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Recent surveys reveal 1 in 5 local cities are charging twice as much as what is required to recover costs for residential PV permits. More significantly 1 in 3 cities are charging over 5 times a reasonable amount for larger commercial projects! Some of these cities may be inadvertently strangling progress for solar power with exorbitant fees which is in violation of state law. With the law on our side Sierra Club volunteers are making steady progress by politely requesting that cities reduce PV permit fees to fair levels.
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A final AIA Report is to be presented at a community meeting December 3 in Santa Rosa. The report offers a provocative, conceptual vision for the old Highway 12 right-of-way, rooted in ideas collected from more than 300 residents, State, City and County officials who participated in town hall meetings and roundtable discussions in June.
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For the past several weeks Occupy Wall Street protesters have peacefully held vigil in support of a broad vision for financial, political, and environmental reform in America. Many Sierra Club staff and volunteer leaders have participated in and/or lent support to these demonstrations standing up for the end to corporate greed. The demands and values of the protesters are very much in line with Sierra Club’s strategic priority of confronting the power of the coal and oil industries.
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A most generous Sierra Club member has donated a 1995 Chrysler Lebaron Spruce Green Convertible, 14k original miles.
Selling price: $8500 All proceeds go to the Sonoma Group Sierra Club.
For more information, see ad or call 544-7651.
It's time to order 2012 Sierra Club Calendars. Fill out and mail the order form or visit the Environmental Center.
For directions and hours, call 544-7651.
You can now receive this newsletter by email rather than the printed copy that comes in the mail. Reduce your carbon footprint, and help the Redwood Chapter save money! The newsletter will be sent to you as a pdf attachment, and will be 1.6 MB or smaller.
To receive a copy of the Redwood Needles by email, instead of a print copy in the mail, send an email to RedwoodNeedles@gmail.com with your name and address, and “newsletter by email” in the subject line. Your newsletter will be sent to the email address that you send the message by, unless you request it be sent to an alternate email address. You can also request to receive notice that the Redwood Needles is available on the Redwood Chapter website instead of receiving the newsletter as an attachment; please include that request in your email.
The Redwood Chapter's Take Action page highlights several issues that the Club is focusing its efforts on.
Check our meetings and outings pages!
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