[GreenYes] Re: Update on Sierra Club and biomass

[Alan Muller <amuller@no.address>]

At 02:59 PM 2/22/2007 -0800, Dave Ciplet wrote:
>I talked with the Global Warming and Energy Program Director of the 
>Sierra Club today.  He assured me that we can look forward to a 
>statement from the Sierra Club next week clarifying that contrary to 
>the biomass section of the American Solar Energy Society report, the 
>Sierra Club maintains that it is strongly opposed to incineration of 
>any municipal solid waste materials.  Also, the Sierra Club will be 
>releasing a report in the near future that is consistent with this position.
>
>Please note that I am not sure what the exact wording of their 
>statement will say, this is only what I gathered from him over the phone.
>
>Warm regards,
>
>Dave

The Sierra Club is a very complicated organization and frequently 
different parts of it are not on the same page.  I think it is same 
to assume that the sign-on to the ASES report generated a lot of 
internal debate that will take some time to sort itself 
out.  Meanwhile, some public stomping probably doesn't hurt.

am

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>
>Dave Ciplet
>Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA)
>Tel: 510.883.9490 ext. 102
>Fax: 510.883.9493
><mailto:dave@no.address>dave@no.address
>www.no-burn.org
>
>
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