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Saturday, June 2: National Trail Days Hike at Donald County Park
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Got Junk? Dane County Clean Sweep opens May 1
Do you have a few boxes of old pesticides or paint thinners that have been sitting in your garage for a long time? The Clean Sweep Program for recycling household hazardous waste will start its 2012 summer hours from 7 … Continue reading
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Don’t let us Waste Away! – Volunteers Needed for Recycling Away from Home
Ever notice that despite our recycling efforts (RAH) at the east side Madison festivals, there are a lot more black trash bags than clear recyclable ones. Does that fit your definition of sustainability? We know it doesn’t for Madison that … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Green Living, Recycling, Volunteering
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How to Talk to a Climate Change Denier
Conversations with a Climate Change Skeptic by Sierra Pope Scientific evidence overwhelmingly supports anthropogenic climate change—in other words, human activities such as greenhouse gas emissions and deforestation are causing potentially dangerous changes to the earth’s climate. Despite this, there are … Continue reading
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Gogebic Taconite Quits Wisconsin But Mining Fight Not Over
By Dave Blouin, Mining Committee Chair, Sierra Club-John Muir Chapter The future of the Penokee Hills, threatened by a wildly destructive open pit iron ore mine, appears to have been secured for now. Gogebic Taconite has kept its promise to … Continue reading
Sierra Club Releases 2012 Dane County Board Endorsements
Today the Four Lakes Group announces endorsements for the Dane County Board of Supervisors for the April 3 election. The Four Lakes Group endorsed 17 incumbents and 9 new candidates based on their pro-conservation and environmental stances and voting … Continue reading
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Mining Bill Update
We’re emailing you once again with an important and troubling development on the mining issue and the hearing. As you may have heard, State Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald disbanded the Senate Mining Committee and cancelled the hearing due to … Continue reading
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Award-winning Performer Tom Neilson Does Benefit For Mining Education
Saturday, February 18, you can not only help protect Wisconsin’s environment, but enjoy an afternoon and evening with activist folk singer, Tom Neilson. The Sierra Club’s Four Lakes group will host a special benefit performance by the noted activist and … Continue reading
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Why we need a “Mining Protection Benefit”…
The Four Lakes Group is sponsoring an upcoming Mining Protection Benefit Concert with award-winning folk artist Tom Neilson on February 18 at the Bartell Theater. Get details and purchase tickets online to help support our work, and read below to … Continue reading
Madison to accept more plastic and metal items in recycling bins
What a way to kick off the New Year! Madison has changed city recycling contractors, and as of January 1st, they will be taking a LOT more recyclables off your curb! This is good news both for city residents and … Continue reading
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Sierra Club Solstice Bonfire – A Madison Winter Tradition
Updating the site this morning, I starting waxing nostalgic about our annual winter solstice bonfire. This was an event begun years ago, if memory serves, due to the unusual occurrence of a Blue Moon on the Winter Solstice. We felt … Continue reading
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