New Sierra Club Television Series Premiers Nationally on Link TV

The Sierra Club announced in January the premiere of a new half-hour television series with award-winning filmmaker Robert Greenwald ("Outfoxed," "Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price") on Link TV on that began on Thursday, January 12, 2006.

"Sierra Club Chronicles," a monthly series produced by Greenwald’s Brave New Films in association with Sierra Club Productions, and hosted by Daryl Hannah, captures seven David vs. Goliath stories: the dramatic efforts of committed individuals across the country working to protect the health of their environment and communities. One new episode will premiere the second Thursday of each month at 8:30 PM Eastern and Pacific through July 2006. Link TV is on DirecTV channel 375 and Dish Network channel 9410. Emmy Award winner Molly O'Brien co-executive produces and Richard Ray Pérez serves as director and supervising producer. Kim Haddow and Adrienne Bramhall oversee the production for Sierra Club. "Sierra Club Chronicles" is made possible by the generous support of the Ford Foundation.

The first of seven Chronicles episodes, "9/11 Forgotten Heroes," aired on January 12. Emergency medical crews, firefighters and construction workers answered the call to Ground Zero -- assured that the air was safe. But while our heroes came to the nation’s rescue, the government left them at risk. Years later, they not only suffer from health problems due to the contamination at Ground Zero, they suffer the indignity of having to fight the government for health benefits. "9/11 Forgotten Heroes" follows four of these first responders as they travel from NYC to DC seeking justice, in the form of the Walsh Amendment, which would restore $125 million dollars in aid.

The second episode, "The Day the Water Died," visited the still economically and emotionally afflicted fishing town of Cordova, Alaska 16 years after the Exxon Valdez disaster, where the citizens are fighting to hold Exxon to their word in a year of record profits. Summaries of all seven episodes are available at www.sierraclubtv.org.

"All over America, there are inspirational, real life stories of women and men defending their homes, health and families from environmental hazards and threats," explained Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club.

Beyond the initial television broadcast, DVDs and videos of "Sierra Club Chronicles" will be available for consumers, educators, and other organizations. In addition, the episodes will be available for viewing online or downloading as video podcasts at www.sierraclubtv.org and Google video. Added Pope, "We are betting that the same people who are using the newest tools to access multimedia are the same people who are hungry for the inspiring stories not found on the major networks. Now it's easy for them to go out and find the content that speaks to them and watch it on their laptop or i-Pod."

Link TV is a non-commercial, independent television network available in more than 26 million U.S. homes on DIRECTV channel 375 and DISH Network channel 9410. The 24-hour programming is a mix of documentaries, international news, foreign films and the best of World Music. The network recently received the first satellite-only Peabody Award for MOSAIC: World News from the Middle East, a daily news show featuring English translations of national television reports from more than 24 countries in the Middle East. Select Link TV programs are streamed on the Internet at www.linktv.org. Link TV is operated by Link Media, Inc., a California non-profit organization, with production studios in San Francisco, New York and Washington, DC.