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We Still Need You!

What happens on Election Day is the single biggest factor in determining whether the federal government will throw its weight behind ending the climate crisis—or whether it will spend another four years making things worse. Personalized letters are one of the best ways to stand out amid the clutter and persuade infrequent voters who care about the environment to get out and vote. Our goal is to send out more than a million letters between now and November 3.

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We can’t afford four more years of climate denial. Join our letter-writing team today.



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The Coolest Schools in 2020

This year, a record 312 institutions participated in Sierra magazine's annual Cool Schools rankings. The schools on this list have shown exceptional resourcefulness as they’ve found new ways to maintain, and in many cases further, their sustainability objectives.

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Did your school make the list?




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The Day the Climate Crisis Finally Became a Debate Topic

The moment came one hour and 13 minutes into the first—and possibly only—2020 presidential debate, when Fox News anchor Chris Wallace said, “I think the American people would like to hear about more substantial subjects—you know, I’d like to talk about climate change.”

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Sierra magazine editor in chief Jason Mark reflects on a watershed moment.




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Why We Engage in Racial Justice

The Sierra Club started off by focusing on environmental issues, but as environmentalists, we understand that all living things—and issues—are connected. In the coming weeks, we're going to share about some of these connections. We’ll be talking about voting rights and democracy, about the courts and the justice system, about environmental racism and environmental sacrifice zones, and about how extractive, polluting industries profit off of our division.

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Do you have questions or topics you want to hear about?




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October Stargazing

On October 13, Mars will be in “opposition,” on the exact opposite side of Earth from the sun. That evening, the red planet will rise on the eastern horizon at the very moment the sun is setting in the west, and it will stay in the sky until sunrise. For those in dark-sky locations, this month is prime time to see some of the most beautiful deep space objects visible from Earth.

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And then there are the two full moons.



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California’s Coastal Treasures

California is justly famous for its national parks and monuments, but the vibrancy and ecological diversity of its marine protected areas isn’t nearly as well known. In 2012, photographer Jasmine Swope set out to chronicle this conservation success story.

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See a stunning slideshow that showcases what Swope calls “the essence of the California coast."




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Public Lands Therapy

It is well established that time spent outdoors improves mental and physical well-being. A bill now heading to the Senate for a vote would establish an interagency task force to make recommendations on how to use public lands to support medical therapy for veterans.

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Urge your senators to support the Accelerating Veterans Recovery Outdoors Act.




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The Longest-Running Oil Spill You Totally Forgot About

The 2004 Taylor oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is a cautionary tale about the dangers of deep-sea wellheads. The gusher continued uncontrolled for 16 years, spewing an estimated 400,000,000 gallons of oil into the Gulf—a thousand times more than the figure given by Taylor Energy and the US Coast Guard. Only recently could the oil be collected and brought to the surface.

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And that’s just part of the reason experts call the Taylor spill a "worst-case scenario."




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What's Really Causing Megafires?

Misinformation and outright lies by members of Congress and their industry backers have been as thick as the smoke from this year’s fires. As much as Republicans and their logging-industry backers would like to reduce the issue of western wildfires to simplistic talking points that leave them blameless, the reality is far more complex and disturbing.

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Find out what’s really causing the West's megafires and how President Trump and his allies are distorting the issue.




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Like Deja Vu All Over Again

Late last month the Trump administration advanced a rule that would allow more logging in Alaska's Tongass National Forest—the world’s largest coastal temperate rainforest. We have less than a month to push back against this extreme policy, which favors industry over Indigenous communities, climate concerns, and the well-being of the forest itself.

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Tell Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue: No logging in the Tongass!




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Bernadette Demientieff, Gwich’in Steering Committee. | Photo courtesy of Indigenous Rising Media
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In Case You Missed It

September 26 was National Public Lands Day, an occasion to celebrate our rich, varied, and astonishingly beautiful public lands. It also serves as a reminder of the threats that our public lands face day in and day out.

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Here are five important ways we’re working to help protect public lands, and how you can get involved.




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A Closer Look at Hispanic Heritage Month

“Hispanic Heritage Month allows Latinx people to promote their culture, diversity, and importance as an integral part of the United States and make ourselves ‘visible’ for a month, but not a minute more,” says Sierra Club bilingual columnist Fabián Capecchi. "This nation was founded and built by immigrants from all over including thousands of people from Latin America—as well as on the stolen labor and land of enslaved peoples and Indigenous peoples—even if some don't like to admit it.

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"Our cultural heritage is not apart, it is part of a whole, of the nation itself and its history."

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Speak Up for Wildlife by This Friday

Last month the Department of the Interior launched an attack on wildlife that would make it more difficult to protect habitat critical to the recovery of many struggling animals. The proposed rule change would allow the US Fish and Wildlife Service to prioritize the oil and gas industry’s bottom line over the needs of threatened and endangered species.

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Tell the Department of the Interior by this Friday that you support habitat protections for struggling species.



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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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