Protect our air from hazardous pollutants

We could save over 5,000 lives just by cleaning up acid gases, mercury and dioxins from dirty old boilers scattered across the country, yet over one hundred polluter allies in the House of Representatives signed a letter pressuring the EPA to put industry profits over our health. I just sent a public comment supporting EPA efforts to save lives with new standards, and you could too! Check it out: action.sierraclub.org/mact

Calamity on the Kalamazoo

Anne Woiwode and Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune coauthored an op-ed piece in the L.A. Times about how last month's oil spill upstream of Lake Michigan spotlights what's wrong with the nation's energy direction.

Read here: http://tinyurl.com/23gg75l

What happens to your smartphone data -- and is it safe?

(CNN) -- This week, news out of the Middle East saw BlackBerry, the handheld communication device of choice in the corporate world, assailed on multiple fronts over a security problem.

Story highlights include:

• The BlackBerry controversy has highlighted how smartphone privacy works
• Many plans encrypt data, meaning it can't be deciphered if it's intercepted
• BlackBerry data is stored on a private server; others stored by mobile service providers

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