Welcome to the monthly e-mail newsletter of the Sierra Club's Oregon Chapter! | |
Sept. 2009 - Issue 6 |
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OREGON FAST TRACKING COASTAL CLEARCUTTING! Governor Kulongoski's administration is failing to protect Oregon's Tillamook State Forest. This Wednesday, September 9, the Oregon Board of Forestry will move forward with a proposal to significantly reduce environmental protection across the 500,000 acre Tillamook and Clatsop state forests in NW Oregon, at the expense of wild salmon, clean water, a healthy climate and recreation. Click here to learn more! Please contact Governor Kulongoski today and urge him to:
Please also consider attending the Board of Forestry meeting on Wednesday, September 9th at 8am at the Oregon Garden Resort at 895 West Main St. in Silverton. For more information please contact Jeff Hickman at 503-238-0442, x306 or jeff.hickman@sierraclub.org. |
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FIELD TRIP TO BRADWOOD LANDING! Join us on September 12th and see first-hand the beautiful stretch of the Columbia River that would be impacted by the proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facility at Bradwood Landing near Astoria. We’ll meet at the Sierra Club office at 9am and have a picnic on Puget Island Beach where we’ll learn more about the proposed facility, enjoy motor boat shuttles for an up-close view of the development site, and talk with locals about their 5 year-long struggle against LNG in Oregon. Lunch will be provided. Join us for a great day on the Columbia River, and learn more about the Sierra Club’s campaign to stop LNG in Oregon! Click here for more details! |
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TAKE ACTION FOR A COAL FREE NORTHWEST! The Northwest Power and Conservation Council (NWPCC) has released a draft plan for comment on how energy will be used in the Northwest states of Oregon, Washington, Montana, and Idaho. This plan will impact how utilities in each state generate electricity for the next 20 years, including the fate of the dirty Boardman coal plant. This is a huge opportunity to kick coal out of the Northwest, and become the first renewable energy region in the country! Get involved to show the council we want a strong, clean energy plan at hearings around the state! Click here to learn more and sign up to take action! |
CELEBRATING OUR RECENT VICTORIES! In late July, the Obama administration finally scrapped the Bush administration's plans for massive increases in old growth logging on two million acres of BLM lands in western Oregon. In canceling the plan, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar cited the 'legal shortcuts' taken by the Bush administration, which had approved the logging just weeks before leaving office. The Oregon Sierra Club played a key role in securing this victory! In August, the Forest Service withdrew the Cobbler timber sale in the Umatilla National Forest in response to our appeal. This 2,500 acre timber sale near the Wenaha Tucannon Wilderness and wild Grande Ronde River threatened roadless forests and a wolf pack establishing territory in the area. | |
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SAY NO TO LNG IN OREGON! JOIN THE BEYOND COAL TASK FORCE! WORKPLACE GIVING? |
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