Endangered Species Act -- On the Verge of Extinction?
Late last year, the House of Representatives approved legislation that, if it becomes law, would eliminate the requirement to protect "critical habitat" for endangered species -- delivering a potentially fatal blow to the recovery of wildlife facing extinction.

We cannot let this happen -- we need your immediate support to help the Sierra Club and its efforts to maintain a strong Endangered Species Act.

That's why now we are focusing our efforts on inspiring our allies in the Senate, where approval is required before it becomes law, and where pro-wildlife forces are stronger.

Please sign the petition to Senator Lincoln Chafee (R-RI), Chairman of the Fisheries, Wildlife and Water Subcommittee, telling him that you support protection for endangered species.

Your donation today will help the Sierra Club and its efforts to fight this bill in the Senate, as well as our other critical efforts to protect our wild lands, air, water and wildlife.

Choo-Choo-Choosing Better Transit
Inside Atlanta's Fox Theater, Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue and other state transportation bigwigs dined on flatiron steak and enjoyed a private concert with Travis Tritt, courtesy of the road-building lobby. Outside, a human train made up of Sierra Club advocates and Atlanta transit employees union wound its way back and forth under the sparkling marquee waving signs that read, "Get on Board -- Better Transit for Georgia," and carrying a banner proclaiming, "I choo-choo-choose better transit."

Georgians for Better Transportation, which hosted the $10,000 a table event, claims to be a multi-faceted transit and transportation backing organization, but in fact is mostly composed of concrete and highway-building lobbyists. While the demonstrators outside demanded more state funding for MARTA, the Atlanta-area mass-transit system, the crowd gathered inside pushed for more highways.

"The gathering at the Fox was Georgia's cornpone version of the corrosive influence-peddling environment of the K Street lobbyists in Washington, D.C.," writes Doug Monroe in Creative Loafing. "K Street is at the heart of the Jack Abramoff/Tom DeLay corruption scandal. But that's just a street. Georgia has 12-lane highways."

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