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April 1997, volume 4, number 3 In This Issue Stopping Sprawl A special report on the Club's newest national campaign: stopping spraw. Many chapters and groups have been fighting sprawl for years - from turning back new highways to building more pedestrian- and bike-friendly cities. Now the Club is working to channel those efforts toward a national movement to curb this destructive outward push. Five short articles accompany this piece, farms, legal, repcard drive and resources. By John Byrne Barry. Keeping Farmers Farming, how the stopping sprawl campaign is reaching out to farmers and finding alternatives to selling farms for subdivisions. By Brett Hulsey. Club activist use legal tools for stopping sprawl. By Rebecca Bernard. Giving Politicians Report Cards, an effective tool to let local politicians know what you think about their votes. By Larry Bohlen. How to get more information about sprawl: people, publications and listserve resources. Club keeps pressure on Clinton to approve the EPA's proposed new standards for soot and smog. Club strategy for '98 means keeping grassroots mobilized by keeping the issues in the public spotlight and holding decision-makers accountable. "Take More Money . . . and Run," a new report produced by the Sierra Club and the Environmental Working Group, reveals the blatant link between polluter political action committee contributions and anti-environment votes in the U.S. Senate is now available. Club kicks off a redwood consumer campaign, asking members and businesses not to stock or use old-growth redwood. By Marie Dolcini. The Green Scissors '97 report identifying more than $36 billion in wasteful, environmentally destructive projects, is now available. Club Beat Freedom Centers open for the Ogoni 19, Everett Program provides internships for young environmentalists, Wisconsin Club activists force area paper companies to clean up their act, and kids send a message to Clinton that they want global warming to end. Updates Population funding is approved by Congress, the Canadian government moves forward in protecting Banff National Park and the Clinton administration cuts a deal with Louisiana Pacific in Alaska. http://www.sierraclub.org/planet/199704/ Up to Top