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Monument's cactuses hit; target-shooting ban eyed

By Tony Davis, Arizona Daily Star

Four saguaros up to 10 feet long lay prone last week near the base of a towering hill in Ironwood Forest National Monument near Tucson, the latest symbols of a problem and a dispute that won't go away.

First Solar sells Calif. plant amid backlash

By Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic

Tempe-based First Solar Inc. announced it has sold a massive power plant under construction in California to a power company that is a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

First Solar sells Calif. plant amid backlash

By Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic

Tempe-based First Solar Inc. announced it has sold a massive power plant under construction in California to a power company that is a subsidiary of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Beyond chickens and bees: Urban farmers try goats

Urban goat farming is part of a nationwide movement to eat food produced locally sometimes as locally as our backyards.

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Environmentalists oppose N.H. bill to amend RGGI program

2h 30m agoSeacoastOnline.com
we wouldn’t agree funneling the money from the RGGI fund and put everything” in the PUC program, said Catherine Corkery of the Sierra Club. She said business people testified about the fact that RGGI funds have been used as seed money to generate loans and

On second chances

5h 47m agoEscape From Cubicle Nation
up smoking, and started hiking. Always self-determined and strong, she blossomed. Which led her to that fateful day on a Sierra Club hike. My Mom and Larry had a whirlwind romance that quickly led to marriage. I got two new younger brothers, Steven and David.

Defend Vermont Housing and Conservation Fund From Attack! Come to Statehouse on 2/23

5h 51m agoiBrattleboro
and Vermonters support an increase to the Housing and Conservation Fund! Together, with your direct support and participation we will win! Let’s Put People and the Planet First! David Van Deusen, Conservation Organizer, Vermont Sierra Club (802)522-5812

Answering For Taking a Driller's Cash

6h 31m agoHumanitarian News
magazine sparked controversy when it reported a $25 million donation from Chesapeake Energy, a natural gas company, to the Sierra Club, one of the oldest environmental groups in the USA. The size of the donation, and the secrecy surrounding it, make this corporate/environmental

Video: Is Nevada Coal Plant an Example of Environmental Injustice?

6h 43m agoThink Progress
always going to be dirty. We need to do things better here in southern Nevada,” said Jane Feldman with the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club says that the Reid Garnder plant is the perfect illustration of the true cost of coal – particularly for economically distressed

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