Sierra Club

The Sierra Club may soon press automobile manufacturers to raise the fuel efficiency of cars to 43 mpg, even though the US Congress had agreed to 35 miles per gallon in Dec 2007. A total of 14 US states including California will implement laws to restrict CO2 emissions by vehicles. Although the present US administration hasn’t given a green signal to this law, both Democratic and Republican candidates have voiced their support for it.

How ordinary things like clothesline, a locally grown tomato, and a condom can significantly help on the fight against global warming?

A handful of green groups filed suit Tuesday over the Bush administration's latest plan to protect salmon in the Northwest's Columbia Basin.

Eco-Libris is collaborating with the great website 'Green Mom Find' in a giveaway that is in celebration of the upcoming father's day (June 15).

All new homes built in Hawaii will be required to install solar hot water heaters beginning in 2010, cutting energy costs by 30%.

Anna Hackman of Green-Talk reviews 'Hey, Mr.

Using bureaucratic or legal means, such as zoning or water use, environmental groups have stopped 65 coal plants in the last three years. The LA Times explains its really a war about climate change, “Coal puts twice as much temperature-raising carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as natural gas, second to coal as the most common power plant fuel.“

The Sierra Club, the oldest and largest grassroots environmental organization in the U.S. announced the establishing of a Center for Green Livelihoods in India for partnering with civil society organizations to explore ways of creating a robust dialogue towards developing a green economy.

David Hamilton, Director and Team Leader, Global Warming and Energy Programs, Sierra Club; Rhone Resch, President, Solar Energy Industries Association(SEIA); Randy Swisher, Executive Director, American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) react to enactment of the 2007 Energy Bill. They also look toward newlegislation, such as a planned economic stimulus bill, to gain provisions such as extension of renewable tax credits, that didn"t make it into the final Energy Bill.

The panelists debate and discuss energy production and supply from economic, national security and environmental perspectives -- including whether climate change is caused by humans and what to do about it.

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The Sierra Club is leading a campaign in New Mexico to ask Senator Domenici to support a renewable energy bill, generating millions in additional income for land owners and creating thousands of local jobs.