Sierra Club Supports Reids Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act

Washington, D.C. This week, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid introduced the Clean Energy Jobs and Oil Company Accountability Act. The Sierra Club issued the following statement in response to the introduction.

Private capital, public goods

Predictably, a column like last weeks about a developers proposal for a health club and senior housing project in Railroad Square elicited an attack on the potential for profit and a question about what would happen to the public benefits.

Kids enjoy Boys & Girls Club camp

One of the things the Boys & Girls Club summer camp students enjoy the most is swimming at the Martin Luther King Jr./Elm Street Recreation Center pool.

Sierra Club Applauds House Passage of BP Disaster Response Legislation

Washington, D.C. - Today, in response to the tragic BP oil disaster, the House voted to pass the of the Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act (H.R. 3534). The final vote count was 209-193.

Truck foodies keep their wheels as they open shops

Along the waterfront, with postcard views of Manhattan across the Hudson River, sweaty devotees of The Taco Truck line up to order lunch, scooting back to cooled-off jobs to eat their slow-braised sweet pork or long-grain rice and beans.