Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Symbolic Tug O' War Between Fossil Fuel Fat Cats and the Glorious Greens: Come See the Spectacle

GUERRILLA THEATER TUG OF WAR!
DIRTY FOSSIL FUELS VS. CLEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY
Mon., April 8th, 5:00 – 7:00 PM [Rain Date Wed., April 10]
Independence Mall - 5th & Market Sts.
Philadelphia

Join Sierra Club activists and others as we stage a mock tug of war

“Filthy rich” titans of coal & oil, with tuxedos and money bags
vs.
The forces of green energy:
people in lab coats, scrubs, or green hard hats; people from island nations, the Arctic; animals threatened by sea level rise, etc.
(create your own costume!)

In the middle, President Obama, weighing Renewable Energy or settling for “All of the Above” (including fossil fuels)

The stark choice will be made visible—will you be there?

Afterwards, free refreshments for participants at Soho Pizza, 218 Market St.
RSVP: William Kramer at william.kramer@sierraclub.org 732-589-8024 or Sue Edwards at sueedwards79@gmail.com 610-543-2986 with your costume plans
This is one of our events to push President Obama to take action on climate change policies that he promised in his Inaugural Address. For more information, check out our previous blog post outlining our strategy to motivate Obama on climate policies.
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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Check out the new Share the Road PSA



Share the Road from AAA Public Affairs on Vimeo.
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Friday, March 1, 2013

Sequester Will Negatively Impact Clean Air and Water Programs at State and Local Level

This article from Pew highlights the cuts to basic clean air and clean water programs across the states if the sequester takes place. From my experience in Millbourne, I'd say it's already difficult to get action on clean air violations. Cutting the staff and the program would logically make things much worse.

 Everyone, please call your congressman and comment.

-- Jeanette MacNeille
Borough Council President of Millbourne, PA
Sierra Club Volunteer Activist for Clean Air


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Sunday, February 24, 2013

Forward on Climate Rally

On Feb. 17, 2013, several local environmental groups organized a caravan of buses to the "Forward on Climate" rally in Washington, D.C. The rally was organized by 350.org, the Sierra Club, and the HipHop Caucus, as well as other groups, to call on President Obama to act quickly on his statements in his State of the Union Address earlier that week. During this address, the President said, "...for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change." As a short term goal to address climate disruption, the rally challenged the President to reject Transcanada's planned Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline that is proposed to run from Canada to the Gulf Coast. For the long term, we call on the President to take strong measures to protect the planet from greenhouse gas emissions and pollution associated with fossil fuels.

Locally, Sierra Club, Penn Future, PA Interfaith Power & Light, and Clean Air Council sent about 150 people, which filled two and a half buses, to this historic demonstration, the largest climate change rally in U.S. history. Estimates of the crowd at the rally and march were in the range of 35,000 to 50,000. Speakers included Michael Brune, Bill McKibben, Van Jones, Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, Rosario Dawson, Chief Jackie Thomas, and more. In the biting cold, the throngs rallied near the Washington Monument and then marched around the White House and back to their starting point, where circles of people danced in the sunshine, celebrating an important milestone in the US environmental movement.

-- Sue Edwards

Sue and George at Forward on Climate Rally
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Friday, February 22, 2013

Which Would You Cut, Something Important or Oil Subsidies?

The NRDC has a great campaign comparing oil subsidies to other cuts made in the sequester. Click here to check out the photos on their Facebook page.

Which would you cut? Education or Oil Subsidies
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Monday, February 4, 2013

Kids' Concert for Clean Air

A Kids' Concert for Clean Air on Feb. 2, 2013, Groundhogs Day, at the Lucien E. Blackwell West Philadelphia Regional Library, co-sponsored by Sierra Club and Mom's Clean Air Force. It was a free concert featuring Meg Russell of Meg's Melodies.

It was attended by about 35 or 40 people, two thirds of them children. It was a lively event, and the children got to move, play and hear songs about healthy eating and exercise, pretend to be a variety of things, make sounds like rain and thunder, and play with percussion instruments, a beach ball, ribbons, pompoms, and a parachute. They were greeted by a large green groundhog (aka William Kramer) as the concert got underway. Sierra Club activist Kevin Little spoke at the end about riding bikes, walking and using public transportation, turning off lights, and taking other steps to reduce climate change. Parents and older children took the opportunity to write short notes to Pres. Obama or Sen. Toomey about clean air and protecting our environment. Moms Clean Air Force had petitions to sign as well as stickers, notebooks and pads of paper for participants.

--Sue Edwards
Photos from kids concert for clean air on 2/2/13 in West Philly
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Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Inauguration Party with Our Environmental Friends As It Was Tweeted

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