1. Sierra Club Praises Obama Administration
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...le commitment to incorporate public lands and time outdoors into the initiative. "Sierra Club's Building Bridges to the Outdoors project is committed to expanding and improving opportunit...

2. High-Speed Rail to Help Rebuild and Restore America
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...an energy and smart infrastructure.  "Today's announcement is an exciting step toward building the kind of 21st century transportation infrastructure that America needs and dese...

3. Obama EPA Finalizes Endangerment Finding
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... Obama administration today completed a major step in America’s path to a tackling global warming and building a clean energy future.    By finalizing the finding that carbon dioxide a...

4. Groups Urge Obama: Don’t Buy Canada's Dirty Oil
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...usan Casey-Lefkowitz, senior attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council. "Canada should be focused on building strong climate and energy regulations at home rather than trying to undermine emerg...

5. The Acidification of Our Oceans
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...lt water of our oceans, forming carbonic acid. This carbonic acid dissolves calcium carbonate, which is the building block for crustaceans, mollusks, coral and other marine life. Coral reefs are habit...

6. Sierra Club Cheers L.A. Coal-Free Commitment
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...in Utah and Arizona, we will invest that money here in Los Angeles and in California.  Work making our buildings more efficient can’t be outsourced to China." "By maximizing ener...

7. Obama Boosts Commitment to Energy Efficiency
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...oted to the development, deployment, and use of energy-efficient technologies in residential and commercial buildings.  The Sierra Club offered the following comments in response. Statement of Ca...

8. Sierra Club Volunteers Launch "United We Serve" Service Projects
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...vice in January, and look forward to continuing this work through United We Serve." Sierra Club's Building Bridges to the Outdoors program, which aims to connect children and youth with the ...

9. Statement on Secretary Salazar’s Order Establishing Renewable Energy Development as Priority
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...reen transmission grid that avoids sensitive habitats and special places, this order will allow us to begin building a new energy economy. We stand ready to aid Secretary Salazar and the Department of...

10. Sustainable Building 101
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Why Build Sustainably? Sustainable building is a dying art. It is dying because soon it will be the new standard for how we construct buildings, both commercial and residential. So it behooves th

11. Battery Care in a Renewable Energy System
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... set of batteries will last for the maximum amount of time. First off, if you have batteries in an enclosed building (which you should), you should have them enclosed in a battery box. This is simply ...

12. Plastic
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... a future source of power.  Plasco has applied to build a facility in California. But permits and building, all takes time.   Now is the time to make recycling a way of life. When we re...

13. Huge Nationwide Rallies Call for "Green Jobs Now"
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...ways out of poverty and curb global warming at the same time. We will do this by retooling our factories, rebuilding our communities, and repowering America with 100% clean and renewable electricity. ...

14. Eco Friendly Houses - What Is A Green Building?
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What is a green building and why should you care? Why are people building efficient green homes? What is the number one reason for the increased demand for eco friendly houses? The answers may surpris

15. What Does Certified Organic Mean?
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...d organisms nor may they irradiate. They must also practice sustainable farming methods which include, soil building, crop rotation, manure management and conservation of the land. Ranchers must provi...

16. Your Composting Questions Answered
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...ial and breaking it down through a variety of chemical and animal processes to achieve fertilizer and plant building material that is both cheap and highly effective. It is very environmentally friend...

17. The Seven Building Blocks of Building Green
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You picked the perfect site for your new home but now you're mired in indecision. Building "green" sounds noble (who doesn't want to help our planet and create a healthy environ