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Redwood Chapter is a geographically vast region and is composed of six local Groups, with more than ten thousand members. MAP

Solar Permit Fee Campaign Expands in Northern California
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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Vision for Greenway to Spring Lake
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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Sierra Club Stands in Solidarity with Occupy Wall Street Protests
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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Buy a Green Convertible and help the Environment
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.


2012 Sierra Club Calendars
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.


Redwood Needles Joins the 21st Century!
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.

Chapter Campaigns
The Redwood Chapter's Take Action page highlights several issues that the Club is focusing its efforts on.

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Environmental Center
The Sierra Club's Sonoma County office is located at 55A Ridgway Avenue in Santa Rosa (West of the 101 Freeway, two blocks North of College and 1 1/2 blocks West off of Cleveland Ave, South of Coddingtown).

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Sierra Club meetings are open to all members. You are welcome to participate or observe as often as you wish. Complete Meeting List

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