The Tri-Valley Sierra Club voted Monday to support the appeal of the Oak Grove referendum decision. The referendum supporters will be contacting other groups to gain support. The plan to gain larger Sierra Club chapters support and gain “much needed” legal advise on the process. This is another chapter in what looks to become a [...]
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The Sierra Club asked the federal government today to ban a toxic chemical that is found in laundry detergents. The Sierra Club believes that this chemical causes harm to male fish and their reproductive capabilities.
The Environmental News Network writes
Scientists have documented so-called intersex fish in U.S. waters in the last decade, including the southern Great Lakes, the Potomac River watershed and the Southern California coast. The reasons for the problem aren’t fully known, but researchers suspect it is rooted in wastewater and farm runoff polluted with chemicals that are estrogenic, meaning they stimulate estrogen production. NPEs [nonylphenol ethoxylates] are one of them.
NPEs are not tightly restricted in the United States and the Sierra Club believes that this lack of regulation surrounding the chemical and its use can — and should — be directly linked to these abnormalities.
More scientific research is needed before this link can be conclusive, however
And partnering with the National Rifle Association to push new legislation?From the new Sierra Sportsmen section of their web site:Open Fields: 20 Million More Acres for SportsmenSierra Club is one of 40+ conservation, agricultural, recreational, and labor organizations supporting the "Voluntary Public Access and Habitat Incentive Program of 2005" bill in the U.S. Congress. More commonly known as the "Open Fields" bill, this important legislation-- sponsored by Kent Conrad of North Dakota and Pat Roberts of Kansas in the Senate, and Earl Pomeroy of North Dakota and Tom Osborne of Nebraska in the House-- would open more than 20 million acres of prime hunting and fishing land to sportsmen."Open Fields" calls for an increase in Department of Agriculture funding to bolster existing state programs that provide access to private lands for hunters and anglers. It further encourages the establishment of similar, new "walk-in" programs. Through these programs, states offer rural landowners smal
A nice interview was recently done by Sierra Club Radio of Nicole Rowell Ryan, the late Galen Rowell’s daughter. She discusses some of Galen’s favorite images and some of his insights he passed onto her about seeing better images. So check it out - especially if you have been a longtime fan of Galen’s work, [...]
