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Grassroots Activism: Protesting a Pro-Gas Rally Congrats to clean energy supporters in Pennsylvania. Last week a good crowd of them showed up to counter-protest the pro-drilling rally in Harrisburg. "Shale gas is a bridge to nowhere, and the costs associated with its extraction are just too great to continue to allow these companies to spend enormous sums on political campaigns and purchase the regulatory environment that they want," said Robert Gardner of Beyond Natural Gas in Pennsylvania. Grassroots Activism: Accountability at the Local Gym Sierra Club Michigan volunteer Lynn Hartung recently did some tough math at her local gym -- and when she extrapolated it to gyms statewide, the results were shocking: Gyms waste tons of plastic water bottles every year by not recycling them! Learn more in Lynn's column. Grassroots Activism: Victory in Nevada Clean air and clean energy lovers cheered in Nevada recently when the news came out that the Reid Gardner coal plant would be retiring. Learn about the amazing grassroots action from the Moapa Band of Paiutes and Sierra Club volunteers that helped move from dirty coal to solar power. |