuss
the
water
loss
implications
and
toxics
(mercury,
etc)
that the
plant
would
emit and
also
look at
the
unexplored
issue of
toxic
solid
waste
the
plant
will
produce.
Beth and
Donna
have
done a
ton of
research
on
Cliffside
and
these
issues
in
particular
which
are
starting
to get
more
attention.
PLEASE
JOIN US
for this
informative
presentation
followed
by
Rick
Roti
giving a
presentation
of our
tree
planting
program
for
early
next
year.
November 11th
Liberty Tree
Planting -
Freedom Park 3 -
5pm
In
addition
to the
tree
dedication
and live
music,
there
will be
Revolutionary
War
re-enactors
playing
the fife
and
drums
and
making
balloon
toys for
the
children,
along
with
jugglers,
face
painters,
and
other
family-oriented
activities.
September 26,
Charlotte:
Clean & Green
Steering
Committee
Meeting, Freedom
Park Pavilion,
6pm
Followed
by...
Central
Piedmont
Group
Regular
Meeting
at 7:30
PM
This
month's
meeting
will
feature
Joe
Magnum
and
Jason
Pauling,
our
guests
from
Charlotte
Parks
and
Recreation
who will
be
presenting
an
interesting
program
on
Greenways.
If you
want to
learn
all the
exciting
developments
with our
ever
growing
Greenway
system,
be sure
to
attend
on Sept.
26 at
7:30,
Freedom
Park
Pavilion.
October
12
Mark your
Calendar now for
this Special
Event, a Sneak
Peek at Jeff
Barrie's BRAND
NEW VERSION of
Kilowatt
Ours.
That's right,
Jeff has now
completed a
bigger, better
version of
Kilowatt Ours
and Sierra has
partnered with
the Department
of Environmental
Science at
Queens
University to
present the
first showing of
this film in
Charlotte.
Friday night,
Oct. 12 at
8:00PM, Dana
Auditorium. Be
there.
August 22,
Freedom Park,
next regular
meeting, 7:00
Join
us to
welcome
back
former
Charlotte
Super
Star,
Christa
Wagner,
who now
works in
Raleigh
as the
NC
Chapter's
Legislative
Lobbyist.
Christa
will
give an
update
on this
year's
recently
completed
session
and
answer
questions
you
might
have on
what got
passed
and what
did not,
and what
we might
expect
for next
year
from the
NC
Legislature.
Following
Christa,
local
ExCom
member
and
Catawba
Lands
Conservation
Program
Director,
Jenni
LeBlanc
will
overview
us on
land and
water
issues.
July 25th
SPECIAL EVENT
Family Night
Cook-Out
followed by a
presentation on
Kids and Nature
by Dr. Meg Houlihan.
Join us for a
locally grown
food cook-out.
Free food will
be ready at 6:00
PM at the Picnic
Shelter
immediately
behind the
Pavilion. And
yes, it would be
fine if you
would like to
bring a locally
grown/organic
covered dish but
it's not
required.
May 23 7:00pm
Group Meeting
at
Freedom Park
Pavilion
featuring
speaker, McCayne
Miller, Business
and Outreach
manager for
North Carolina
Sustainable
Energy
Association.
McCayne will
cover NCSEA's
policy work and
her specialty
area, green
building with an
emphasis on the
Charlotte
market.
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February 21,
2007
February Meeting |
You are invited
Wednesday,
February 28 at 7pm to our
monthly Central
Piedmont Sierra
Club meeting.
Come and hear
Charlotte
resident Diane
Frederick give a
modified live
version of An
Inconvenient
Truth, the
environmental
film that has
been sweeping
the nation and
getting people's
attention about
climate change.
Frederick has
recently
completed a
rigorous
training program
led by former
Vice President
Al Gore to
spread the
message about
the threat of
and solutions to
global warming.
Diane will be
spending the
next year making
presentations in
and around
Charlotte,
discussing how
individuals and
businesses,
schools, and
other
organizations
can be a major
part of the
solution to the
growing crisis
of global
warming.
You could win a
copy of Al
Gore's book
An
Inconvenient
Truth just by
attending our
meeting!
Location of
Monthly
Meetings:
Freedom Park
Pavilion
2435 Cumberland
Avenue (Corner
of Cumberland
and Lilac)
Parking: Limited
parking next to
pavilion.
Additional
parking
available in
other lots
accessible from
the main
entrance to
Freedom Park at
1900 East Blvd. |
January 2007
Meeting
Jenni LeBlanc,
Conservation
Program Director
of the Catawba
Lands
Conservancy and
Executive
Committee Member
of the Central
Piedmont Group
of the Sierra
Club, will speak
about Land
Conservation
Issues in the
Carolinas.
Date:
Wednesday,
January 24th at
7 PM.
Location of
Monthly Meetings:
Freedom Park
Pavilion
2435 Cumberland
Avenue
(Corner of
Cumberland and
Lilac)
Parking:
Limited parking
next to
pavilion.
