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Sierra Club Partners with Sungevity to Help Families Go Solar
The Sierra Club, the nation's largest environmental organization, last week announced a new partnership with Sungevity, one of the country's leading residential solar providers,...
Mayor Bloomberg Donates $50 Million To Sierra Club for Anti-Coal Campaign
New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg is giving the Sierra Club a substantial gift -- $50 million to put toward battling coal-fired power plants across...
Sierra Club List of Successes in 2009
The Sierra Club, its volunteers, supporters, and petitions, helped demand progress in conservation policies across the U.S. in 2009. Here are some of...
Steelworkers and Sierra Club Unite
The largest union and the largest environmental group, two sides that have normally opposed each other, have joined forces to inspire workers and CEO's...
Good News in History, April 21
April 21st marks Groundation Day, when hundreds of thousands of Rastafari celebrate the arrival of Emperor Haile Selassie in Jamaica in 1966. The great...
Good News in History, March 2
125 years ago today, President William McKinley signed into law a bill creating Mount Rainier National Park, the fifth in the nation, in order...
Good News in History, May 28
170 years ago today, the quite magnificent watercolor painter Carl Larsson was born in Sweden. Known for his portraits, Larsson was able to convey...
Amid the Green Funeral Movement, Scattering Ashes Ensures These Forests Remain Pristine Forever
Across America, small parcels of forested land are being bought from private owners by a conservation group called Better Place Forests.
With the intention of...
Federal Judge Orders Record Penalty Against Exxon for Thousands of Clean Air Act Violations
In yet another loss for ExxonMobil in a historic and long-running environmental enforcement case, a U.S. District Court judge has imposed a $14.25 million...
The Fashion Industry Has a Waste Problem: This Non-Profit With 2,000 Volunteers Is Helping Solve It
Fabric cuttings and textile leftovers are a difficult class of waste to recycle, but in a fashion industry first—a door-to-door New York City recycling...
Goldman Sachs Unveils $750 Billion Climate Plan For Investing in Solutions, and Vows Never to Support Arctic Drilling
Goldman Sachs and David Solomon are committing $750 billion dollars to climate change solutions—and they will now refuse to finance Arctic drilling anymore.
Chicago City Buildings to be Powered by 100% Renewable Energy
Government representatives of Chicago just announced their commitment to converting their city pulling buildings’ electricity supply to 100% renewable energy by 2025. When implemented,...
Los Angeles Eyeing a Switch to 100% Renewable Power
Los Angeles could be the next California city to set a plan for switching to 100 percent renewable power.
The City Council will vote today...
University Coal Use Has Plunged 64% Since 2008
It was only a little less than a decade ago that American universities were burning over 2 million tons of coal a year.
Court Victory for Opponents of Fracking in California
A federal judge has ruled that the Obama Administration violated the law when it issued oil leases in Monterey County, Calif., without considering the...
Hawaii Becomes First State to Ban Plastic Bags at Checkout
By now, it’s hardly news when a city bans plastic bags at checkout counters -- but an entire state? That’s happened in Hawaii, where...
Bird Drawings by Young Girl Raise $60,000 for Gulf Wildlife Rescue
Saddened by what she imagined the oil spill was doing to wildlife near her family's summer home on the Gulf coast, an 11-year-old began...
Special Report: The Best News for Planet Earth in Decades
I asked one question to leading environmentalists who are usually keen to point out what is wrong with the environment: What is...
The Great Sockathon: Change Your Socks, Change the World
A social entrepreneur and creative maverick has set a huge goal for his company: raising one million dollars for the Sierra Club, and one...
After Supreme Court Ruling, California Free to Set Tough Emission Standards
By a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court has assigned the problem of greenhouse gases and auto emissions firmly under the purview of the federal...