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Fri, May 09, 2008

Green Tip: Grow a Low-Maintenance Lawnby Della Watson

The sounds of summer don't have to include the purr of lawn mowers and the patter of sprinklers. Lose the grass--cultivate a chemical-free lawn that drinks ...

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Old Newsby Sierra Club Typepad Team

Love getting the Sunday paper and looking for some creative ways to re-use all of that old news? Apartment Therapy has featured a list of 20 household ...

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Wed, Apr 30, 2008

Toxic Tour Raises Awareness, Emphasizes Solutionsby Tom Valtin

The West Virginia University Sierra Student Coalition organized a Toxic Tour of Morgantown, W.V., on Earth Day, to raise awareness of health hazards ...

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Feature: Iowa BioFuels Report

Getting to a Sustainable Biofuels Future: Iowa has made a huge investment in corn-based ethanol and reaped some benefits from the biofuels boom-but not without costs to the environment and the economy. Now it's time for Iowa to make the investments needed to transition to the next generation of biofuels and boost renewable energy production. Destination Iowa, the first report in an exciting new partnership between the Sierra Club and the Worldwatch Institute, explains where Iowa's bioeconomy is today, where it can go in the future, and charts a course for getting there. Learn more.

Feature: Groups Demand Action on Gender-Bending Chemicals

On June 5, 2007, Sierra Club and other environmental, public health, labor and commercial fishing groups formally petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to take action to protect the environment and public health from a toxic chemical used in detergents and commercial cleaners. This chemical has been shown to disrupt the development and reproductive systems of fish, causing male fish to produce female egg proteins, for example.