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You need flash 8 & javascript enabled to view the entire contents of Sierra Business Council's website. Please install/upgrade flash or consult your browsers help to enable javascript. Take ACTIONThe Sustaining Rural Places Toolkit was created in partnership with the Sierra Business Council and Saving the Sierra because sharing stories about people, place, and innovation helps to protect our beautiful places. Pedaling into the spotlight“The world produced an estimated 130 million bicycles in 2007-more than twice the 52 million cars produced,” writes J. Matthew Roney in a recent Earth Policy Institute release, "Bicycles Pedaling into the Spotlight". Plumas forest projects haltedIn a resounding repudiation of the Bush administration's national forest management, a three-judge federal panel has ordered a halt to three major logging projects in the Plumas National Forest. Civilizations last chanceEven for Americans -- who are constitutionally convinced that there will always be a second act, and a third, and a do-over after that, and, if necessary, a little public repentance and forgiveness and a Brand New Start -- even for us, the world looks a little terminal right now. San Joaquin RestorationLong-stalled legislation to bring life back to the dried-up San Joaquin River and restore its historic salmon run cleared a significant hurdle Wednesday when a U.S. Senate committee gave its approval. Garamendi on waterLike a splash of cold water to the face, the recent startling reports from state water surveyors should be enough to wake up our state. GHG emissions at highestGreenhouse gases are at higher levels in the atmosphere than at any time in at least 800,000 years, according to a study of Antarctic ice on Wednesday that extends evidence that mankind is disrupting the climate.
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