Here’s the TOC from the 12/19/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – New! Sierra Club Radio
Volume VI, #45
Tuesday, December 19, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“We will energize America by achieving energy independence, and we will begin by rolling back the multi-billion dollar subsidies for Big Oil.”

- Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) on a new direction for America

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(1) Sierra Club Radio: Greening the Air Waves

(2) EPA: Public Loses Right to Know

(3) Take Action: Change America Now!

(4) Take Action: Make Yourself Heard, Before It’s Too Late!

Also from The Sierra Club: vote for your favorite environmental story of 2006.

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Here’s the TOC from the 12/12/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – It’s Good to be Green
Volume VI, #44
Tuesday, December 12, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“This is a warning to oil and gas companies. When you get a Democratic Congress, you are going to get a cop on the beat.”

– Representative Rahm Emanuel, (D-IL) chairman of the House Democratic Caucus on plans to investigate royalty payments to Big Oil — one of the first steps in a planned overhaul of oil subsidies.

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(1) Green Power: Pennsylvania Leads the Nation

(2) EPA: Mercury Rule Finalized

(3) Take Action: Change America Now!

(4) Take Action: You’re Invited to a Party with Al Gore!

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Here’s the TOC from the 12/05/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – Big Oil’s Last Gasp
Volume VI, #43
Tuesday, December 5, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“While it is clear that the United States must become more energy independent, such independence must not come at the cost of the fragile ecosystems and vital tourism economy of our coast.”

- North Carolina Governor Mike Easley (D)

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(1) Offshore Drilling: Big Oil’s Last Gasp

(2) Climate Pact: Spokane Becomes Next Cool City

(3) Take Action: Stand Up for Public Lands!

(4) Take Action: Have a Greener Holiday!

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Here’s the TOC from the 11/28/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – Global Warming Goes on Trial
Volume VI, #42
Tuesday, November 28, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“It’s basically being fiscally conservative, being socially moderate and you know, being environmentally progressive.”

– Arnold, on Meet the Press, on what it means to be a “Schwarzenegger Republican”

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(1) Supreme Court: Global Warming Goes on Trial

(2) Take Action: Get Serious about Change

(3) Building Better: Sierra Club Names America’s Best New Development Projects

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Via The Sierra Club:

Tell President Bush It’s Time to Get Serious About Global Warming

In the afterglow of an election that resulted in 20 greener seats in the House and five in the Senate (not to mention six greener Governors), it’s tempting to think that the environment will have clear sailing on Capital Hill for the next couple of years. Not so fast. As the Sierra Club’s Melinda Pierce said in a New York Times story last week, “The environmental community has to recognize how difficult it’s going to be to advance an environmental agenda with such narrowly held majorities.” So, there’s plenty of work still to do, and we’re rolling up our sleeves. As Carl Pope writes: “What we have won is an opportunity.”

One place in Washington, DC that shows no sign of getting any greener is the White House. Although President Bush acknowledged our oil addiction in his last State of the Union Address, so far he’s done nothing about it. Now that Americans have elected a greener Congress, the President has a golden opportunity.

Help us send a message to the White House. Between now and the next State of the Union Address in January, we want to send half a million messages to the White House: President Bush, it’s time to get serious about global warming.

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Here’s the TOC from the 11/21/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – Angling for Protection
Volume VI, #41
Tuesday, November 21, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“Countless New Mexicans have worked tirelessly to ensure the permanent protection of this remarkable treasure for generations to come, and passage of this bill is a testament to their efforts.”

– Representative Tom Udall (D-NM), author of the Valle Vidal Protection Act of 2005

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(1) Victory at Valle Vidal: Angling for Protection

(2) Gulf Coast: Saving Cypress Could Boost Economy

(3) Take Action: Don’t Let Polluters Off the Hook!

(4) Take Action: Protect our Coasts!

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Here’s the TOC from the 11/14/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – Evolve or Dissolve?
Volume VI, #40
Tuesday, November 14, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“Simply raising fuel economy standards for passenger cars and light trucks to 33 miles per gallon would eliminate our oil imports from the Persian Gulf.”

- Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)

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(1) Big Three: Evolve or Dissolve?

(2) Chesapeake Bay: State Efforts Pay Off (.pdf)

(3) Take Action: Fast Track to Mountaintop Destruction

(4) Take Action: Stop the Public Land Sell-Off!

