Protest the "Citizen's United" Decision in Downtown Philly

3rd Anniversary Citizens United v FEC ruling of the United States Supreme Court Event.
Friday January 18, 2013 at noon
Love Park in Philadelphia.

Why, you ask, are we marking this date and decision? We, the citizens, voters, have joined with other groups, including Public Citizen, Rootstrikers, and others to move the Pennsylvania effort to pass a constitutional amendment to reverse the Supreme Court decision and reduce the influence of money in politics.

In an effort to bring attention to our cause, we are staging this event in Center City with speakers, media, hopefully entertainment and lots of people. That's where you come in. If there is any chance you are able to be there, we would welcome it! We will have signs and someone to lead chants.

As members and supporters of Sierra Club, you must be aware of how the corrupt influence of money in our political system has set us back in our efforts to establish safe water, clean air and a program to mitigate climate change. Admittedly, Sierra Club has accomplished much in these areas despite the resistance from government but more needs to be accomplished and to do that, we need to remove one of the obstacles.

Please join us on this eventful day! If anyone has time to volunteer in some capacity, please contact me at: maria.dilullo@gmail.com.

Thank you and hoping to see you there.

Maria Dilullo

 

Beyond Coal To Renewable Energy

A Free Lecture at the Free Library of Philadelphia

Monday, November 19, 2012 at 6:45 PM

Free Library of Philadelphia, 19th & Vine Streets, Philadelphia

4th Floor Skyline Room

Speaker: Jeff Schmidt, PA Chapter Director

Coal mining, especially mountaintop removal and longwall mining, is highly destructive. It is a major cause of air pollution, global warming and waste. The Sierra Club is working to shut down existing coal-fired power plants and keep any new plants from being built. Coal use is down nationally. In Pennsylvania, nine old coal-burning plants have been retired or announced for retirement. Sierra Club also works for stricter EPA standards and promotes pollution-free and inexhaustible energy sources such as solar, geothermal and wind.

For more information, contact Bill Brainerd at wbrainerd3@gmail.com.

Election 2012: Opportunities and Challenges for a Clean Air Future

Clean Air Council to Host a Lunch & Learn Series

Election 2012: Opportunities and Challenges for a Clean Air Future

Tuesday November 13, 2012
12:00 – 1:30 PM (doors open at 11:45
The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
19 S. 22^nd St. Philadelphia, PA 19103
Lunch will be served (menu below)

Fed up with a “Storm of the Century” every year and record-breaking summer heat, the American public rejected the agenda of large corporate polluters who spent $270 million to try and buy the election for politicians who support their dirty agenda. With the cost of pollution-related health care on the rise and the fate of public health at risk, the American people spoke up on November 6, 2012 and demanded a future that is healthy and sustainable, a future that holds the promise of good, American jobs and economic growth while working to slow the rise of the oceans and keep the air clean. While the environmental community praises the election of legislators who pledge to “heal the planet,” we realize that a host of both opportunities and challenges lay before our federal, state, and local officials if we truly desire a cleaner and more sustainable future for America’s children.

Clean Air Council is joined by Moms Clean Air Force, Penn Environment, Citizens for Pennsylvania’s Future (Penn Future), Conservation PA, and Sierra Club and graciously hosted by co-sponsor, The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. Our panel of speakers includes local physician and former health commissioner of Philadelphia Dr. Walter Tsou, Jay Carlis of Community Energy, Philadelphia mom and environmental attorney Lisa Widawsky Hallowell, and Sr. Mary Elizabeth Clark who serves as an Ambassador for the U.S. Catholic Bishops Climate Change Coalition. The panel will discuss clean energy, air pollution’s impact on public health, and the moral obligation to protect the environment. In addition to addressing public concerns about a sustainable future, we will be setting an ambitious agenda for the remainder of 2012 that includes finalization of the Soot & Carbon Rules and an extension of the Wind Energy Tax Credits. Tuesday’s roundtable will provide an opportunity for southeastern Pennsylvania to address our current climate issues, extreme weather, a new congressional make-up, and the role of the executive branch in addressing a rapidly changing global climate.

