Planet Main PDF November/December 2005 e-mail October 28, 2005 e-mail September 29, 2005     NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2005 Hope Surfaces in Katrina's Wake Snapshots from the Summit Democracy Breaks Out Rally for the Arctic A Better Legacy Thoroughbred Power Plant Blocked       WHO WE ARE John Swingle Betsy Bennett Larry Fahn       INSIDER Is Your City a Cool City? Endangered Species Act Endangered Smithfield Shareholder Resolution Owens Valley Victory New Energy Bill Exploits Katrina     From the Editor: Wake of the Flood ClubBeat   SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2005 Hot or Not? Judgement Day at Hand for Arctic Refuge Designing the 'Next Industrial Revolution' Exxpose Exxon What Would John Muir Drive? Maybe This SUV? Happy Birthday Alaska Wildlands Big Box Boondoggle on the Ropes Save the Great Bear Rainforest     WHO WE ARE Mark Johnston Joni Bosh Gordon Nipp     From the Editor: Paper to Pixels ClubBeat     PDF September/October 2005   Search for a Story Back Issues

TODAY’S TOP STORIES Hope Surfaces in Katrina's Wake Hurricane Devastation Affects Club Members, Communities They Work to Protect Becky Gillette, co-chair of the Mississippi Chapter, stayed at home in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, for Hurricane Katrina, but then questioned the wisdom of that when the Gulf of Mexico came into her living room. Check out her on-the-ground report about how the hurricane affected local communities and what Club members are doing in its aftermath. MORE A Helping Hand: Mississippi Chapter Co-Chair Rose Johnson, left, tours the devastation near the home of fellow Gulfport resident and Sierra Club volunteer Lark Mason. Both of their homes suffered extensive flooding, but survived intact.   Snapshots from the Summit The Sierra Summit took place in San Francisco from September 8-11. Between dozens of speakers, 50-odd program sessions, the direction-setting process, outings, and an exposition hall bursting with green products and ideas, far too much was going on for us to offer anything more than a representative slice. A Better Legacy Sierra Club Secures Historic Agreement in Legacy Highway Battle The Club scored a major victory on September 21 in its 8-year fight to find a better solution to Salt Lake City’s traffic woes than the $700 million Legacy Highway when Utah Governor John Huntsman, the Utah Department of Transportation, the Sierra Club, and Utahns for Better Transportation agreed to shelve the highway in favor of a Legacy Parkway & Preserve. All that remains is for the state legislature to OK the financial aspects of the deal. MORE Rally for the Arctic As Supporters Rally, Congressional Moderates Hold Key to Refuge’s Future The fate of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge continues to hang in the balance as both houses of Congress work on budget reconciliation bills. MORE Thoroughbred Power Plant Blocked Victory in Kentucky Some said opposing Peabody Coal’s proposed Thoroughbred Power Plant near Central City, Kentucky, was “a David vs. Goliath challenge.” But that didn't faze the Sierra Club’s Cumberland Chapter, which successfully challenged Peabody for violating the Clean Air Act. MORE WHO WE ARE SIGN UP FOR PLANET E-MAIL Up to Top