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May 7, 2008 --  GreenLaw attorneys, representing Friends of the Chattahoochee and the Sierra Club, will present the case on June 3rd at 9:30am against the air pollution permit granted for the coal-fired power plant in Early County. Please mark your calendars and attend if at all possible. Details...

May 1, 2008 --  Nearly two decades ago, Clayton County began building a unique water treatment system that includes wetlands and reservoirs. Details...

Apr 25, 2008 --  An exciting exhibition of artwork by artist Jeannine Cook, entitled Seasons on Sapelo, is on the road and taking scenes of Sapelo Island far from their coastal home. Details...

Mar 20, 2008 --  Georgia is second only to Texas in increased carbon emissions from its power plants since 2002, according to a national report released Tuesday by an environmental advocacy group. Georgia had 20 percent increase in five years. Details...

Mar 11, 2008 --  By now, most Sierrans are aware of the threat to our native Hemlocks by the Asian insect, the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid. Note that hikers can inadvertently be major factors in spreading the Adelgids. Details...

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The proposed coal-fired power plant in Early County, Georgia will take our state and country in the wrong direction. Use of this old, dirty technology will hinder the growth of renewable energy and efficiency programs. Learn more at Details...

Feb 22, 2008 --  Our Wildlands and Wildlife Committee needs more volunteers to help protect Georgia's beautiful forests. This committee (1) reviews U.S. Forest Service scoping notices, (2) submits comment letters to changes proposed for federal or state protections, (3) organizes several National Forest Service projects for trail clean-ups in North Georgia, (4) works to support the Mountain Wilderness bill in Congress for expansion of Georgia's wilderness designations, and (5) helps protect the Roadless Rule. If you care about endangered species, the North Georgia mountains, hiking, or forests, this committee is for you. Details...

Feb 15, 2008 --  As of last fall, there was no curbside recycling in Savannah, Georgia. It took a citizen-initiated referendum—the first ever in Georgia—and the threat of a special election to get the attention of city leaders. Details...

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Bottle Bill/Recycling
- Goal:  Currently American drink companies use more recycled plastic in overseas bottles than in America. Our goal is to significantly increase the amount of recycled plastic in drink bottles in America and support local recycling efforts at community level by our membership.

Clean Air
- Goal:  To ensure the right of our children and ourselves to breathe clean air by supporting the full and timely implementation of state and federal clean air laws.
- Related Articles
- Web:  http://www.sierraclub.org/cleanair/
- Mailing List:  CONS-EQST-ENVIRO-QUALITY-NEWS

Coastal
- Goal:  To protect Georgia's coastline counties from pollution and overdevelopment.

Coastal Marsh
- Goal:  To protect the coastal marshes and estuaries, and to prevent development and road building on the Marsh Hammocks along Georgia Coast.
- Web:  http://georgia.sierraclub.org/sega/

Cumberland Island
- Goal:  To work with the island residents to ensure maximum protection for the Island beaches and wilderness areas while ensuring walking access to all of the island.

Endangered Species
- Goal:  To maintain global biological diversity and prevent habitat alteration and destruction.
- Web:  http://www.sierraclub.org/wildlife/species/

Energy and Electric Utilities
- Leader(s):  Lynn Griley
- Goal:  To support the use of renewable sources of energy, greater use of conservation and energy efficiency and reduction in the use of fossil fuels.
- Web:  http://www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming/

Environmental Justice
- Goal:  To educate citizens and public officials about the disproportionate burden of pollution that minorities and low-income people have carried in this country. To support the cleanup of past problems and prevention of future dumping on anybody.
- Web:  http://www.sierraclub.org/environmental_justice/
- Mailing List:  Newsletter

Factory Farms
- Goal:  Small family farms across America are being forced out of business by Corporate Industral Farming Operations. These large Corporate interests are polluting the local environment and leaving local and state interests to clean up pollution. Our goal is to support family farms and protect local water and air from Corporate Farming pollution.
- Web:  http://www.sierraclub.org/factoryfarms/

Federal Public Lands
- Goal:  Our public lands should be maintained for the benefit of our children and many more generations into the future. We have a responsibility to protect and restore our public lands as habitats for endangered species and reservoirs of biological diversity. In order to do this we must reduce mining, timbering and grazing on our public lands and help the surrounding communities transition from extraction economies to restoration economies.