Register at: http://cleanairfuture.eventbrite.com

Contact Gretchen Alfonso for more information at 215.567.4004 x128 or galfonso@cleanair.org


Lisa Widawsky Hallowell is an attorney for the Environmental Integrity Project, a non-profit, non-partisan organization based in Washington, DC that advocates for effective enforcement of environmental laws. Lisa joined EIP in 2009, and her primary focus area is coal litigation and policy, specifically coal combustion waste (or "coal ash"). Just before taking maternity leave this summer, she was the lead attorney in an action that lead to the closure of the nation's largest coal ash impoundment, FirstEnergy's Little Blue Run, in western PA. Lisa graduated cum laude with a Certificate in Environmental and Natural Resources Law from Lewis and Clark Law School, and she earned her B.A. magna cum laude from Colgate University.

Mary Elizabeth Clark, S.S.J., a Sister of Saint Joseph, Philadelphia, has been director for the past eight years of the Sisters of Saint Joseph Earth Center, Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, PA and Special Assistant to the President of Chestnut Hill College for Sustainability. She also serves as an Ambassador for the U.S. Catholic Bishops Climate Change Coalition and served as Social Justice Coordinator for the Sisters of Saint Joseph, Philadelphia, for nine years. While in that position, she served on the national boards of NETWORK and of the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility. Mary Elizabeth earned her B.S. in Education from Chestnut Hill College, her M.A. in Religious Studies from St. Thomas Aquinas University, Rome and an Ed.S. (Educational Specialist) degree from Seton Hall University, NJ.

Jay Carlis is Vice President at Community Energy, Inc. and responsible for managing day-to-day operations for CEI’s Retail Division, this includes Green Power sales in 22 utility territories. In 2009, Jay led the successful development of CEI’s first solar projects at Eastern University and Smith College. Jay is former President of the Renewable Energy Markets Association. He has a MBA in Marketing and Sustainable Enterprise from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BA in Sociology from Haverford College.

Walter Tsou, MD (to be submitted)

Luncheon Buffet

12:00 Noon

Roast breast of turkey and Danish Fontina with sun-dried tomato basil relish served on Rosemary baguette

Layered grilled and marinated vegetables topped with Grana Padano and lemon aioli on a spinach tortilla wrap

Served with homemade seasoned parmesan potato chips and CBD pickled vegetables

Dessert

Chocolate chip and oatmeal raisin cookies

Pitchers of freshly brewed, unsweetened iced tea and iced water

8th Annual Post Folk Fest Festers Fest

Join hosts Chris DiGangi and John Francis along with more than 25 bands for the:

 

8th Annual Post Folk Fest Festers Fest

Saturday, October 13, 2012

12 noon - ??

 

For a full list of performers see http://www.facebook.com/events/112810732205250/. As always there will be beer, wine & a basic bar + good eats! There will be room for tents this year – a couple of campers- please call Chris to save a spot. There is plenty of floor space for whoever wants or needs to stay over. You might want to bring a sleeping bag. Sunday stragglers get scrapple & eggs & Bloody Marys- and more music…

Half of the net proceeds for this PFFFF will go to assist the Sierra Club in their ongoing efforts to keep this amazing big blue marble we call home a planet worth living on! Every man, woman and child in this country breaths cleaner air, drinks cleaner water and can enjoy a less ravaged American wilderness due to the Sierra Club’s many hard fought victories over the polluters who really do threaten our planet. I do have to mention that with Sierra Club's 501(c) 4 status the donation fee ($25) for a ticket is not tax deductible.; they support our effective, citizen-based advocacy and lobbying efforts

The other half of the net proceeds will be donated to the Fox Children’s Fund- for the surviving family of local fallen hero, Plymouth Township Police Officer & decorated Iraq War Vet Brad Fox, who was tragically killed in the line of duty September 13, 2012, the eve of his 35th birthday.

