"What the U.S. doesn't realize [is that China] is going from manufacturing hub to the clean-tech laboratory of the world."
-- Peggy Liu, founder and chairwoman of the Joint U.S.-China Collaboration on Clean Energy on the installation of China’s first offshore wind farm.
In this issue:
1) Take Action: Strong Coal Ash Protections Needed
2) Take Action: Home Star Running
3) Sept. 11th: Serve Outdoors
4) Tar Sands: New Report Shows Dangerous Pollution
1) Take Action: Strong Coal Ash Protections Needed!
Tomorrow the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is holding the third in a series of public hearings on new coal ash protections. The pollution in toxic coal ash is known to cause cancer, childhood developmental problems and many other serious health troubles. The coal industry is fighting hard to preserve the failed status quo. EPA needs to hear from you as well.
With seven hearings across the country there’s a good chance you live near one. Find out and RSVP here. Not a hearing near you?
Send a letter to your local newspaper calling on EPA to adopt strong protections!
2) Take Action: Home Star Running
The Senate has an opportunity this September to pass an energy bill that will jumpstart our economy and create hundreds of thousands of new clean energy jobs, through home energy retrofits.
Urge your senator to support this bill, the Home Star Act, and to demand that it be voted on in the Senate this fall.
Ask your senator to support the Home Star Act!
3) Sept. 11th: Serve Outdoors
Join us in service projects throughout the country this Saturday, September 11th for the National Day of Service, in honor and remembrance of those who bravely serve the country.
The events, part of the Sierra Club's Serve Outdoors initiative, will range from trail work to neighborhood cleanups.
Find an event near you or sign up to host your own!
4)Tar Sands: New Report Shows Dangerous Pollution
A peer-reviewed study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has found high levels of dangerous pollution, like arsenic, lead and mercury in waterways near and downstream from tar sands development sites. The report contradicts previous findings by oil industry research panels which claimed the pollution was "natural."
Learn more about the Sierra Club's work to fight this oil disaster.