Additional
parking
available in
other lots
accessible from
the main
entrance to
Freedom Park at
1900 East Blvd.
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January 15, 2007
Speak out for
climate
protection &
clean energy in
NC: FINAL
HEARING on
Duke Energy's
plan to build
two coal-fired
power plants
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Attend
the hearings
at NC
Utilities
Commission.
Wednesday &
Thursday,
Jan 17-18
Dobbs
Building,
430 N.
Salisbury
St.,
Raleigh.
Public
testimony
begins 9am
on Jan. 17.
Witness the
formal
hearing
afterward.
-
Send a short
message to
NC Utilities
Commission:
Sam J.
Ervin, IV:
ervin@ncuc.net
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Current
Situation |
- Duke
Energy's
case for the
Cliffside
coal plants
was
thoroughly
discredited
in previous
hearings -
even before
the
billion-dollar
cost overrun
was exposed
last month.
- Duke now
admits its
$3 billion
plant would
not be
"least cost"
as required
by NC law.
It is
scrambling
to justify
the
Cliffside
plant and
its 11
million
tons/year of
greenhouse
gas
emissions.
- The only
question is
whether
Duke's
influence
will bully
the state
into
"staying the
course" with
old,
hazardous
technologies
- and even
make
customers
pay up
front.
- A new
state study
proves
energy
efficiency
and
renewables
can displace
the need for
new large
coal and
nuclear
plants.
- Despite
its
greenwashing
PR, Duke is
ignoring
efficiency
and
renewables.
It wants to
maximize
sales of
coal and
nuclear
electricity.
- North
Carolina can
and must
begin the
urgent work
of cutting
greenhouse
gases by
ramping up
proven
efficiency
programs via
the NC
Energy
Office.
It is
critically
important
that
utilities
commissioners
show
independence
- and that
members of
the public
scrutinize
their
deliberations.
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Directions:
See
http://www.enr.state.nc.us/files/capmap.htm.
Use Visitor
Parking on
Salisbury St.
across from the
Dobbs Building,
on the right.
Please let us
know if you are
coming by
responding to
either
Tom Jensen
or
Chatham Olive. |
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January 2007:
Action Alert!
Duke Energy
is moving
forward at rapid
speed with its
plans to expand
a coal fired
power plant on
the
Cleveland/Rutherford
County border.
The project
needs the
approval of the
North Carolina
Utilities
Commission.
Coming soon is
our big
opportunity to
make our voices
heard to that
body so that
environmental
concerns are
taken into
account on this
important
decision.
The Utilities
Commission will
be holding a
public hearing
in Charlotte at
7 PM on January
10th.
It will be held
at the
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Library on 310
N. Tryon St.
We need you
to be there
speaking out!
If you are
interested in
speaking, you
can sign up the
night of the
event. If you
want help with
talking points,
please feel free
to contact Tom
Jensen in the
Raleigh office
at
tom.jensen@sierraclub-nc.org
or 919-833-8467.
Please let him
know if you are
planning to
attend. There is
no requirement
to speak. Just
being there is
every bit as
important to
express your
support for
clean energy.
Can't make it
Wednesday night?
On Thursday the
11th a similar
hearing will be
held in Shelby
at 10:00 AM at
City Hall, 300
S. Washington
St. You can also
attend the
hearing to be
held in Raleigh
on January 17th
at 10:00 AM at
the Utilities
Commission,
Dobbs Building.
In addition,
please choose to
write a letter
to the
Commission
stating your
opposition to
the Cliffside
expansion. Send
letters to:
NC Utilities
Commission
Re: Docket E7,
Sub 790
Cliffside
4325 Mail
Service Center
Raleigh, NC
27699-4325
For more
information
please contact
Tom Jensen
or go to
http://nc.sierraclub.org/issues/concerns/cliffside.html
Thank you so
much for your
help on this
important issue!
By showing
strength in
numbers, we can
work to ensure
that the
Utilities
Commission
seriously
assesses the not
only the
environmental
impact of this
project but more
cost effective
energy
efficiency and
renewable energy
solutions to
meeting our
electricity
demand.
2006 Archives
The Uwharrie Forest
Management Plan Needs Your Input!
You’re invited to the next public meetings and we
hope you’ll attend. Your participation is important
--we want strong forest conservation ethics
reflected in this new plan, which will guide the
management of the Uwharrie National Forest for the
next fifteen years.
Please join your colleagues in the Sierra Club:
Monday May 8, 6-9, 2006 PM at James
Garner Conference Center, 211 Burnette Street, Troy
NC.
For more information contact Christa Wagner at
Christa.Wagner@sierraclub.org or 704-374-1125.
Please contact me if you can’t make the meeting but
want to stay informed on developments in the forest
plan. Your RSVP is helpful if you plan to attend. We
will send you informational materials before the
meeting so that you can be a more active
participant.
Need more information?
Call Ruth Berner, Forest Planner, at (828) 257-4862,
or e-mail
rberner@fs.fed.us. Hope to see you
there!
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