Something Stinks About Keystone XL: Sierra Club’s Sock Puppet Primary Exposes Big Oil’s Ties to Candidates’ Coffers
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The 30th National Pesticide Forum
Healthy Communities: Green solutions for safe environments
Yale University, New Haven, CT
School of Forestry & Environmental Studies
March 30-31, 2012
The 30th National Pesticide Forum, Healthy Communities: Green solutions for safe environments, will be held March 30-31, 2012 (Friday evening and all day Saturday) at Yale University's School of Forestry and Environmental Studies. The conference will focus on organic landcare, urban/ suburban pesticide use, organic food, and protective national, state, and local policies.
Registration: Register online.
Student: $15
Grassroots activist/member: $35
Non-member: $75
Business: $175
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David Hackenberg is the beekeeper who first discovered the disappearance of
honeybees known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD). Mr. Hackenberg believes that
pesticides contribute to CCD and that honeybees are a barometer of the
environment. He is featured in the film Vanishing of
the Bees and various media reports, including this 60 Minutes segment. David is a past
president of the American Beekeeping Federation, and currently serves as
co-chair of the National Honey Bee Advisory Board.
See full speaker list.
Convenors and co-sponsors
The conference is convened by Beyond Pesticides, Environment and Human Health,
Inc., and the Watershed Partnership, Inc., and co-sponsored by Audubon
Connecticut, Citizens Campaign for the Environment, Connecticut Northeast
Organic Farming Association (NOFA), Grassroots Environmental Education, Green
Decade/Newton, GreenCape, NOFA Massachusetts Chapter, Northern New Jersey Safe
Yards Alliance, Rivers Alliance of Connecticut, Safelawns.org, Sierra
Club-Connecticut Chapter, and Toxics Action Center. Contact us if your
organization is interested in co-sponsoring this event.
Conference site
Sessions will be held in the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental
Studies' Kroon Hall. It is a truly
sustainable building: a showcase of the latest developments in green building
technology, a healthy and supportive environment for work and study, and a
beautiful building that actively connects students, faculty, staff, and
visitors with the natural world.
Watch videos from the 29th National Pesticide Forum. We would like to thank everyone who was able to be a part of Sustainable Community: Practical solutions for health and the environment, the 29th National Pesticide Forum. We believe the opportunity to get together and share information and strategy is vital to public health and environmental protection, and we are glad that so many people were part of this important gathering.
2011 A Huge Year for Public Health, and Outlook Dimmed for Big Coal
Year End State-of-Coal Report
Washington, DC: The outlook for coal continued to dim in 2011 as dozens of proposed new coal-fired plants were taken off the drawing board and utilities announced over more than 25,000 megawatts of coal plant retirements this year - and the nation saw record investments in wind and solar. Plant by plant, community by community, citizens joined together this year to show that they aren’t waiting for Washington to move their local communities towards clean sources of energy like wind and solar.
What's more, a game-changing partnership with Bloomberg Philanthropies this year made clear that coal power is on the way out -- the $50 million donation will help the Sierra Club move the nation beyond coal, with the goal of retiring a third of the nation's aging coal plants by 2020.
"Coal is a dirty and outdated fuel that is making our kids sick, causing asthma attacks and other health problems," said Mary Anne Hitt, director of the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal Campaign. "2011 was a landmark year where coal's prospects were eclipsed by clean energy -- this is the year that investors realized that coal is a losing bet."
2011 By the Numbers:
- 0 New coal plants broke ground
- 161 total number of new coal plants abandoned or defeated since 2002 (12 in 2011)
- 89 Total number of coal plant retired or announced to retire since 2010 (48 in 2011)
- 19 Colleges announced retirements of their campus coal plants
- 11% of existing coal-fired generation now announced to retire
- 1 veto of the largest mountaintop removal coal mining permit ever proposed
- 1,046 megawatts of solar power installed (the largest in history) and 3,360 megawatts of wind energy brought online during first three quarters of 2011
- 20% percentage of electricity that Iowa is now getting from wind power
- $50,000,000 donation from Bloomberg Philanthropies to move beyond coal
The CT Sierra Club and a CT contingent including Yale, Wesleyan, UCONN, ConnCollege, Fairfield University, and Southern CT ST College joined the the very successful rally and march to surround the White House on November 6th in opposition to the proposed Keystone XL pipeline. For more information on the pipeline and tar sands in general, go to:http://www.tarsandsaction.org/
The CT Sierra Club organizers Diane Lentakis, Paul Brunner, and Roberta Paro gathered a full bus to travel to DC for this incredible event. (click on the picture for a bigger view)
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More energy news on the Keystone XL pipeline! Click on 'energy news' on your left. (Oct 12)
On September 24th, the world came together to show the politicians the way to a clean energy future. (350 actions all over the world)
"Moving Planet" went long into the night with a movie and this fantastic local band "Solistic" http://www.youtube.com/solistcNewHaven While in New Haven and CT, they wanted more than just an oil based economy. We want to move forward with the variety of clean energy already available! You should have been there! Watch this amazing video of the day: New Haven Moving Planet moving people And you can also see that New Haven made the world stage by being included in the worldwide pictures of Moving Planet day in the slideshow here. Special thanks to all the core organizers! After Saturday they realize 'when the list is endless, your end is listless.' Special shout out goes to Sierra Club activists Diane Lentakis and Paul Brunner for their gargantuan efforts for the Sierra Club part of the big day! Here are just a few pictures from the great day! (and no rain!!!)      Remember, for up-to-date Connecticut environmental news check out: http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/ | The local food movement is growing (sorry, no way to avoid the pun). Here is a great example. For those of you in the Simsbury area, check out Farmer Nevin and Flamig Farm!  http://www.flamigfarm.com/ |