Forest Issues
- Goal:  To end commercial logging on the Chattahoochee National Forest and protect the remaining wilderness areas from road building and exploitation. To promote congressional designation of new wilderness areas, national recreation areas, and wild and scenic river designations.
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- Web:  http://georgia.sierraclub.org/campaigns/forest/

Herbicides/Pesticides

Historical Places & Archeological Sites

National Forest Campaign
- Web:  http://georgia.sierraclub.org/campaigns/forest/
- Mailing List:  CONS-NEWS-ECL

No New Coal: Stop LS Power!
- Goal:  To call on Governor Perdue and the EPD to refuse LS Power's request for a permit to build a coal-fired plant in Early County.
- Web:  http://www.nonewcoal.org

Nuclear Waste
- Leader(s):  Jenny Kato
- Goal:  To promote the reduced dependency on nuclear energy until such time as a safe system is developed for handling and storage of residual waste.
- Web:  http://georgia.sierraclub.org/conservation/NuclearWaste

Okefenokee Swamp
- Goal:  To remain a watchdog to prevent mining on Trail Ridge and to assist with purchase of DuPont land interests so that the National Wildlife Refuge can include high ground for wildlife survival.

Population
- Goal:  To promote global population stabilization by encouraging federal support of family planning, education, and appropriate economic development in developing nations, with a special emphasis on helping women.
- Web:  http://www.sierraclub.org/population/
- Mailing List:  CONS-SPST-POPULATION-NEWS

Rivers
- Goal:  Encourage all Georgians to value our rivers and support public and private efforts to reduce pollution, protect river corridors and restore our rivers and streams to natural standards.

Savannah Harbor
- Goal:  To protect the ecology and ecosystems at the mouth of the Savannah River and area coastal aquatic biodiversity. To restore the local fresh water estuaries and to support no harbor deepening if it harms the environment.

Smart Energy Solutions
- Leader(s):  Anna Wilhoit
- Goal:  To promote renewable energy use in Georgia's electrical generation technology mix; to clean up existing generation facilities; to shut down coal fired power plants; and to clean up Georgia's air.
- Web:  http://georgia.sierraclub.org/campaigns/SmartEnergySolutions/
- Mailing List:  GA-CLEAN-ENERGY-NEWS

Sprawl
- Goal:  Sprawling development is converting 100 acres a day of farm and forest land to strip malls and subdivisions in Georgia. Our sprawling development is polluting the air and water, destroying natural habitat, disrupting human communities and degrading our quality of life. Our goal is to restore the human and natural communities of our cities and towns by educating citizens about the costs and consequences of sprawl, ending government subsidies for land consumption, and encouraging public involvement in efforts to create just and sustainable communities.
- Web:  http://georgia.sierraclub.org/conservation/sprawl/
- Mailing List:  GA-CONSERVATION-SPRAWL

State Lands / Stone Mountain
- Goal:  To protect Georgia's inportant wildlands and wildlife habitats on all state-owned lands. At Stone Mountain, our goal is to strengthen the protections for existing natural areas and to increase public awareness and involvement in efforts to protect one of Georgia's greatest natural wonders.

Transportation
- Goal:  To reform state and local transportation programs to reduce sprawl, provide travel choices and restore the environment. For fifty years we have tried to build our way out of congestion with ever more highways. Now we have a system which pollutes our air, promotes obesity and disrupts communities with continual demands to widen roads. We are using a combination of public education, litigation and lobbying to implement a new vision for transportation, one that is safe, healthy, convenient and sustainable.
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- Web:  http://www.sierraclub.org/sprawl/transportation/

Waste Incineration
- Goal:  To protect the air of Georgia from the toxic pollution that comes form all waste incineration.
- Related Articles

Water / Adopt A Stream
- Goal:  To encourage public involvement in efforts to clean streams and enforce our state and federal water quality laws.
- Related Articles

Wildlands And Wildlife Committee
- Goal:  To strengthen the chapter’s conservation efforts to protect Georgia’s remaining Wildlands and Wildlife. Our goals are to provide a way for Chapter Issue Leaders to work together, to provide a better environment for new volunteers to work on and learn about issues, to develop relevant projects, and to help educate and involve people in their protection.
- Web:  http://www.sierraclub.org/wildlands/
- Mailing List:  CONS-WPST-PUBLIC-LANDS

Wildlife Refuges
- Goal:  To protect and perpetuate the integrity of the Wildlife Refuge system in Georgia. To ensure refuges continue to be set aside primarily for the benefit of wildlife and to support the mission 'Give Wildlife a Chance'.
- Web:  http://www.sierraclub.org/wildlands/

Zero Waste

** These are issues that the GA Chapter has adopted formal position statements on. Any statements made or actions taken by any member of the Chapter must be consistent with these policies. A copy of the policies can be obtained from the Chapter Office or the Conservation Contact.
 

Through programs like the One Club conservation/outings program and the Inner City Outings program for kids, the Chapter brings together local conservation activists and outings leaders to lead conservation outings designed simultaneously to explore, enjoy and protect local wild places.

Get to know the outdoors -- sign up for an outing today! Visit our outings page for a list of scheduled outings.