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Attorney Alan Peterson testifies on behalf of the Nebraska Sierra Club against the planned route of the Keystone XL pipeline, at a public hearing on LB 1, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011. The Nebraska Legislature is addressing concerns over the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline that would carry...

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Sierra Club chairman Carl Pope (C) makes a point between Alex Pourbaix (L), president of enegy and oil pipelines at TransCanada, and Cassie Doyle, Consul General of Canada, at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California August 30, 2011. The group was discussing a proposed $7...

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Carl Pope, chairman of the Sierra Club, speaks at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, California August 30, 2011. The group was discussing a proposed $7 billion Canada-to-Texas oil pipeline that cleared a major obstacle on Friday with the release of a U.S. State Department review...

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Jeff Tittel, executive director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, speaks at a public hearing July 7, 2011 in Lacey Township, N.J. against a permit that would allow the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station to operate without water cooling towers until it closes in 2019.

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Attorney Alan Peterson, right, testifies on behalf of the Nebraska Sierra Club against the planned route of the Keystone XL pipeline, at a public hearing on LB 1, a bill before the Nebraska Legislature which seeks to address concerns over the 1,700-mile Keystone XL pipeline that would carry...

AP Photo 9 months ago

Members of the Sierra Club stand in protest as Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell speaks at a gas station in Richmond in Richmond, Va. , Thursday, May 5, 2011. The Governor called for the passage of a bill that would allow oil and gas exploration off the coast of Virginia.

AP Photo 9 months ago

Members of the Sierra Club, Glen Besa, right, of Richmond. Hanna Wiegard, of Chester, center, and Tim Whitcombe, of Henrico, hold signs as they protet as Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell speaks at a gas station in Richmond in Richmond, Va. , Thursday, May 5, 2011. The Governor called for...

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NEW ORLEANS, LA - APRIL 20: Sierra Club member John Koeferl and fellow demonstrators gather to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill on April 20, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event, organized by the Sierra Club, drew less than 30 people, highlighting the dearth...

Reuters Pictures 9 months ago

Residents of New Orleans, along with members of the Sierra Club, a grassroots environmental organization, attend a ceremony to mark the one-year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, in New Orleans, Louisiana April 20, 2011. An explosion on the Deepwater Horizon rig at BP's...

AP Photo 9 months ago

Community leaders and environmental groups, including the Sierra Club and the Gulf Restoration Network, hold a sunrise candlelight event commemorating today's one year anniversary of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in New Orleans, Wednesday, April 20, 2011.

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Rich Antonucci, right, who owns a 50-acre farm in Richmond, Ohio, signs a petition at the Sierra Club table outside a public hearing held by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on proposed rules to reduce air pollution from oil and gas drilling operations in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Sept....

AP Photo 12 months ago

Doug Howell, center, of the Sierra Club's "Coal Free Northwest" campaign, testifies, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2011, at a House hearing in Olympia, Wash. to discuss the deadline for converting the state's only coal-fired plant, operated by Canadian-based TransAlta, in Centralia, Wash. , from coal...

AP Photo 7 months ago

Steve Schultz, right, of Arden Hills, Minn. , with his niece Katrina Martin, 10, visiting from Omaha, Neb. , attend a rally hosted by the Sierra Club at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. , in response to the state government shutdown, calling on legislators to preserve state park...

AP Photo 7 months ago

Amy Barrett and her son Nathan Barrett, 12, of Roseville, Minn. , set up a tent during a Sierra Club hosted rally at the State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. , in response to the state government shutdown, calling on legislators to preserve state park funding, Saturday, July 9, 2011. ...

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Nature photographer Ian Shive is shown in Chaco Canyon National Historic Park in New Mexico in this publicity photo released to Reuters September 19, 2011. Shive has been named winner of this year's Ansel Adams Award for Conservation Photography presented by the Sierra Club.

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NEW ORLEANS, LA - APRIL 20: Demonstrators gather to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill on April 20, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event, organized by the Sierra Club, commemorated one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history and drew less than 30...

Getty Images 9 months ago

NEW ORLEANS, LA - APRIL 20: Demonstrators gather to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill on April 20, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event, organized by the Sierra Club, drew less than 30 people, highlighting the dearth of environmental activism in a state where...

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NEW ORLEANS, LA - APRIL 20: Vien Nguyen, priest at the Mary Queen of Vietnam, gathers with fellow demonstrators to observe the one-year anniversary of the BP oil spill on April 20, 2011 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event, organized by the Sierra Club, drew less than 30 people,...

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In this May 26, 2011 photograph, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announces in Trenton, N.J. , that New Jersey will withdraw from a 10-state regional greenhouse gas reduction program by the end of the year, saying the program is ineffective at combating global warming. Two of New Jersey's...