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Here’s the TOC from the 10/31/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – Got Coal? Not If We Can Help It.
Volume VI, #40
Tuesday, October 31, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“There is still time to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, if we act now and we act internationally. But the task is urgent. Delaying action, even by a decade or two, will take us into dangerous territory. We must not let this window of opportunity (pass).”

– Sir Nicholas Stern, head of the British Government Economic Service and author of a new report on the economic impacts of ignoring Global Warming

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(1) Coal Rush: On a Roll with Stopping Coal

(2) Sierra Club Victory: Big Win in Big Thicket!

(3) Critters Need Your Help: New Fiore Cartoon

(4) Take Action: Tell Congress to Fight Global Warming!

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Here’s the TOC from the 10/24/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – Health or Harm?
Volume VI, #39
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official, save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country.”

— President Theodore Roosevelt

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(1) Fishing for Answers: Health or Harm?

(2) Developing Clean Energy: Winds of Change Sweep Missouri

(3) Take Action: Save Wetlands, Protect Local Communities!

(4) Take Action: Protect our Coasts!

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Here’s the TOC from the 10/17/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – Converting Climate Skeptics
Volume VI, #38
Tuesday, October 17, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“Our wetlands are Mother Nature’s levee system, and if the United States does not immediately begin to get serious about investing in these wetlands, I greatly fear that my state is doomed.”

– U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu, Louisiana

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(1) The Great Warming: Converting Climate Skeptics

(2) Victory: North Coast Wilderness Saved

(3) Take Action: Oil Tycoon to Shape Energy Future?

(4) Take Action: Help Keep Public Lands in Public Hands!

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Here’s the TOC from the 10/10/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – E. coli, It’s What’s for Dinner?
Volume VI, #37
Tuesday, October 10, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“No one has the right to use America’s rivers and America’s Waterways that belong to all the people as a sewer. The banks of a river may belong to one man or one industry or one State, but the waters which flow between the banks should belong to all the people.”

– Lyndon B. Johnson, signing the Clean Water Act of 1965

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(1) Dangerous Waste: Another E. coli Outbreak Waiting to Happen?

(2) Water Quality: Victory on the Ohio River

(3) Take Action: Fast Track to Mountaintop Destruction

(4) Take Action: Host an Energy Film Festival!

Here’s the TOC from the 9/26/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – For Land’s Sake
Volume VI, #36
Tuesday, September 26, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.”

- John Muir, naturalist, writer, conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club

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(1) “Court”ing Mother Nature: For Land’s Sake

Learn more about protecting our forests.

Learn more about the Western Arctic and saving Teshekpuk Lake.

(2) Take Action: Put Public Lands in Your Hands this Saturday!

Take part in Public Lands Day with the Sierra Club!

For more information on Public Lands Day.

(3) Dirty Air: New Standards Could Leave You Gasping

(4) Take Action: Reduce Global Warming!

An archive of past Currents is available here.

Here’s the TOC from the 9/19/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – Toxic Toys
Volume VI, #35
Tuesday, September 19, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“We are left with the unpleasant conclusion that the only motivation is political.”

— Iain Murray, one of the Competitive Enterprise Institute’s resident climate skeptics in response to rumors of a new Bush climate policy.

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(1) Toxic Toys: Toy Jewelry Poses Health Risk

(2) Film Fest: Lights. Camera. Energy!

(3) Take Action: Keep Protections against Toxic Pollutants

(4) Take Action: Stop Teshekpuk Lake Oil and Gas Lease Sales

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Here’s the TOC from the 9/12/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – Global Action on Global Warming
Volume VI, #34
Tuesday, September 12, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“The cost will be counted not only by environmentalists, but also by economists, doctors, subsistence farmers and fisher folk. The cost will be measured not only in dollars and species loss, but in human mortality and morbidity, in millions of African lives at risk.”

- Environment Minister for South Africa, Marthinus Van Schalkwyk in an opening speech for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on Monday

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(1) Kyoto Protocol: Global Action on Global Warming

Learn more about a clean energy future.

Read more about the Asia-Europe meeting.

(2) A Century of Conservation: Dr. Wayburn Turns 100

(3) Take Action: Save the Rainforests!

(4) Take Action: Oppose the Public Land Give-Away!

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Here’s the TOC from the 9/5/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – “9/11: Toxic Legacy”
Volume VI, #33
Tuesday, September 5, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“I believe our biggest issue is the same biggest issue that the whole world is facing, and that’s habitat destruction.”

