Sierra Club: Thy Name is Hypocrisy (natural gas for and against)
What’s the
Sierra Club’s position on the development and use of natural gas from shale?
Depends on whom you ask . . . within the actual organization.
By now, of
course, we’re all well aware of the Sierra Club’s newly staked-out position in
opposition to natural gas, notwithstanding the fact that the Club used to support it. [Master Resource]
Hypocrisy is nothing new for the Sierra Club.
Last year the Sierra club
launched a campaign “Wind
Works” this six
figure campaign was designed to push lawmakers to pass the Production
Tax Credit . “Big
Wind” subsidies for renewable energy.
The Sierra Club’s support of big wind highlights their
Philosophically flawed reasoning.
In 1995, the Sierra Club adopted a Philosophy of Service and
Stewardship, To explore, enjoy and protect the wild places of the Earth; to
practice and promote the responsible use of the Earth's ecosystems and
resources; to educate and enlist humanity to protect and restore the quality of
the natural and human environment; and to use all lawful means to carry out
these objectives.
In that vein a Sierra Club official called electricity-producing
windmills "the
Cuisinart’s of the air" for
their tendency to kill thousands of birds, including endangered species,
annually.[MCFPP]
The Sierra Club has clearly defined their position
supporting the Endangered Species Act ~ "The Endangered Species Act is one
of America's most effective tools for safeguarding our fish and wildlife
heritage.
In 2007,
the Sierra Club was asking its members for support to save The Endangered
Species Act, at the same time, they were also lobbying on the side of the
American Wind Energy Association to defeat legislation that would protect
endangered birds and bats. Even though thousands of birds, bats, eagles
and other endangered species die every year from deadly collisions with wind
turbines. [HuLIQ]
Sources:
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Wind Works
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HULIQ
1 comment:
Speaking of hypocrisy did you see M. Jollif's comment to the PSC. I had heard that also her son might be voting here and claiming to live here 30 days. I would like to know, though. Did his assessor get a letter from the democratic and CCFG chairman. We will find out.
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