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    • Sierra magazine January/February 2007

    2007 January/February

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    Chart of Three Energy Futures
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    The Fix

    The Sierra Club's plan to slash CO2 by 2050

    January 1, 2007

    Energizing America
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    Energizing America

    Fossil fuels burned brightly in their day, but now it's time to make the leap to safer, cleaner, climate-friendly alternatives

    By Bill McKibben

    January 1, 2007

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    Platte River Valley, Nebraska
    Field Trip

    Good Going

    Platte River Valley, Nebraska

    January 2, 2007

    Mike Biddle turns the shredded castoffs of 21st-century life into good-as-new plastic.
    Clean Tech

    Innovators: Master of Plastic

    So long, landfill: Recycling goes high tech and big time

    By Reed McManus

    January 2, 2007

    Melanie MacInnis, Berkeley, California, Inner City Outings leader
    Treehugger

    One Small Step: Paddling for the Planet

    Melanie MacInnis, Berkeley, California, Inner City Outings leader

    Interview by Orli Cotel

    January 2, 2007

    Vernon Masayesva
    Treehugger

    Profile: The Rainmaker

    A Hopi leader champions clean power in Indian Country

    By Marilyn Berlin Snell

    January 2, 2007

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