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We Endorse Joe Biden

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden announced today that California Senator Kamala Harris will be his running mate, making her the first Black woman on a major party ticket. "Biden knows that solving the climate crisis represents an opportunity to rebuild our economy in a way that works for everyone," said Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune, who described Harris as "a fierce leader who knows how the climate crisis affects all of us."

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The Movement for Black Lives Is Saving the Planet

On the latest episode of the Sierra Club’s podcast, The Overstory, Hop Hopkins, the Sierra Club’s director of strategic partnerships, talks about the connections between systemic racism and environmental destruction; we hear what NASA climatologist Kate Marvel has to say about the COVID-19 pandemic; Obama-era official Christy Goldfuss examines the Trump administration's environmental rollbacks; and Corina Newsome talks about cofounding #BlackBirdersWeek.

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Tune in, turn on, listen up.




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Trump Seeks to Hobble Postal Service

The Trump administration is trying to undermine the Postal Service by slashing its budget and slowing down mail delivery. In the face of the pandemic, more states are choosing to rely on voting by mail—something the president himself did in the last election. Americans depend on the Postal Service for their mail, medicine, and relief or unemployment checks during the pandemic.

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Tell your senators to ensure that the Postal Service remains fully funded.



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Long Sunset for Big Oil

The pandemic-related recession has revealed how vulnerable oil-industry-dependent states like New Mexico are to the vicissitudes of the fossil fuel market: In boom times, communities are at risk from the operations of the industry, and when a bust occurs, they remain at risk.

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This is what it’s like for families who live where the oil is.




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Camping in the Time of Coronavirus

Overnight summer camps across the US have been canceled, but some outdoor adventure organizations have decided to march on, determined to offer kids and teens the quintessential summer experience that is spending time in nature and bonding with their peers—perhaps around a socially distanced campfire, s’mores in hand. Outdoor adventure organizations have been hard at work adapting to the myriad challenges of running camp in a pandemic.

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Find out what outdoor adventure professionals have to say about camping smart this summer.




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Time for a New Era of Climate Leadership

Donald Trump’s presidency has been disastrous for the environment, social and environmental justice, and democracy itself. This November’s election is the most consequential of our lifetimes.

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Join us in energizing climate voters and growing our electorate to end Trump's presidency and fight for climate.




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ICE Cold Heart

Imagine if one of the factors that determines your professional success is the number of human lives your work costs. According to a documentary titled Immigration Nation, which premiered August 3 on Netflix, two of the factors the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) uses to evaluate the success of its officers are the number of arrested undocumented immigrants and the number of immigrants who die while trying to cross the border.

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"2019 was a particularly 'successful' year in this regard," says Sierra Club columnist Javier Sierra.




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Bring the Carbon Barons to Justice

Landmark lawsuits against ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel giants, charging that they have exacerbated the climate crisis and lied about their contribution to global warming, are making real headway—just as Big Oil is in danger of going broke.

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What does that mean for climate reparations?




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Can You Recycle That Pizza Box?

It's advice from the dawn of curbside recycling: Don't put your pizza box in the blue bin because the greasy cardboard and cheese scraps make it unrecyclable. For years, conscientious recyclers sent billions of pizza boxes to landfills and incinerators.

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New research, though, says you can keep that pizza box out of the landfill by doing one simple thing.




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In the Amateur category, Bibek Ghosh of Fremont, California, won an honorable mention for this photo of an Anna's hummingbird, shot from California's Ardenwood Historic Farm.
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2020’s Winning Audubon Photos

For bird-loving photographers, the National Audubon Society’s annual photo competition is the holy grail. We’ve selected some of the most eye-popping winners from this year's competition.

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More Plastic Than Fish in the Sea?

The fossil fuel industry is turning to plastics production as a lifeline to maintain its profits in the face of falling demand in the electric and transportation sectors. Petrochemical manufacturing, necessary to create plastic, will likely account for most of the new demand for oil and gas by 2050—the same year it’s estimated there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans. Legislation now before Congress would place a moratorium on new plastic-producing facilities—which are planned to be built in low-income communities of color.

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Learn more about the the Break Free From Plastic Pollution Act.




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Color Me Wild

Get creative with colors as you explore America's natural treasures with our
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National Parks Coloring Book , which features 30 pages of inspiring quotes and landscapes from Acadia to Zion and is appropriate for all ages.

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Download your coloring pages and then share your finished project by taking a photo and tagging the Sierra Club!




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So Long Neowise, Hello Perseids

Comet Neowise became an instant social media star, but it’s fast fading as it races away from Earth. Don’t worry, though, the Perseid meteor shower is just about to reach its peak, with up to 100 bright fireballs per hour.

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Find out the best nights to see them.



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COVID-19 crisis has not passed and continues to
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disproportionately harm Black, Indigenous, and Latinx people and other communities of color. The pandemic has revealed how the communities hardest hit are often the same communities that suffer from high levels of pollution and poor access to healthcare. The fight for environmental justice cannot be separated from the fight for racial justice.








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