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Take Action: Protect Browns Canyon Colorado's Browns Canyon is an amazing wild place, home to golden eagles, falcons, mountain goats, and trout. Its prized by locals and visitors for sweeping views, hiking, and some of the best white-water rafting in North America. Whether people come for wildlife viewing, rafting, or simply to get outdoors, visitors to this wild area help support local businesses in Colorado. In fact, Colorado's outdoor industry is one of the largest in the country, contributing $10 billion annually to the state and providing over 100,000 jobs. Send a message today! Photo by Jon Orlando Grassroots Activism: Georgia County Wins on Public Transit Sierra Club activists and thousands of others are cheering a great election victory in Clayton County, Georgia. On Election Day, they approved a measure that increases public transit in the county after the county cut bus service the previous year. Learn more about this victory from a powerful coalition of groups. Grassroots Activism: Connecticut Town Approves Beyond Coal Resolution After extensive pressure from community residents, the city council in Bridgeport, Connecticut, approved a resolution calling for the retirement of the Bridgeport Harbor Station -- the last remaining coal plant in the state. While the resolution is nonbinding, activists will continue to push for the retirement of BHS and a just transition for the community and plant workers. Grassroots Activism: Illinois Residents Call for Cleaner Air Sierra Club Illinois joined a coalition of groups to release a smog study for the Peoria area. The report "shows a need for more stringent requirements for coal-fired power plants." "Seeing this toll to public health in the Peoria area due to pollution from coal plants sets off alarms for health experts," said Brian Urbaszewski, director of environmental health with the Respiratory Health Association. "We need public health protections that shield children, seniors, and those living with lung disease from the effects of breathing ozone smog-forming power plant exhaust." |