I'm not sure what you mean, Ken, when you refer to "offset" or Substitute FACTS... Other forms of energy to replace coal?  We play a better bait-n-switch the facts game than does Big Coal?  Do you believe Sierra Club is now talking about wishes only?  

A couple weeks ago, the board was given a presentation about how the U.S. can move beyond coal by 2030.  I will find out if that presentation is available on Clubhouse or somehow for more people to be able to see the charts, etc.  Efficiency, decentralized solar, wind, status quo nuclear and biofuels, natural gas... I can't remember exactly what happens with nat gas over the full time-period...

If you're talking about communications, the head of Sierra Club communications dept (Bob Sipchon) is a 2-time Pulitzer Prize winner from his work with the Los Angeles Times.  And the communications department is hiring about 25 additional staff to work on communications in a more regional basis -- to work with the grassroots organizers on localized communication strategies.

Donna



On Jul 22, 2011, at 11:51 AM, KENNETH LARSON wrote:

> Does the SC have the right to use any of the Bloomberg Monies to sponsor researchers to get "Offset" or other Subsitute FACTS... so the SC isn't just talking about "wishes.." ?
> 
> Ken Larson, Ph.D.  Ames, Iowa 50014 (515)865-3030 [log in to unmask]
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> > Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2011 08:38:46 -0500
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Iowa Beyond Coal
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> > For those of you who are Facebook regulars, please join the "Iowa Beyond Coal" group. 
> > 
> > Iowa Beyond Coal was started by a student, Gavin Moore, who is working (I believe) with both the Sierra Student Coalition and the Coal to Clean Energy Campaign, focusing on the coal plants at the universities. Verena Owen from Chicago, volunteer co-lead of the Coal to Clean Energy Campaign, is a member of the Iowa Beyond Coal group, so we do have some people involved at the senior Club level who may be helpful to our cause.
> > 
> > And, I'm sure Gavin won't mind if we talk about Beyond Coal in more than just the Iowa universities... coal-fired corn-ethanol plants come to mind.... pyrolsis of prairie-type perennial plants would kill two birds with one stone.....
> > 
> > Iowa Beyond Coal group in Facebook.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Donna
> > 
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