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To: maceng2 who wrote (22286)	7/19/2008 8:41:03 AM
From: Tom Clarke	Respond to of 36917

Clorox-Sierra Club deal angers some chapters July 16, 2008, 10:29PM Associated Press TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. — The Clorox Co., targeted by activists for emitting pollution, has a new partner: the Sierra Club. The environmental group, better known for suing corporations, has agreed to promote a new line of eco-friendly Clorox products in exchange for a share of the profits. Some Sierra Club chapters are crying foul, and officers in northern Michigan even quit over the deal. The walkout highlights the passionate debate among members of the Sierra Club over the partnership with Clorox, named one of a "dangerous dozen" chemical companies by the Public Interest Research Group in 2004. PIRG contended in the report that Clorox's handling of chemicals at U.S. production facilities left some 14 million people vulnerable to contamination in the case of an accidental release. The Sierra Club says it won't disclose how much money it will get from the sale of Clorox's "Green Works" cleansers, saying it has the same policy for all donations.* The arrangement is the first of its type for the 116-year-old club. *let's call it what it is - a shakedown chron.com