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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
   
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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



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