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... public debate. UPDATE 2: From the Sierra Club (sierraclub.org/policy/conservation/water_fluoridation.aspx): The Sierra Club recommends lowering the maximum contaminant level of fluoride in drinking water from the present 4mg/L to a level shown not to harm aquatic ecosystems or human health. [National Research Council, Fluoride in Drinking Water: a Scientific Review of EPA's Standards, March 2006...

The "Open Debate Coalition" - a group consisting of people such as Glenn Reynolds ("Instapundit") and Stanford law professor Larry Lessig [1] - is calling on John McCain and Barack Obama to open the presidential debates by allowing questions chosen by regular people and not just the MSM. However, what they support has not only been proven to be a failure, but two of the signatories helped show...

... Curiae brief in the case where the Sierra Club and the Defenders of Wildlife are suing the Department of Homeland Security to prevent them from using apparently congressionally-mandated waivers that would let the DHS bypass environmental and related rules in order to build sections of the border fence. Bennie Thompson, chairman of the Homeland Security Committee attempts to portray this as a...

Tonight's NBC Nightly News featured Brian Williams introducing a segment on a group called "Step It Up" which wants to end global warming and which held marchs across the U.S. on the 14th. The report was all bright and happy and wholesome. Then, of course, I looked up the group itself to find what they weren't telling their millions of viewers.

The Houston Chronicle's James Pinkerton offers "Border barrier could put chill in Valley ecotourism, wildlife". It features the thoughts of just four people predicting disaster for the fence itself, the region, wildlife, and various other calamities. Farmer Fred Schuster says the fence will wash away in the rains.

... Arianna was driven out of the Sierra Club's summit meeting in a massive Chevy Suburban. Now, you can bid on a picture of Arianna Huffington in the gas-guzzling SUV.

... picture of Arianna Huffington on a Sierra Club-supplied SUV here. Previously: "Al Gore, Arianna Huffington attend Sierra Club Summit; drive off in massive SUVs".

... But, it's also supported by the Sierra Club, meaning there's probably something wrong with it.

The AP reports that Sierra Club members have voted down an immigration-related provision sponsored by Sierrans for U.S. Population Stabilization. None of the five SUSPS candidates for the Club's board were elected either. However, only 16% of the Club's members voted, and 84% voted for the status quo.

... failing to win control of the Sierra Club in a bitterly contested election, advocates for stricter immigration limits are back, arguing that the venerable conservation group can best protect the environment by reducing U.S. population growth. The club's 750,000 members are voting this month on whether the organization should push for tighter restrictions on immigration.

... Joyce Meskis... [tenants include] Sierra Club, the League of Conservation Voters, Colorado Common Cause, Historic Denver, the Center for Native Ecosystems and the Latina Initiative...

From "Voter Registrations Hit Snag Over Citizenship Check Box": A tiny check box about citizenship on voter registration forms has touched off the latest battle over voting rights in Florida, where Gov. Jeb Bush's administration has advised election supervisors to reject applications on which the box is blank... Jenny Nash, a spokeswoman for Florida's secretary of state, Glenda E. Hood, said the...

From this: Even though most environmental groups are determined to oust President Bush from office this November, those groups are benefiting from an unprecedented level of federal assistance, according to a Washington, D.C., research group... The audits, according to CRC's David Healy, show that in the fiscal year 2004 budget, $143 million was channeled to environmental groups that disclose...

From the AP report 'Sierra Club chooses establishment candidates in board election': Sierra Club leaders beat back efforts by anti-immigration forces trying to gain control of the nation's largest environmental group, persuading members to defeat the challengers by a landslide in board elections... An increasingly vocal faction of the San Francisco-based Sierra Club has advocated a tougher...

... of three men running for the Sierra Club board of directors on a platform of limiting immigration to protect the environment. In response, the leadership of the club and its allies have been playing the race card with berserk ferocity.