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| Sierra Club activist Mary Bamesberger
enjoying the a winter prairie hike during an outing to Preparation
Canyon. |
Nebraska is rich and abundant with farmland, prairies, and college
football fans. Regardless of the season, we Nebraskans enjoy a
special relationship with our natural inheritance. Omaha is a budding
city full of diversity, cultural enrichment and environmental beauty.
The welcoming atmosphere of Omaha allows every citizen to have
the comfort of a small town, with the convenience of a big city.
Nebraskan’s know that protecting our state’s natural
resources and beauty makes Nebraska’s economy stronger and
our families healthier. Today, our community’s treasured
life force – our environment – has been put at risk.
Decades
ago Americans decided that a clean, safe environment is an important
part of the American dream. Here in Nebraska that
dream is still alive and we are determined to make it a reality.
Currently the public officials in Nebraska cater to polluting industries
and corporation profits. However, the Sierra Club is working to
encourage our elected leaders to put families first!
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| Protesting ExxonMobil's environmental practices at a local
station. |
The Sierra
Club has over 1200 members in the greater Omaha and Lincoln metropolitan
areas. Together we are Exposing Exxon’s
bad environmental policies, we successfully aided in the closing
of the ASARCO lead smelter plant in 1997, and we are working to
reduce the air pollution emissions from our states worst polluters.
We
have taken the first steps towards rebuilding our beautiful city,
but we need your help to finish the journey. If you are already
working to improve Nebraska’s environment or want to know
how to get started click the link below to join us in re-energizing
Nebraska’s good life!
Activist Nights and Upcoming Events
The Sierra Club office is located at 5170 Leavenworth St. Ste 3.
We are always looking for new volunteers and people interested
in the environment. If you'd like to join us for an upcoming event,
please contact Cammy by phone: 402-551-9480 or email: camellia.watkins@sierraclub.org.
We look forward to meeting you soon! More
upcoming events...
Cool Cities Campaign
So far 755 mayors, representing over 6 million Americans
in 51 states, have signed on to the U.S. Mayors Climate Protection
agreement, pledging to reduce global warming carbon dioxide pollution
in their cities to 7 percent below 1990 levels by 2012. How are
we doing in Nebraska? Read more...
Omaha Lead Site
In March 1999, the Environmental Protection Agency started
lead soil contamination testing at child care centers and homes
in the path of prevailing winds from the
ASARCO facility. About 42 percent of the 1,700 yards tested had
at least 400 parts per million (ppm) of lead, considered the
threshold for concern. Read more...
New Source Review
On September 8, 2005, the Sierra Club opposed Nebraska Department
of Envrionmental Quality's
proposed changes to the Nebraska New Source Review (NSR) laws,
however the Environmental Quality Council, with a vote
of 8 – 1, decided to ignore the concerns of its citizens
and side with corporate polluters. The Sierra Club made a simple
request for changes to the NDEQ that would help protect Nebraska’s
clean air, none of which were considered. Read
the Sierra Club’s
comments. (Downloadable pdf)
The NDEQ was charged by the EQC to work with the community members
that attended the public hearing on September 8 to make changes
that would ease our concerns about the adopted rules. However,
the NDEQ has made no attempts to contact the Sierra Club in order
to address the concerns we brought up in our written and verbal
comments. Read a summary of the
NDEQ rules. (Downloadable pdf)
For more information on our upcoming events in Omaha, please
contact organizer Cammy Watkins at camellia.watkins@sierraclub.org
or call 402-551-9480.
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