Go Green Summary of Products

Posts Tagged ‘Sierra Club’

U.S. Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman makes a home more energy efficient. Image credit: U.S. Department of Energy Digital Photo Archive . You might think next week's major holiday is Halloween, but 'round the Sierra Club offices we're a bit nerdier. You see, we're excited about Friday, October 30th: National Weatherization Day . On National Weatherization Day, created by the U.S. Department of Energy, cities will be hosting events to highlight services and organizations that help people to

Academics? They barely count in this survey of top schools by the Sierra Club. Its grades of U.S. college and university green credentials focus on how the institutions directly affect the environment. Building efficiency, where food is from, waste management; it’s arguably a list of which schools are walking the green walk. The University of Colorado, Boulder came out on top, despite a miserable 3 out of 10 for energy. It topped the chart in waste management and transportation. Three Univer

With a new video, the Sierra Club launched a campaign to ask JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon to live up to his promise to “walk the talk.” JPMorgan Chase is the big money behind dirty coal. Mr. Dimon talks a lot about doing “everything to do the right thing” and needing “good policy on energy and the environment” yet JPMorgan Chase has continued to underwrite some of the dirtiest companies and riskiest coal projects in the country including: Massey Energy, the largest and most notorious mo

This post is from Jesse Prentice-Dunn with Sierra Club's Green Transportation Program. Thinking about cashing in on the recently passed Cash for Clunkers program? Take a couple of minutes to check out the Sierra Club’s new Cash for Clunkers website to learn how to make the most out of trading in your clunker. The Department of Transportation is currently finalizing the Consumer Assistance to Recycle and Save (CARS) Program , which was passed by Congress and signed by President Obama on Jun

Sí, Says S.C.: Sierra Club Executive Director Carl Pope applauded Obama’s nomination of Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, noting her rulings in favor of environmental protection. Sierra Club Humans + Nature: The U.N. named 22 new biosphere reserves, including a mountain in North Korea and a somewhat urbanized region in southern Germany. Dot Earth ( NYT ) It’s Time: Time magazine published a well-illustrated “Global Warming Survival Guide” with 51 green tips. No. 1 is “Turn Fo