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"It's not enough to aim to return to a pre-pandemic normal that was unjust, unhealthy, and unstable for so many,” says Sierra Club executive director Michael Brune. “As President Biden has called for, we must build back better by reorienting our economy around clean energy, care work, and uprooting racial and environmental injustice.
"We have a rare, precious opportunity to make that happen." |
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President Biden has been in office for just over a hundred days. “From his first day in office, Biden has taken meaningful steps to tackle our country’s compounding, interconnected crises: a global pandemic, a long-overdue reckoning with racism and systemic inequity, a democracy under attack, the climate crisis, mass unemployment, and economic inequality,” says Sierra Club president Ramón Cruz.
Now we have to keep the pressure on, until we get solutions as big and interconnected as the crises we face. |
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Violinist Tim Fain and videographer Nick Jones have collaborated on “Glacial,” a new video produced for the Sierra Club Artist Series by the Outdoors for All campaign. Outdoors for All seeks to recognize, reduce, and remove barriers to experiencing nature, expand access to the out-of-doors, and inspire a new generation of environmental leaders.
Take five and let yourself be inspired. |
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When Sierra Club writer and editor Heather Moyer moved to the Baltimore area 17 years ago, everyone was talking about the 17-year cicadas that would soon be showing up en masse. “Having grown up in the Midwest, I thought cicadas just came out every year,” Moyer says. “You can hear their endless buzzing during the dog days of summer—it almost makes the days hotter. But why would this year be any different? Why was everyone freaking out?
“Then I saw them.” |
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A new report shows that health problems linked to the long-banned insecticide DDT have persisted across at least three generations, affecting even the granddaughters of women exposed to the chemical in the 1960s.
Learn about the ongoing impact of chemicals like DDT. |
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| | | Ask Ms. Green |
“Hey, Ms. Green,” writes Carol in Princeton, New Jersey. “I’d like to help reduce single-use plastics and unnecessary chemicals going into the environment, but I don't know where to turn. Is there a recommended one-stop shopping site for buying green products?”
Ms. Green has ideas. |
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Growing up in India, Ambreen Tariq formed many of her fondest memories outdoors, wandering in gardens, going on picnics, and taking family road trips. Her relationship to the outdoors was upended when her family emigrated to Minnesota. But when she was 10, her parents took her on an excursion that reawakened her love for the natural world. Now, 30 years later, Tariq is the author of Fatima’s Great Outdoors.
Read more, and check out a video Q&A with Tariq. |
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Joye Braun of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe writes that last month’s decision by the Army Corps of Engineers to allow oil to keep flowing through the Dakota Access Pipeline perpetuates the climate crisis and violates tribal sovereignty. “It’s time for the Biden administration to make good on its promises to ‘get it right,’” writes Braun.
"Our future is at stake. All our futures." |
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The THRIVE Act would build on President Biden's American Jobs Plan to deliver a bold recovery package that's aligned with the Green New Deal and rooted in justice. It’s designed to create millions of family-sustaining jobs, address racial and economic inequality, and fight the climate crisis.
Tell your members of Congress to build back better with the THRIVE Act. |
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All workers deserve the right to unionize and advocate for better wages, fair benefits, and safe workplaces. But over the past several decades, workers’ rights have been subject to unrelenting attacks. Now workers are organizing around new legislation, the PRO Act, that would protect their right to bargain collectively for better working conditions. Earlier this year the bill passed the House; now it's up to the Senate to follow suit.
Tell your senators to support the PRO Act. |
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The COVID-19 pandemic devastated our economy. As part of our national effort to rebuild and rebound, the 21st Century Conservation Corps Act (S.487 and H.R. 1162) would create thousands of good-paying jobs for young adults in restoring and upgrading our public lands and waters and urban parks.
Urge your members of Congress to cosponsor the 21st Century Conservation Corps Act. |
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If you’re hungry for new adventures after a long winter indoors, check out the Sierra Club’s Outings lineup. Our trips remain on pause through July 4, but there are still more than 100 offerings for 2021, as well as new international selections for 2022.
See all trips and sign up. |
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