Event Location is:
The Rebel Lounge
223 Rebel Hill Road
Gulph Mills, PA 19428

Please RSVP to Chris at his Facebook Invite page. If you aren’t on Facebook contact Chris at cdigangi@jobscss.com or 484-213-5875 for questions

 

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Bill McKibben Is Coming to Philly to Present "Do the Math"

To My Environmental Friends:

If you haven't already heard there is a big global warming wake-up event coming to Philadelphia 11/17. I'll be attending, and hope you will be able to join me.

The event is called Do The Math, and it's being organized by the organization 350.org (as you know the Sierra Club and 350.org often are linked together in events), and features author and activist Bill McKibben. At this event, Bill will be laying out the terrifying math of global warming -- and the plan to try and stop it while we still have time.

Here's the story in short: we can burn 565 more gigatons of carbon and stay below 2°C of warming — anything more than that risks catastrophe for life on earth. The only problem is that fossil fuel corporations now have 2,795 gigatons in their reserves, five times the safe amount. And they’re planning to burn it all — unless we find a way to stop them.

Bill will be giving the full story on this math, and the plan to keep that carbon from being burned.

The Do the Math Tour is visiting 20 cities across America in November to kick off the campaigns to directly take on the fossil fuel industry. I'd like to invite you to join me in Philly on Nov. 17th. I already have my ticket, but you can get yours here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/4366251576

I hope you'll join me! Please let me know if you have any questions.

Here are the details:

Event: Do the Math - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Date: Saturday, November 17, 2012 at 6:00 PM (EST)

Location:

First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia
2125 Chestnut St
Philadelphia, PA 19103

For more information click here:
Do the Math - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Tom Bale

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Energy Efficiency: Residential services and policy issues

Come hear how you can get make your house, apartment or condo energy efficient---and what policies we need to support and strengthen energy efficiency to create good jobs in PA. 

Monday, July 30, 2012

7 pm – 8:30 pm

Ethical Humanist Society, 1906 S. Rittenhouse Sq.

Speakers:

Jeff Lane

Green Contractor and Certified Energy Auditor

Robin Stallard or Tanya Morris

Energy Coordinating Agency

Tom Schuster

Sierra Club

Sponsored by the Sierra Club,

Light refreshments provided

Please RSVP to William Kramer at william.kramer@sierraclub.org or 732-589-8024.

Citizen's Hearing on the EPA's Carbon Standard June 19

On Thursday, May 24, 2012, concerned doctors, nurses, moms, and everyday citizens descended on Washington, DC and Chicago to testify at public hearings on the EPA's proposed carbon standards for new power plants. Medical professionals and public health officials agree that carbon pollution, left unchecked, will contribute to climate change and an increase in dangerous smog, which will trigger more episodes of respiratory distress in children and seniors. For the approximately 15% of Pennsylvania children that have suffered from asthma, this new standard, which will reduce pollution by 123 billion pounds annually, will also help reduce missed school days, missed work days, severe asthma attacks, and hospital visits. The EPA’s proposed carbon pollution standard limiting industrial carbon pollution from new power plants is critical to protect the health of our children and families.

Without traveling to DC or Chicago, you too can speak out in support of this critical public health safeguard. Join us at a Citizen's hearing on the rule here in Southeastern Pennsylvania. To date over 1 Million comments have been submitted in support of this rule! This event will be an opportunity for Pennsylvania residents to learn more about the new carbon standards, hear expert testimony, and have a chance to submit your own official comments to the EPA at the event.

Philadelphia Citizens' Hearing on EPA's Carbon Standard:

June 19, 2012

5:00 – 8:00 PM

Philadelphia City Council Chambers

Philadelphia City Hall (Market & Broad Sts.) 19107

Host: City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds-Brown