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Environmental groups stay active with current issues.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 30-MAR-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Environmental groups stay active with current issues.(Focus: Going Green)

Article Excerpt
Three of the state's prominent environmental groups have been green for a long time. The Sierra Club, Audubon Mississippi and the Nature Conservancy remain active in promoting eco-friendly issues and initiatives.

Louie Miller is the long-time state director and lobbyist for the Sierra Club. The organization is seeing a rebirth of membership, particularly among young people. There were five applications this year to serve an internship with the club during this session of the Legislature.

"Our membership is good and recovering from Katrina," he said. "We took a 50 percent hit after the storm. Now, membership is increasing nationwide dramatically."

The state chapter of this national club has subsets in the Golden Triangle, Jackson and the Coast.

"There is a renaissance around energy and that's...

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