Summertime and the Savings Are Easy
The Sierra Club's MPG Calculator is any easy way for you to find out how much money you would save if you switched to a more fuel-efficient car. Lately, it's been kind of popular. How popular? Well, if you everyone who's used the calculator this summer actually went ahead and made the switch, we reckon the savings would amount to $3,889,472 annually.

And speaking of savings, this is probably a good time to check on whether you might not be able to save energy and money by doing an energy audit of your home. Try the Department of Energy's online Home Energy Saver tool -- it will calculate energy use and savings opportunities based on your location and answers you provide about your home.

The Sierra Club will be featuring information on energy issues and solutions through the summer on our Smart Energy Summer website. This week, we're posting information on coal and why it's a bad choice for America. Our Coal Rush Map will show you where new polluting coal-fired power plants have been proposed. Out of the entire electric industry, coal-fired plants contribute 96 percent of sulfur dioxide emissions, 93 percent of nitrogen oxide emissions, 88 percent of carbon dioxide emissions, and 99 percent of mercury emissions.

Senate Passes Offshore Drilling Bill
Instead of adopting smart energy solutions that will help wean Americans off oil and save us money at the pump, the U.S. Senate recently voted to open eight million acres off the shores of Louisiana, Florida, Mississippi and Alabama to destructive oil and gas drilling.

That's just plain wrong...and that's why we need your help.

The Sierra Club is working hard to lead the fight for clean energy...and we need your immediate support to push Congress to embrace smart energy solutions that will really solve our energy problems -- not just implement Big Oil's drilling agenda.

Instead of increasing oil drilling, Congress could be raising the fuel economy of our cars, encouraging the use of renewable energy like wind and solar power, and adopting other, existing technologies that cut pollution and curb global warming.

Be part of the solution. Help us protect our beautiful coasts and implement smart energy solutions that will work! Please provide a much needed contribution today.

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