- Steve Irwin, host of Animal Planet’s The Crocodile Hunter

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(1) Ground Zero: “9/11: Toxic Legacy”

In the tragic events of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and the ensuing recovery and cleanup efforts many lost their lives and many more lost their health. Almost half of the Ground Zero rescue and recovery workers are now suffering from health defects caused by the toxic rubble left behind after the attacks – and the federal government is doing little to provide relief. A new documentary, “9/11: Toxic Legacy” explores the human health impacts of Sept. 11, delving into the government’s response and examining the plight of heroes who are still suffering five years after the attack. “9/11: Toxic Legacy” premieres Sept. 5 at 8 p.m. on Discovery Times and will air several more times through the end of September.

For repeat broadcasts, click here;

View an excerpt from the documentary here;

Or, read more about pollution and deception at Ground Zero (.pdf)

(2) Conservationist Remembered: Steve Irwin

(3) Take Action: Keep Big Oil Out of the Arctic and Off Our Coasts!

(4) Take Action: Public Lands in Public Hands

Find out what you can do to help keep our public lands in public hands!

Find out more about Public Lands Day and the proposed lands sale.

An archive of past Currents is available here.

Here’s the TOC from the 8/29/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – Small Successes Pave the Way
Volume VI, #32
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“The way I understand things, journalistic balance does not require giving equal time to those who argue, for example, that HIV does not cause AIDS, or smoking does not cause lung disease. Anyone who argues that CO2 does not cause global warming is, pretty much by definition, unqualified to pass judgment on the latest scientific findings. Why reporters have continued to quote these people as if they had a claim to scientific objectivity, I’m not sure.”

– Elizabeth Kolbert’s (The New Yorker) thoughts on objectively reporting on climate change

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(1) Hurricane Katrina: Small Successes Pave the Way

(2) Smart Energy Summer: Fuel Efficiency is Good for the Economy

(3) Take Action: Protect Your Drinking Water!

(4) Take Action: Fight for Clean Energy Solutions!

Here’s the TOC from the 8/22/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – Giant Sequoia Wins Protection
Volume VI, #32
Tuesday, August 22, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“They are in deep trouble.”

Oil analyst Charles Maxwell at Weeden & Co. on BP’s admission that some pipes in Prudhoe Bay had not been inspected internally for corrosion in more than a decade.

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1) Sierra Club Victory: Giant Sequoia Wins Protection

2) Smart Energy Summer: Hybrids Take On E85

3) Take Action: Save Teshekpuk Lake!

4) Take Action: I want my MPG!

Here’s the TOC from the 8/15/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – A Dirty Deal
Volume VI, #31
Tuesday, August 15, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“Still, year after year strong mercury rules fail in Washington under pressure from corporate interests. Why? Not because the risks of mercury poisoning aren’t real. No, lobbyists for the big industries just say they can’t afford to make changes.”

- Sen. John Kerry on why the federal government continues to put public health at risk from mercury pollution

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(1) Smart Energy Summer: A Dirty Deal

(2) Mercury Pollution: Scientists Confirm Health Threat

(3) Take Action: Save Puerto Rico’s Northeast Ecological Corridor!

(4) Take Action: Oppose the Public Land Give-Away!

Here’s the TOC from the 8/8/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – Destructive Drilling
Volume VI, #31
Tuesday, August 8, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“You can drill in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, on every continental shelf and atop every hill in America for that matter, and you still won’t reverse the fact that our oil production is in permanent decline. We’re just sopping up what’s left, digging ourselves into a deeper hole.”

- Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), senior member of the House Science Committee, on America’s oil addiction

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(1) Destructive Drilling: Prudhoe Bay

(2) Smart Energy Summer: Cities Take the Lead

(3) Take Action: Your Drinking Water Threatened!

(4) Take Action: Support Fair Trade!

Here’s the TOC from the 8/1/06 issue of The Sierra Club’s Currents.

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Sierra Club Currents – Nuclear “Waste”
Volume VI, #30
Tuesday, August 1, 2006

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Quote of Note:

“I personally feel some reservations about their performance based on what we have learned about the Big Dig. It’s the same kind of thing, a big hole, the same kind of deal.”

- Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) thoughts on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste storage program, which is managed by the same company that was responsible for the disastrous “Big Dig” tunnels in Boston.

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(1) Energy Summer: Nuclear “Waste”

(2) Local Action: Students Bring Clean Energy Victory

(3) Take Action: Stop Polluted Pumping!

(4) Take Action: Save Alaska’s Teshekpuk Lake!