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A chat with the Sierra Clubs Michael Brune about civil disobedience
2013-01-28 19:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: Earlier this month, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune announced that the Club would, for the first time in its long and storied history, officially participate in an act of civil disobedience - i.e., break the law. The target? The Keystone XL pipeline. "For civil disobedience to be justified, something must be so wrong that it compels the strongest defensible protest," he wrote. "Such a protest, if rendered thoughtfully and peacefully, is in fact a profound act of patriotism." I called...
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Sierra Club Turns to Civil Disobedience to Stop Keystone Pipeline
2013-01-25 16:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mother Jones: Earlier this week, the Sierra Club announced that it is lifting its long-standing institutional prohibition on civil disobedience so that it can protest the development of the tar sands. The club's board of directors approved the change, which executive director Michael Brune made public on Tuesday. While staff and board members have previously participated in acts of civil disobedience in a personal capacity, this is the first time that the organization will take part. The group has been mum...
To Block Keystone XL, Sierra Club to Engage in Civil Disobedience for 1st Time
2013-01-23 07:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
San Francisco Chronicle: How hot is the controversial Keystone Pipeline controversy getting? The Sierra Club is -- for the first time in its history -- going to engage in civil disobedience on Feb. 17 in Washington, D.C., which is also a day that greenies predict will be the largest climate rally in history. With Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman approving the pipelines route through his state Tuesday, Sierra Club President Michael Brune hopped onto Facebook to announce that the San Francisco-headquartered Club is for the...
Sierra Club to Engage in Civil Disobedience for First Time in Organizations History to Stop Tar Sands
2013-01-23 01:07:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: If you could do it nonstop, it would take you six days to walk from Henry David Thoreau`s Walden Pond to President Barack Obama`s White House. For the Sierra Club, that journey has taken much longer. For 120 years, we have remained committed to using every "lawful means" to achieve our objectives. Now, for the first time in our history, we are prepared to go further. Next month, the Sierra Club will officially participate in an act of peaceful civil resistance. We`ll be following in the hallowed...
Craft beer keeps growing, led by Boston Beer, Sierra Nevada
2013-01-22 06:47:31| Beverages - Topix.net
The craft beer revolution kept charging ahead in 2012, when 12 percent more barrels were shipped than the year before, the sixth straight year of growth.
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