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Want to Protect Our Democracy? Protect the US Postal Service

Precisely when we need a smooth-functioning Postal Service the most, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy—an otherwise unqualified Trump megadonor—has been removing mailboxes, eliminating mail-sorting machines, reducing employee overtime hours, and implementing a variety of cost-cutting measures that are delaying mail delivery and limiting the Postal Service’s ability to handle the surge in mail expected on Election Day.

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"In true Trump administration fashion, he’s working to dismantle a popular institution that’s vital to the functioning of our democracy," says Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune.




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The Sacred and the Profane

Located 25 miles north of Las Vegas, the Desert National Wildlife Refuge is the largest wildlife refuge in the lower 48 states. Now the US Air Force wants to expand its bombing range within the refuge by 300,000 acres on lands that have long been held sacred to the Southern Paiute.

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Read the Las Vegas Paiute Tribal Council’s message to the US Senate and President Trump.




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Endangered Species Under Attack... Again

The Trump administration is planning another slash in its “death by a thousand cuts” approach to weakening the Endangered Species Act by going after the habitat that species need to survive and recover. Its latest proposal would limit protections to habitat that could support species now, but not areas that could be restored or will become vital areas for recovery as climate shifts.

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Tell Interior Secretary David Bernhardt to give threatened and endangered species the space they need to survive.



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Bank of America Brings Up the Rear

Responding to pressure from Indigenous leaders and climate activists, Goldman Sachs recently became the first major US bank to announce it would no longer drill for oil and gas in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. JPMorgan Chase soon followed suit, as did Wells Fargo, Citi, and Morgan Stanley, leaving Bank of America as the largest US bank that has refused to stop funding Arctic drilling.

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Tell Bank of America: Supporting Arctic drilling is bad for the climate, biodiversity, and human rights—and bad for business.




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Roadmap to a Just Recovery

Climate crisis. Racial injustice. Global pandemic. Mass unemployment. Our response to these crises will shape our society for decades. The THRIVE Agenda is our road map to a just recovery—a soon-to-be-introduced congressional resolution with a plan to put millions of people back to work building an economy that prioritizes climate, racial justice, and economic justice. Like the Green New Deal, the THRIVE Agenda will help us build a society that fosters justice, not crisis.

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Ask your members of Congress to become original cosponsors of the THRIVE Agenda by joining Wednesday's mass-launch call.




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The End of Oil Is Near

The COVID-19 pandemic has battered an already struggling oil industry. Whether it survives is up to us, Antonia Juhasz reports in the cover story of the new edition of Sierra magazine.

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Read about the oil industry's struggle to stay afloat.




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How Should You Wash Produce During COVID-19?

"Hey Ms. Green," asks Kim from Madrid, California. "What is the safest and healthiest way to wash fruits and vegetables in the time of the coronavirus?"

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Jessian Choy, aka Ms Green, tells you what you need to know before you make that salad.




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No Comment Department

As President Trump himself is fond of saying…

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“So sad.”




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A scene from the explosion that hit the seaport of Beirut, Lebanon, August 9, 2020. | Photo by AP Photo/Hussein Malla.
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EPA Refuses to Implement Safeguards Against Chemical Disasters

The massive ammonium nitrate explosion that devastated Beirut earlier this month has brought renewed attention to the danger of improperly stored chemicals. But Obama-era regulations intended to prevent similar chemical disasters from happening in the United States never went into effect because the Trump EPA first delayed and then rescinded them.

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Find out why.



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How to Camp Safely During a Pandemic

Whether you plan to car camp with all the amenities of home or set off into the wilderness with just a backpack, here are some ideas for enjoying a safe and enjoyable outdoor adventure under “new normal” circumstances.

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Eight tips for camping safely during the pandemic.




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Big Surreal Virtual Challenge

Team Sierra is partnering with the Big Sur Marathon for the first-ever Big Surreal Virtual Challenge. Sign up to raise at least $100 for the Sierra Club and you’ll gain free entry into this month-long running and walking challenge. Earn Team Sierra and Big Sur swag, and put yourself in the running for the grand prize: a national parks pass, good for one year.

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Learn more and sign up.



The
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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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