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AAA Mid-Atlantic Continues its "War" for Motorists
Rails-to-Trails Mounts a Defense...(OK, It's a Petition Drive. But It's Action!)
Meanwhile, AAA National has yet to Respond on Issue of Reappropriating Highway Transportation Fund Dollars
In an editorial printed in the July/August issue of AAA World, AAA Mid-Atlantic President and CEO Don Gagnon argued that money from the Highway Transportation Fund (HTF) be restricted to highway
spending.
His argument doesn't seem so unreasonable given that the HTF is so named, except that, since 1991, Congress has been flexible in its spending from the fund in order to support the development of a multi-modal transportation infrastructure.
As a result of Gagnon's editorial, the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, a DC non-profit working to create and connect a nationwide network of trails from former rail lines, started a petition campaign to convince AAA National President Robert
Darbelnet to disavow Gagnon's stance.
Like Better World Club, Rails-to-Trails supports a diverse transportation investment that encourages and provides for mass transit and active transportation like walking and bicycling.
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AAA more cycle-friendly, except where money is concerned
by David Alpert, Greater Greater Washington
"Rails-to-Trails can only ask its members nationwide to push national AAA on this issue. But we live in the AAA Mid-Atlantic region. If you're still a AAA member, switch to the Better World Club."
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Couldn't Get Help on the Turnpike? Or so You Claim...
Sometimes it's the Police or an Exclusive Contractor Making the Call
Requests for Reimbursement Must be Submitted within 30 Days of Service
Better World Club members rely on us for peace of mind. There are, however, certain situations -- breakdowns on contract roads, accidents, or when you're obstructing traffic -- in which the police or service
providers with exclusive contracts for certain roads are the ones dispatching service to your vehicle. (Don't worry, it builds character. Trust us.)
We'll still be there for you, and we'll reimburse you for any eligible out of pocket expenses. Just remember: claims need to be submitted within 30 days of the date on which you received service. Claim forms are available at the
member section of our website.
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Better World Club Fights Global Warming...er...Weirding
A Look at Some of our Recent Carbon Offset Donations
Whether you believe in global warming or not, you have to admit: if the weather isn't getting warmer, it's sure getting weirder. From record highs in Los Angeles to snow in Dallas last winter, all of us need to be
paying attention -- and doing what we can.
Better World Club is trying to do our part. We donate 1% of revenue to environmental cleanup and advocacy. Better World Club was the first travel company to offer carbon offsets -- and provides free carbon offsets to our auto insurance
clients for their first 2,000 miles of driving. Better World Club also offsets it's own greenhouse gas emissions.
This year, BWC is buying 2,000 tons of greenhouse gas reduction for the Sexton Energy Des Plaines Landfill Methane Recovery and Destruction Project. Methane destruction at farms and landfills is a classic and effective carbon offset
project.
The Sexton Energy Des Plaines Landfill Methane Recovery and Destruction Project captures and destroys fugitive methane and other greenhouse gases from a closed former waste handling and disposal (solid waste management) site. Located in
northern Illinois near the city of Des Plaines, the Project includes gas collection and power generation systems built by the project proponent, Sexton Energy, LLC, to recover and burn the former waste disposal site's landfill gases, which
otherwise would be emitted into the atmosphere and contribute to global warming.
The Project's emission reduction goals are to decrease greenhouse gases resulting from:
1) The capture of the landfill gas from the former waste handling and disposal site, which otherwise would be released into the atmosphere; and,
2) The destruction of the recovered landfill methane in two generators that produce in total about 2,500 kW of electricity per year, which is sold to the local utility, Commonwealth Edison (Com Ed).
Better World Club has also purchased another 750 tons of greenhouse gas offsets from Climate Clean, a carbon offset provider in Portland, Oregon.
Better World Club's purchase of 5.5 million pounds of offsets make it one of the larger US buyers. Thanks for helping us do more to do our part.
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Green America: Economic Action for a Just Planet
Green America is a not-for-profit membership organization founded in 1982 that went by the name Co-op America until January 1, 2009. Its mission is to harness economic power -- the strength of consumers, investors, businesses, and the
marketplace -- to create a socially just and environmentally sustainable society.
Their programs empower people to make changes in their personal lives and to join together with others in economic action for a better world based on four powerful strategies:
- Empowering individuals to make purchasing and investing choices that promote social justice and environmental sustainability;
- Demanding an end to corporate irresponsibility through collective economic action;
- Promoting green and fair trade business principles while building the market for businesses adhering to these principles;
- Building sustainable communities in the US and abroad.
Whether pioneering Clean Energy Bonds or organizing the popular Green Festivals in a variety of U.S. cities, Green America is special. Better World Club is proud to share Green America's goal of facilitating a marketplace where more
consumers put their money where their values are.
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Come See us at The Ki in San Francisco!
Better World Club is a sponsor of THE KI (key) an innovative, smart-living experiential lifestyle event on Oct. 22-24, 2010 on San Francisco's Treasure Island.
THE KI will join some of the world's most innovative brands (Innovative? Oh, go on. You're embarrassing us...but we'll take it), designers, thinkers, leaders and influencers to share the future of better living.
And, through Better World Club, you can get 50% off the price of regular admission. Just enter "vip" (lower case) as the discount code when you purchase your tickets online. Check out this
flyer for details.
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Washington Watch |
Keep the Supreme Court Out of Politics!
I think that was supposed to be, "Keep Business Out of Politics!"
Same Difference...
In last year's State of the Union, President Barack Obama foresaw the danger of the Supreme Court's Citizen's United case, which opened the floodgates of corporate political spending. When Justice Samuel Alito mouthed that the President
didn't know what he was talking about, it caused quite a stir.
Well...this fall's Congressional campaign won't do much to burnish the Court's image as a body of intellectuals.
Spending is out of control. This Supreme Court decision is just going to make it harder for America to get what it needs from responsible businesses.
That's because the money flooding the political system does not represent the views of companies in New Voice of Business or the American Sustainable Business Council, two business groups at which Better World Club President Mitch Rofsky
sits on the Board of Directors.
Instead, the money that floods the system will come from organizations like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which alone will spend more than $200M this year. This group and other organizations like it represent companies that don't value
what we value.
- They are more likely to defend the industries of the past than the ones that are inventing the future.
- They are committed to environmentally disastrous old energy sources rather than to making America a leader in clean, renewable energy.
- They are multinational giants rather than Main Street businesses that respond to local communities...
Is that the kind of business thinking that we want to dominate our political discourse?
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