Sierra Club Turns To Civil Disobedience

January 23, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Sierra Club Turns To Civil Disobedience If you could do it nonstop, it would take you six days to walk from Henry David Thoreau's Walden Pond to President Barack Obama's White House. For the Sierra Club, that journey has taken much longer. For 120 years, we have remained committed to using every "lawful means" to achieve our objectives. Now, for the first time in our history, we are prepared to go further.  Continue reading... Keystone Decision Months Away Midwest Remains Locked In Deep Freeze Fox News Host Suggests Climate Scientists Are 'Corrupt' State Department's Keystone Pipeline Decision Delayed Until After March Sir David Attenborough, Naturalist And Filmmaker, Calls Humanity 'A Plague On The Earth' Arctic Sea Ice Decline Accelerated By More Melt Ponds, Study Finds Golden Retrievers Cancer Study: Playful Breed May Be Key To Canine Health Breakthrough New Zealand Cats Are A Hot Button Issue, Pitting Anti-Feline Advocate Gareth Morgan Against Pet-Owners Sir David Attenborough, Naturalist And Filmmaker, Calls Humanity 'A Plague On The Earth' Sperm Whales Adopt Deformed Dolphin: Report Salt Lake City Air Pollution Prompts Petition From Utah Doctors MATT RIGNEY Japan: Dancing on the Grave of the Bluefin Tuna The first bluefin tuna of the year sold in Tokyo has yet again garnered an astronomical price -- encouraging the view of this beleaguered animal as a high-status food when they deserve to stand with the white rhino and the mountain gorilla as a species under our protection. Continue reading... CHARLES KNAPP, PH.D. Declining Iguana Population Signals Trouble in Paradise Tropical islands brim with wildlife: brightly feathered and boisterous birds, towering palm trees and, of course, scaly lizards. Unfortunately, contrary to popular belief, many lizards are disappearing before our eyes. Continue reading... DR. CHRIS MARTINE Top New Plant Species of Last Year (and the Hottest Job of the Future) You might think that we could have found all of the plants by now. They don't evade capture or bite you when you catch them. Unlike microbes, they aren't invisible without a lens. Yet, more than 150 new plant species were published in academic journals in 2012. Continue reading... KATHERINE HEIGL Just One: How Change Happens Puppies, kittens, purebred animals alike -- they all suffer when there is no home to take them in and space restrictions mean that the shelter can no longer hold them. But it only takes Just One person to make a difference for them. Continue reading... NATHANIEL LOEWENTHEIL Hot Years and Cold Truths: The Past and Future of Climate Legislation The climate campaign of 2009-2010 didn't lack for corporate boosters, lobbying teams nor policy analysts. What it lacked was public support. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.