Clorox announced yesterday that they have joined forces with the Sierra Club in marketing their new natural cleaning product line Green Works. Green Works labels will boast the Sierra Club logo and pay a fee to the non-profit.
Green Works will start appearing on store shelves throughout the country this month and the Sierra Club logo will start appearing on Green Works near Earth Day (April 22) this year.
The Green Works products will include: an all-purpose cleaner, a glass cleaner, a toilet bowl cleaner, a dilutable cleaner, and a bathroom cleaner. All are at least 99 percent natural made from …read more

A lineup of plaintiffs that included the states of Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont, a dozen environmental groups including the Sierra Club and the Environmental Protection Agency have achieved a legal win against American Electric Power that is the “single largest environmental enforcement settlement in history”, according to MSNBC.
The settlement that defines the company’s cleanup agreement is to the tune of $4.6 billion. I had to double check that figure a few times, that is huge. But so has been the damage that AEP’s coal-fired power plants have been inflicting on landscapes, …read more

Ah, Hawaii. Pristine beaches, aloha spirit, worldclass sunsets – it doesn’t get much better. In order to see that it stays that way, a judge has ruled that Hawaii Superferry’s $85 million 350-foot giant catamaran will not operate until the company proves that the ship doesn’t pose a threat to the environment.
The Superferry was planned to enter into full service in July this year but it’s maiden voyage in August lasted just two days after dozens of protesters swam and paddled into its path. A slew of legal challenges has followed and the recent ruling could set the company back …read more